Dubai on a budget: live like a VIP in the UAE
Dubai on a budget
How to live like a VIP in the UAE
“If there’s anything you want, they have it in Dubai, or you can pay someone to get it for you,” says ex-pat Nikki Hunter, Geordie golf pro at the opulent Address Montgomerie, home to a championship 18-hole course. Although a Muslim country, Dubai has its sights set on being the biggest tourist destination on Earth and it’s therefore not the straight-laced, conservative city some of us might imagine. It’s a glitzy playground for fat cats and high rollers.
This is a land where nothing is impossible (plans have just been announced to build an indoor city) and everything has to be the biggest, best or world-record breaking. Lamborghinis, Ferraris, Rollers and Aston Martins are commonplace kerbside adornments and the ostentatious hotels, each of which has its lobby scented with a signature perfume, are redolent of Las Vegas without the whiff of sleaze.
But you don’t have to be minted to live the high life on holiday here. Click through our gallery of the best ways to do decadent Dubai without breaking the bank.
Virgin Atlantic flies daily to Dubai from London Heathrow. Economy fares start from £555 a person including all applicable taxes. For more information call 0344 2092770 or visit www.virgin-atlantic.com.
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