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THE DESTINATIONS — Collection 9

Luxury Cities of the Middle East

Ancient memory in dialogue with contemporary ambition.

About this collection

Contrast shapes the Middle East's luxury cities: water against desert, modern construction beside heritage, global ambition alongside tradition. Every destination has its own idea of place — from futuristic capitals on the Gulf to historic cityscapes where architecture, craftsmanship and hospitality have carried meaning for centuries.

Sense of Place Each Destination Portrait starts from a single question: what makes the Sense of Place here so remarkable?
Destination Portraits
  • Dubai — Coast of the FutureDubai is a city founded on transformation. Skyline, beaches, islands, malls and hotels create a destination in which ambition becomes visible — and which has turned a desert coast into one of the most distinctive urban resort landscapes anywhere. ► YouTube channel
  • Abu Dhabi — Measured GrandeurAbu Dhabi shows its power more calmly. Mosques and cultural institutions, island developments, beaches and desert horizons form a city in which national identity and present-day architecture meet in a grandeur held in proportion. ► YouTube channel
  • Doha — Curated AmbitionDoha expresses the Gulf's ambition through culture, not only through spectacle. The Museum of Islamic Art, the Katara cultural district, the restored lanes of Souq Waqif and a calm skyline along the water form a capital in which the heritage of the pearl divers and today's patronage of art and sport come together with deliberate elegance.
  • Jeddah — Gateway to the Red SeaJeddah was the gateway to Mecca for centuries, and it has kept the soul of a merchant city. Coral-stone houses in historic Al-Balad, the long seafront Corniche, the waters of the Red Sea and a new wave of cultural and maritime projects make a city where an old memory of trade flows together with Saudi Arabia's opening to the world.
  • Marrakech — Heritage of the SensesMarrakech draws the visitor in through texture, colour and craft. Inner courtyards, gardens, souks and riads, excursions into the desert and the Atlas Mountains on the horizon make it a destination where heritage is taken in with all the senses.
Luxury Cities of the Middle East · Video

Luxury Cities of the Middle East on film

A video feature from our editors on YouTube, together with a direct enquiry to LVXVS for this collection.

Luxury Cities of the Middle East · YouTube channel ► View channel

Enquiry — Luxury Cities of the Middle East

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