24 city guides · 3-day highlights itineraries
3-day city guides covering the essential highlights every visitor should experience.
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Louvre Abu Dhabi, Ferrari World and desert safari…
The safest Arab capital: the Roman Citadel on the highest hill (with the oldest human statues, 6500 …
The city that was the largest in the world from 762–1258 CE (the Abbasid Islamic Golden Age), the Ho…
The hometown of Khalil Gibran (whose "The Prophet" (1923) has sold 100 million+ copies — the third b…
The Arab world's party capital with Civil War bullet holes still in the walls: Lebanese mezze (30 di…
The world's oldest continuously inhabited capital: the Umayyad Mosque (715 CE — the most architectur…
The most dramatically transformed desert city in history: the Museum of Islamic Art (I.M. Pei 2008 —…
Burj Khalifa at dawn, the Gold Souk, a desert safari and the world's largest fountain for free…
Red Sea coral reef snorkeling, Petra day trip, Timna copper mines and desert canyons…
Israel's mountain-sea city — Bahá'í terraced gardens, Carmelite mystics, and Crusader Akko…
Iran's Safavid masterpiece — the blue-dome Shah Mosque, colour-shifting Sheikh Lotfollah, and a 33-a…
Saudi Arabia's Red Sea port — Al-Balad UNESCO coral townhouses, world's tallest fountain, and the fl…
The Gulf oil capital — Kuwait Towers, Bedouin weaving arts, and the story of the 1990 liberation…
Dilmun Civilisation & Pearl Kingdom…
Islam's Holiest City (Muslims Only)…
Islam's Second-Holiest City…
Arabia's Most Civilised Capital…
Saudi Arabia's Desert Capital: Diriyah UNESCO, Edge of the World & Vision 2030…
Arabia's Frankincense Capital: Monsoon Green Mountains, Blowholes & Ancient Trade Routes…
Yemen's Ancient Capital: 14,000 UNESCO Tower Houses, World's Oldest Quranic Manuscript & Arabian Cof…
UAE's Cultural Capital: Islamic Art, Wind Tower Heritage Quarter & Desert Fossils Near Dubai…
Persian Poetry Capital: Stained Glass Mosque, Persepolis & the City That Named a Grape Variety…
World's Largest Covered Bazaar (UNESCO), Blue Mosque Tilework, Kandovan Troglodyte Village & Kufte T…
Bauhaus White City UNESCO, Abu Hassan's Hummus, 14km Mediterranean Beach & Jerusalem 45 Minutes East…