Tell Us Your Tips for Dubai
Dubai stands out on the map. Like many desert cities, it has rigid boundaries, with built-up city blocks bumping into clean sand. Unlike many desert cities, Dubai has an artificial atoll six miles wide, shaped like a tiny map of the world.
Every Monday onHack Your City, we ask readers for the best tips about the city: driving tips, restaurant tips, entertainment, and any other tips for visitors and locals alike. Then, on Thursday, we present the best comments. We work in the USA and around the world.
We could take your advice on how to visit Dubai because the place looks intimidating: a playground for the super-rich, with reactionary laws against extramarital sex and gay affection , restrictions on women’s clothing, and harsh penalties for drug possession. From here in America, Dubai can look like a repulsive travel destination. But last year, the city received nearly 16 million visitors from abroad .
Guests of Dubai, how do you like it? Where are you going? Where do you eat, where do you stay, what do you do for fun? Should everyone try to climb the Burj? Are there any good museums, underrated attractions, places not found in your typical travel guide? And where do you go when you want to leave?
How do you get around and enjoy yourself? How do you navigate the laws and customs of the city? (What is the best way to eat during Ramadan when restaurants close between sunrise and sunset?) What changes do tourists need to make and how free they can be about local laws?
For those of us who don’t have millions to burn, are there ways to spend a little and feel luxurious? Can you visit and enjoy Dubai without spending a lot of money?
Residents how to make their own home in the city? If you have moved to Dubai from a different culture, how have you adjusted? And that Western people, especially Americans, are wrong about this city?
Tell us below and we’ll bring you the best tips in a new post on Thursday.