Begin with a drive through the elegant residential avenues of Jumeirah, home to the spectacular white-marble Jumeirah Mosque — one of the few mosques in Dubai open to non-Muslim visitors, and a masterpiece of modern Islamic architecture. Continue to Al Bastakiya (Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood) — Dubai’s best-preserved old quarter, with its wind towers and coral-and-gypsum courtyard houses unchanged for over a century. Board a traditional Abra water taxi for a serene crossing of Dubai Creek to the bustling Gold Souk — over 380 retailers and more gold on display than anywhere else on earth — and the fragrant Spice Souk, where saffron, frankincense, and dried limes spill from hessian sacks.