Downtown stands the Burj Khalifa — 828 m, over 160 floors, so tall you can watch the sunset twice from different levels. Offshore, Palm Jumeirah is an island built from nothing, big enough to see from space.
Beside it, Dubai Marina packs dozens of skyscrapers around a man-made canal, glowing like a forest at night. The “sail” on the water is the Burj Al Arab, the world’s only 7-star hotel, on its own built island.
Yet half an hour from all that glass lies endless red desert — dune-bashing, camels, and sunsets in the sand. In Dubai, the city and the desert are one step apart.
7-star. the “sail”, on its own artificial island