Dubai

Think Dubai and you’d be forgiven for thinking about a luxurious, pampering escape where you’re surrounded by world class hotel facilities, attentive personal service and you’re never far from a refreshing poolside drink. But there’s another side to Dubai – one which is aimed at the adrenaline-fuelled holidaymaker always on the lookout for the next big thrill. If this sounds like you, read on for a guide to some of Dubai’s biggest attractions for the sports and leisure enthusiasts out there!

Skiing down a snowy mountain, boarding from the peak of a sand dune, speeding around a racetrack, galloping across the desert on a thoroughbred Arabian stallion, or teeing off on a floodlit golf course at midnight. However audacious your planned activities, you’ll find Dubai the perfect playground. For tennis lovers the very courts on which Djokovic and Federer compete at the Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championships are available for the public to play; the same pool in which the likes of Tom Daley competed in the Fina World Diving Championships is open for swimmers keen to try out a few Olympic laps; and the footsteps of many a professional golfer can be followed on the very fairways where world championships have been won.

For anyone to say they’ve truly been to Dubai, they need to experience the desert in all its golden glory. A desert safari is the perfect way, strapped into a 4x4 and off-road driving in a sea of sand. Sand boarding is also a thrilling desert activity, with Dubai’s Big Red dune the emirate’s ultimate ‘black run’. Just one hour from the centre of Dubai, this monster of a mountain rises to 300ft, perfect for adrenaline seekers.

Playground antics don’t set with the sun. Camping under a ceiling of stars is a memory that lasts a lifetime. With just the embers of the campfire to light the way, the desert is at its most mysterious and silent at night but don’t miss nature’s first show of the day- sunrise, best experienced from the basket of a hot air balloon gliding on the morning breeze.

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