One of the world’s largest squares, framed by the tiled masterpieces of Safavid Isfahan.
The world's largest car-free old city.
Flemish gables, the Grand Place and the Braderie, Europe's biggest flea market, every first weekend of September.
Cobbled capital of stone arches, the botanical gardens where Bligh’s breadfruit was planted, and Fort Charlotte above.
Wooden colonial capital and markets.
Living Silk Road museum-city.
A 17th-century round tower fort with murder holes and honey traps, beside Nizwa’s Friday goat market.
Great Mud Mosque town, UNESCO-listed.
Labyrinthine Swahili trading town of carved doors and spice bazaars.
Wind-tower houses, the Dubai Museum and an abra boat across the Creek to the gold and spice souks — Dubai before the towers.
Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.
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