Musandam, Oman (dhow fjord cruise) ★ 4.5
Musandam, Oman's mountain peninsula reached from Dubai through the Tibat border crossing, serves a dhow lunch of Omani fish and rice out at sea.
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Abu Dhabi ★ 4.4
Abu Dhabi sits under two hours from Dubai by road, where Al Mrzab serves no frills harees and machboos to regulars who have eaten there for years.
Al Ain ★ 4.3
Al Ain, a 90-minute drive from Abu Dhabi, pairs a date palm oasis with Emirates Bio Farm, whose greenhouse restaurant cooks with produce grown on site.
Al Ain (date farms and oasis) ★ 4.3
Al Ain, about two hours from Dubai, holds the UNESCO listed Al Ain Oasis of some 147,000 date palms, watered by the Al Aini and Dawood falaj channels.
Liwa Oasis (Al Dhafra) ★ 4.1
Liwa Oasis, a two to three hour drive south-west of Abu Dhabi, is date-farming country, home to the July Liwa Dates Festival and dinners at Qasr Al Sarab.
Hatta (Dubai's mountain exclave) ★ 4.1
Hatta is Dubai's mountain exclave, where Al Hajarain serves Emirati rice and grilled meat inside a restored heritage village two hours from the city.
Sharjah (Souq Al Jubail) ★ 4.0
Sharjah's Souq Al Jubail, a day trip from Abu Dhabi on the Sharjah Corniche, holds a daily fish auction after Al-Asr prayer and a fish grill area.
Sharjah (Heart of Sharjah) ★ 4.0
Sharjah's Heart of Sharjah heritage souk sits a short drive from Dubai, where Al Arsaha pours Arabic coffee inside a market close to fifty years old.
Khorfakkan (Sharjah's east coast) ★ 4.0
Khorfakkan, Sharjah's town on the east coast about ninety minutes from Dubai, has a fish market where the stalls beside it cook the catch you just bought.
Al Wathba ★ 3.9
Al Wathba, around 50 km from Abu Dhabi city, has Silal's farmers market from Friday to Sunday and hosts the Al Wathba Date Festival each winter.
Ras Al Khaimah (fish market grills) ★ 3.9
Ras Al Khaimah is just over an hour from Dubai, where Singari Roast Fish grills seafood bought fresh from the Al Mamourah market right beside it.
Ajman (fish market) ★ 3.9
Ajman's fish market, close to an hour's drive from Dubai, lets visitors pick a fresh catch and have it filleted and grilled at a stall on the spot.
Madinat Zayed (Al Dhafra) ★ 3.8
Madinat Zayed, in the Al Dhafra region west of Abu Dhabi, hosts the Al Dhafra Dates Festival and Auction each October, with date auctions and honey contests.
Umm Al Quwain (seafood coast) ★ 3.8
Umm Al Quwain is under an hour from Dubai, where Wadi Al Neel serves its fan favourite shaari fish in an old style Emirati dining room by the coast.
Sir Bani Yas Island (Al Dhafra) ★ 3.7
Sir Bani Yas Island, about 250 km west of Abu Dhabi, pairs a boat crossing and wildlife safari with buffet lunch and Anantara dining across three resorts.
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