For the visitor, there's far more to Dubai than designer boutiques
and five-star hotels - although of course if all
you're looking
for is a luxurious dose of sun, sand and shopping
, the city
takes
some beating. If you want to step beyond the
tourist clichés,
however, you'll find that Dubai has much more
to offer than
you
might think, ranging from the fascinating old city
centre, with its
higgledy-piggledy labyrinth of bustling souks interspersed
with
fine old traditional Arabian houses, to the memorably
quirky
postmodern architectural skylines of the southern parts of the
city. Dubai's human geography is no less memorable, featuring
a cosmopolitan assortment of Emiratis, Arabs, Iranians, Indians,
Filipinos and Europeans - a fascinating patchwork of peoples and
languages that gives the city its uniquely varied cultural appeal.
From Rough Guides Dubai
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