For families in the UAE, especially cities such as Dubai and Abu Dhabi, you can guarantee a great choice of well-serviced and well-facilitated hotels. There are many resorts which offer safe and private access to the beachfront or pool area and many also have kids / teens clubs with babysitting services. So there’s plenty to do for all ages and travelling around the cities is easy by taxi or other public transport. The UAE is also extremely safe for travel and in many tourist resorts, you will be completely segregated from the outside world unless you decided to venture and there’s usually very little interaction between tourists and locals other than drivers.

The United Arab Emirates is a wonderful place to sample a whole range of Gulf and Middle Eastern Cuisine and this includes everything from Iranian and Lebanese to traditional Arabic food. Due to expat culture and tourism, you will also be overwhelmed by the amazing offering of international cuisine available in hotels and shopping malls, so there really is something for everyone. Menus often include choices for kids so families travelling with children won’t have to worry about mealtimes.

The country’s historical population began with a small tribal community and today, it’s a diverse “salad bowl” of different cultures. Not quite like a melting pot, the different pockets of people form an interesting mix, representing all the different cultures of the world and this is very much apparent in the differing neighbourhoods and the wide selection of international cuisine. The old Emirati men and women still dress in traditional clothing and you’ll find an exciting fusion of old and new.