RHEA SARAN CNT Middle East

A Dubai amo sedermi al porto con un wagyu sando del 3 Fils, pranzo veloce dopo la colazione sontuosa dell’Arabian Tea House nel quartiere Al Bastakiya. Mi fermo sempre da Montroi, pieno di accessori da viaggio. Una corsa in una Land Rover vintage con Platinum Heritage Desert Safaris è un’alternativa al solito safari nel deserto. Per sentirsi moderni beduini, una villa tendata al Ritz-Carlton Al Wadi Desert, nell’emirato di Ras Al Khaimah. La Sharjah Art Foundation infine è uno spazio labirintico in cui perdersi e il Louvre di Abu Dhabi è un must.

In Dubai I like to sit harbour-side with a wagyu sando from 3 Fils, having skipped lunch after the Emirati breakfast feast at Arabian Tea House in heritage Bastakiya. And I always stop at Montroi, full of travel-inspired gear including monogrammable leather. A drive in a vintage Land Rover with Platinum Heritage Desert Safaris is a cooler alternative to dune bashing. As for bedding down, Al Maha desert hotel has conservationist-led tours. You can teeter on the edge of the magnificent Rub’ Al Khali sand sea at Anantara’s Qasr Al Sarab, or feel like a modern-day Bedouin in a tented villa at The Ritz-Carlton Al Wadi Desert, in Ras Al Khaimah, where I’d also stop off at the Suwaidi pearl farm. The Sharjah Art Foundation is a maze-like space to get lost in and Abu Dhabi’s Louvre is a no-brainer; fuel up for the journey with chicken machboos from hit local café Meylas.