Essentially, these neighborhoods can be split between modern and old Dubai. Two of the neighborhoods are located in the heart of some of Dubai’s most famous and over-the-top tourist attractions.

Its curved glass façade – modeled after the sails that have graced Dubai's waterways all these years – shelters a world-class, über-luxurious hotel located on its own human-made island.

Now it's Dubai. Pearls put this 16th-century port on the map. Now it's Dubai. Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A global confluence of cultures Dubai, United Arab Emirates: A global confluence of cultures ...