LayoversMENA & Gulf · 7 cities
Make the hours between flights count.
City guides written for the hours between flights rather than a fortnight's holiday: getting out of the airport, whether the app on your phone works here, which local laws will get you arrested for something legal at home, and where to eat and what to buy once you are out.
Today’s guide
Dubai
The busiest crew city in the Gulf, and the one where the gap between what is normal at home and what is legal here is widest.
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