🇨🇭 Zurich → 🇦🇪 Dubai · 2 weeks

Visit the Burj Khalifa observation deck at the 148th floor (At The Top SKY) rather than the standard 124th — book the first slot at 8:30am before heat haze builds, and you'll often have the deck nearly to yourself.

Cross Dubai Creek on an abra (traditional wooden water taxi) for just 1 AED — the 5-minute crossing between Deira and Bur Dubai is the most authentic and cheapest experience in the city, unchanged for decades.

Visit the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood at dusk — the wind-tower architecture and narrow lanes of the old merchant quarter host the Dubai Museum and quiet courtyard cafes that feel entirely removed from the modern city.

Eat at the Deira Fish Market early morning (open from 7am) then have your purchase cooked at a nearby restaurant — this is where Dubai's chefs and households shop, and vendors will let you watch the action over thick karak tea.