With year-round sunshine and dazzling skyscrapers, holidays to Abu Dhabi combine international glamour with the romance of the desert.
Sun, speed and skyscrapers
Modern towers jostle for attention with ornamental mosques in the United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi, a city that combines the cutting edge with the intensely traditional. Home to a Formula One Grand Prix as well as the world's fastest rollercoaster, it's one of the Middle East's most thrilling cities.
Mosques and fortresses
Abu Dhabi's greener than its flashy cousin Dubai, and its oldest building, the Qasr al Hosn Fortress, was built from coral and sea stone way back in the 1700s. The white marble Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque attracts more than five million visitors every year, so head there early to avoid the crowd.