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Dubai

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TL;DR

Plan a family trip to Dubai. What to do with kids, best time to visit, where to stay, and family tips from ErBiage.

Dubai is the ultimate long-haul stopover made whole trip. Direct from almost anywhere, five-star hotels that treat kids as VIPs, beaches on tap, indoor everything for the summer months, and a family-friendliness that quietly outclasses much of the world. The scale is theatrical: the tallest building, one of the biggest malls, a manmade island shaped like a palm. Kids love it precisely because it doesn't pretend to be subtle. Base on Palm Jumeirah or JBR for beach-front hotel life; base in Downtown for Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall on foot. Do the Burj at sunset, one desert-safari afternoon (with dune-bashing that older kids will beg to repeat), the aquarium and underwater zoo inside Dubai Mall on a hot afternoon, and one abra ride across Dubai Creek to the old-town spice and gold souks — a reminder that under the shine, this was a trading port not so long ago.

What to do in Dubai

Burj Khalifa at sunset

Book At The Top online; go 45 minutes before sunset for day-and-night in one visit.

Desert safari

Half-day with dune-bashing, camel ride, and a Bedouin dinner under the stars.

Dubai Aquarium

Inside Dubai Mall — 10-million-litre tank, underwater tunnel, cool escape.

Abra across the Creek

1 dirham per person, old Dubai on the other side — spice souk, gold souk.

Kite Beach / JBR

Clean sand, calm sea, walking path — best beach for families with small kids.

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