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[quote=Anonymous]I love Dubai. It is a beautiful, fascinating, safe emirate. I recommend looking into staying in the Jumeirah Beach area. You will be right on the water with access to beaches, great restaurants and a fun pedestrian zoned boardwalk. It is also a close walk to Dubai Marina which is nice for sunset walks and more restaurants. We stayed at Sofitel Jumeirah Beach which was decently priced and had a nice pool, right on the beach.

Entertainment-wise you have lots of options, but prepare for higher prices than you may be used to in some cases. We did the hop on hop off bus, which has three routes, for maybe $65 pp. Also went to top of the world at the Burj Khalifa, which was awesome. There is a premiere level with small group access to the top-most floor, and a dessert reception. It was a splurge at about $100 pp but great. If you go, look up the time of the sunset for the day you go and schedule for an hour before. That way you can watch the sunset twice -- from up high and then half an hour later on the ground. And buy your tix as soon as you can, well before you go. The indoor ski range is also amazing, and not badly priced. Go midday midweek if possible -- we did and had maybe 20 other people skiing too with no wait for ski lifts. They also do a penguin experience where you can pet and hug penguins, which your kids may like. Lastly, I recommend a desert tour. We did a jeep tour with dune bashing and sledding, and then spent a few hours at a desert camp where we rode camels, had dinner, and they did things like henna, belly dancing etc. Def touristy, but enjoyable. We walked through old Dubai and visited the gold and spice souks  too which was fun.

Last tip, make sure to adhere to modesty standards to respect the emirate's cultural norms. This means no tank tops, cleavage or short shorts for women. On the beach swimsuits are fine, but once off and walking back to the hotel or on the boardwalk, you will see signs for modesty and should work to adhere to it. Same with public places like the malls and restaurants.

There is really so much to see and enjoy -- I hope you have a great trip! [/quote]

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