Insight Guides Oman & the UAE

Insight Guides

• Publisher: Insight
• ISBN:
  9781780055480
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Personal Development
• Subtopic: Travel

Insight Guides: Inspiring your next adventure Insight Guide Oman and the UAE is an essential guide to two jewels of the Middle East, brought to life with hundreds of evocative photographs. Our inspirational Best of Oman and the UAE section highlights the countries' unmissable sights and experiences, while a comprehensive Travel Tips section gives you all the practical information you need to plan your trip, and our selective listings bring you the best restaurants and activities on offer.

Lavish magazine-style features offer a unique insight into contemporary life in Oman and the UAE, from religion to sports to expatriate communities. A detailed Places section, with full-colour maps cross-referenced to the lively narrative written by our local author, guides you around the two countries, from the skyscrapers of Dubai to the remote wilderness of Oman's Empty Quarter.

Inside Insight Guide Oman and the UAE:

A fully-overhauled edition.
Stunning, specially-commissioned photography that brings these enchanting countries and their people to life.
Highlights of the countries' top attractions, including awe-inspiring architecture, bustling souqs, remote wadis, and monumental forts in our Best of Oman and the UAE.
Descriptive region-by-region accounts cover the whole of both countries from ultra-modern cities to time-warped mudbrick mountain villages.
Detailed, high-quality maps throughout will help you get around and travel tips give you all the essential information for planning a memorable trip, including our independent selection of the best restaurants.
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Activities

The Arts

Dance, Music and Theatre

Although the UAE has few concert and dance performances, big-name rock and pop acts do visit now and then, usually in Dubai. The Amphitheatre in Dubai Media City is the usual venue for big-name events (www.dubaimediacity.com). Otherwise, the venues below sometimes host performances.

Al Majaz Amphitheatre

Sharjah, Khalid Lagoon

A new open-air venue, which hosts large-stage productions and spectacular music shows.

Dubai Community and Arts Centre (DUCTAC)

Mall of the Emirates, Sheikh Zayed Road, tel: [phone]; www.ductac.org

Home to a trio of lively little venues: the Centrepoint Theatre, Kilachand Studio Theatre and Manu Chhabria Arts Centre, which host a wide range of productions, including film, music and theatre, with the emphasis on local and community-based projects.

Dubai Opera

Downtown Dubai, close to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard

A 2,000-seat venue for the performing arts due to open in 2016 in a state-of-the-art building designed by Zaha Hadid.

Madinat Theatre

Madinat Jumeirah, Dubai, tel: [phone]; www.madinattheatre.com

Dubai’s first proper theatre when it opened in the mid-noughties, although don’t expect much beyond a fairly predictable range of mainstream musicals, children’s shows and other stereotypical crowd-pleasers.

The Palladium Dubai

Media City, tel: [phone]

State-of-the-art new entertainment venue hosting a very mixed range of events, including regular stand-up comedy and live-music shows through to international seminars and awards ceremonies.

Art Galleries

Abu Dhabi

Ghaf Gallery

Al Khaleej al Arabi St, near Khalidiya Gardens, off the corniche, tel: [phone]

Solo shows and mixed exhibitions featuring work by local and international artists.

Qibab Gallery

26th Street, Al Bateen, tel: [phone]

Specialises in Iraqi art, but also exhibits works by a wide range of other international artists.

Salwa Zeidan Gallery

Al Khaleej al Arabi St, near Khalidiya Gardens, off the corniche, tel: [phone]; www.salwazeidangallery.com

Works by leading Middle Eastern artists and emerging local talent in a range of media.

Dubai

Artspace

The Gate Village Building 3, Level 2, DIFC, Sheikh Zayed Road, tel: [phone]; www.artspace-dubai.com

Upmarket gallery specialising in established Middle Eastern artists.

Courtyard Gallery

Al Quoz, Street 6A, off Sheikh Zayed Road, tel: [phone];

One of Dubai’s oldest galleries, in an entertainingly quirky development off Sheikh Zayed Road and showcasing the work of leading regional and international artists.

Gallery Isabelle van den Eynde (formerly the B21 Gallery)

Street 8, Alserkal Avenue, Unit 17, Al Quoz Industrial 1, tel: [phone]; www.ivde.net

Showcases work by up-and-coming Arab artists.

Green Art Gallery

Street 8, Alserkal Avenue, Unit 28, Al Quoz Industrial 1, tel: [phone]; www.gagallery.com

Exhibits and sells quality paintings.

Majlis Gallery

Al Fahidi Neighbourhood, Bur Dubai, tel: [phone]; www.themajlisgallery.com

The UAE’s oldest gallery, showing original art by well-known artists for sale in old wind-towered house.

thejamjar

RKM Properties, Street 17a, Comm 368, Al Quoz 3, tel: [phone]; www.thejamjardubai.com

Exhibits work by local and international artists and also runs assorted community projects and art classes.

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