Bluewaters is Dubai doing Dubai: a man-made island with a 500-metre beach, Ain Dubai views, luxe hotels, and over 200 restaurants and shops built for all-day wandering.
Amid Dubai’s gloss, Alserkal Avenue’s winter Farmers’ Market is a quiet reset with fresh produce, warm sourdough, and good coffee. There’s no skyline view, giving a reminder of what home feels like.
Dubai Miracle Garden turns desert into fantasy, with 150 million blossoms across 72,000 square metres shaped into castles, peacocks and planes. It's surreal, maximalist, and wildly photogenic.
Every December, Madinat Jumeirah, spread over 1,750 square metres, turns festive with souk’s stone pathways filled with music, the scent of cinnamon and roasted nuts in the air, a towering Christmas tree, snow machines, and Santa arriving by abra.
Dubai’s Winter District transforms Media City Amphitheatre into a festive street party with lights, snow machines, jazz, pop-ups, Santa’s Grotto and a stage that blasts jazz with holiday classics, yet it gives local holiday cheer.
Winter City at Dubai’s former Expo site turns festive on a grand scale, with glowing domes, choirs in many languages, Santa’s Factory vibes, and nightly light rituals.