Attractions
23 places across the emirates
Places
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Global Village Dubai
Global Village is Dubai's seasonal multicultural festival park in Dubailand — 30 country pavilions, the Carnaval funfair, weekend fireworks and street food, open from October to May. Season 31 runs from 14 October 2026 to May 2027 per the official site, with entry tickets still to be released. This guide covers what to expect from tickets and the Wonder Pass points system, Tuesday family days, timings, and getting there via E311 or the four seasonal RTA bus routes, based on Season 30's published prices and rules.
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Al Marmoom Heritage Village
Al Marmoom Heritage Village is a cultural venue on the Dubai–Al Ain Road (E66), a few hundred metres from the Al Marmoom camel racetrack. It comes alive each spring during the Al Marmoom Heritage Festival, when a traditional market, Emirati wedding displays and hundreds of camel races draw visitors from across the Gulf. Entry is free, with activity centred on the festival and the October–April racing season next door.
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Al Marmoom Camel Racetrack
Al Marmoom Camel Racetrack on the Dubai–Al Ain Road (E66) is the base of the Dubai Camel Racing Club and the emirate's principal camel racing venue. Races run on early mornings through the October–April season, with robot jockeys aboard and owners trailing in 4x4s, and the track hosts the free-to-attend Al Marmoom Heritage Festival every spring.
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Jebel Hafeet
Jebel Hafeet is Al Ain's iconic limestone peak on the Oman border, the second-highest mountain in the UAE at roughly 1,249 metres. Its 11.7 km road of 21 corners is regularly cited as one of the world's great driving roads, and the Bronze Age tombs at its base are part of the UNESCO Cultural Sites of Al Ain.
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Al Ain Oasis
Al Ain Oasis is the largest of seven oases in the inland city of Al Ain and a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2011. Some 147,000 date palms across 1,200 hectares are still irrigated by an ancient falaj system that has been in continuous use for thousands of years. Entry is free and the shaded walking loops make it a year-round day-trip from Abu Dhabi or Dubai.
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Sir Bani Yas Island
Sir Bani Yas Island is an 87 km² natural island in the Arabian Gulf, 150 km west of Abu Dhabi, developed by the late Sheikh Zayed as a wildlife sanctuary. Today it operates as the Arabian Wildlife Park with 17,000+ free-roaming animals, three Anantara resorts, and one of the Gulf's only excavated pre-Islamic Christian monastery sites.
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Sheikh Zayed Mosque Fujairah
Sheikh Zayed Mosque Fujairah is the second-largest mosque in the UAE after the Abu Dhabi Grand Mosque — a white-and-beige stone complex in the Sakamkam district with six tall minarets, dozens of domes, and capacity for around 28,000 worshippers. Inaugurated in 2015, it is free to enter and welcomes non-Muslim visitors outside the five daily prayers, with strict modest-dress rules and a striking sunset profile against the Hajar Mountains.
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Masfout
Masfout is the mountain exclave of Ajman emirate, set deep in the Hajar Mountains near the Oman border roughly 110 km from coastal Ajman. Visitors come for the restored Masfout Castle, switchback mountain drives, and air temperatures that run 8 to 12 °C cooler than the coast.
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Sheikh Zayed Mosque Ajman
Sheikh Zayed Mosque Ajman is the central mosque of Ajman emirate — a 2018-inaugurated white-marble building in Al Bustan with distinctive blue-and-gold domes that set it apart from other UAE mosques honouring the late Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan. Free to enter, open to non-Muslim visitors most days, and noticeably quieter than the famous Abu Dhabi grand mosque.
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Ajman Fish Market
Ajman Fish Market is one of the most authentic working fish markets in the UAE — a no-frills wholesale-and-retail seafood hall on the Ajman fishing harbour. Best at dawn for the live auction, with cook-your-catch restaurants next door turning your purchase into lunch.