The Rough Guide to Dubai (Travel Guide) (Rough Guides Main Series)

The content is ok but I would recommend buying the printed book version, rather than the kindle version, as the maps are not very user friendly.

Accurate, concise a must read. Adds so much value to your visit(s) to Dubai

brilliant

Very good guide

This 224-page book - the 3rd (print) edition of November 2016 - is an interesting and readable guide to Dubai, a city-state in the United Arab Emirates, which sits on the south-eastern shore of the Persian Gulf (on the Saudi Arabian side).Unlike many guides, this is not a glossy booklet dotted with colourful photographs to make it look superficially attractive, but a (literally) rough guide in terms of comparative paper finishes, but well-designed and presented, with readable text, useful maps, and (well-chosen) photographs only where space allows. The excellent design and layout means that you don’t need unnecessary spot illustrations to break up column after column of small-printed data.The Contents areP004: Introduction (Where to go, when to go, what to see, etc.)P020: Basics (travel, transport, accommodation, tours, cruises & safaris, and other important touristy stuff, such as “culture & etiquette”.)The GuideThis contains 7 chapters on the various regions of the country:P038: Bur DubaiP051: DeiraP059: The inner suburbsP066: Sheikh Zayed Road & Downtown DubaiP075: JumeriahP081: The Burj al Arab & aroundP086: The Palm Jumeriah & Dubai MarinaListingsP096: AccommodationP108: EatingP121: DrinkingP127: Nightlife, entertainment & the artsP132: ShoppingP140: Sport & outdoor activitiesP144: Kids’ DubaiOut of the CityP147: Day-tripsP168: Abu DhabiP183: Contexts (articles on history, etc.)P200: LanguageP203: IndexYou will note from the relative sizes of the Guide and the Listings that this is somewhere you go to “do” stuff rather than somewhere you go to “see” stuff.