From Safa Park through the Jumeirah villa streets to the 10th-century Abbasid settlement and Sheikh Rashid's 1955 summer majlis.
Best time: Morning, October-April; in summer (May-September) Dubai is extremely hot and humid, so walk early morning or after sunset and use the indoor stops. Little shade between the stops.
A park that has served residents since 1975, with lakes, a hill with a waterfall, a small forest and more than 200 bird species; about half was taken for the Dubai Canal in 2014.
Abbasid-era mosque and caravanserai remains; visitor centre. 45 min
Remains of a 10th-century Abbasid-era settlement on the caravan route linking Iraq and Oman with India and China, excavated since 1969: a mosque, a caravanserai and houses.
Coral-and-gypsum summer majlis with palm garden. 30 min
Sheikh Rashid's 1955 summer majlis of coral, gypsum and adobe, whose roof terrace was used to dry dates and sleep in the cool; restored in 1994 with a date-palm garden and a…
