Set on a sea-facing terrace in the Mina A’Salam hotel, this is one of the most memorable bars in the city, offering picture-perfect views over the Madinat Jumeirah and Burj al Arab – particularly stunning at sunset. Even without the views it would be a fine place for a drink, with lovely Arabian-styling and an idyllic terrace scattered with canopied...

Few buildings are as instantly recognizable as the stupendous Burj al Arab (literally “Tower of the Arabs”). Commissioned by Dubai’s supreme ruler, Sheikh Mohammad, and built at jaw-dropping expense, the building was expressly intended to serve as a defining symbol of contemporary Dubai – and in the twelve years of its existence the tower’s hugely distinctive, sail-shaped outline has established...