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Dubai is a hugely popular destination for tourism. Today Dubai is a modern, even futuristic-looking city packed with skyscrapers, luxury hotels and manmade islands.
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A magnet for the rich and the wannabe rich, Dubai is packed with luxury boutiques. There’s a sort of parallel universe for the tourists. Locals are not supposed to drink or engage in western decadence. Foreign travellers are allowed to do so, albeit in specific settings.
There are clearly limitations to what you can do in Dubai. Most people build their trip to Dubai around their hotel. The hotels have everything, from private beaches to bars selling alchohol. We work with gay-friendly hotels in Dubai and have the inside knowledge to guide you through this eccentric and filthy rich city in the desert.
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Dubai is a byword for luxury. There are many world-class hotels to choose from. You’ll even find a seven-star hotel. We only work with the most gay-friendly hotels in Dubai. That may seem unlikely. Gay-friendly hotels in Dubai, how can that happen? The truth is never pure and rarely simple. Tourists can go about their business in Dubai with a degree of discretion. Gay cabin crew also spend a lot of time in Dubai, and have quite a lot of fun flying under the radar, if you’ll pardon the pun.
Pre-oil, it was quite a different story. The oil boom happened in the 1960s. Dubai was a modest place. People lived fairly modestly into the 1970s, but then big money began to transform the city.
Clearly, Dubai is not the most gay-friendly of destinations. Any public displays of affection are ill-advised, whether you’re gay or straight. This includes holding hands on the beach. Dubai is very conservative. That being said, in some ways it’s very decadent and hedonistic. Dubai is a place of many contradictions.
Take a trip up the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper that’s been hailed as the world’s tallest building since 2009. It’s shiny, ostentatious and huge – so it’s the living embodiment of Dubai. You can have lunch at the top with stunning views to enjoy.
In the evening, be sure to visit the incredible Dubai Fountain, located right in front of the Burj. The Dubai Fountain is the world’s tallest performing fountain. Bellagio who?
Go for afternoon tea at Atlantis, The Palm – one of our favourite luxury hotels in Dubai. You can enjoy happy hour at the bar as well.
Go for a very bouji lunch at Burj Al Arab – the world’s only 7-star hotel. It’s super luxury, to put it mildly, and another example of Dubai’s opulence.
Getting to Dubai is pretty easy. Emirates of BA both have direct flights with fabulous upgrade options.
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