Napoleon Crossing the Alps, by David. One of the paintings to be displayed in the Louvre Abu Dhabi A provisional opening date of November, 2017 has been given for the Louvre Abu Dhabi, which will showcase loans from the Paris namesake and other French museums. The new museum will add major cultural weight to the emirate’s… Continue reading
Posts tagged Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi, winter holiday destination if you want more than beach and ski
Ipsos MORI polled 18,000 people in 24 countries in 2013, and asked them, among other questions, which world city they wanted to visit. From the answers they drew up what they described as a list of “superbrand” cities. In fourth place on the list, behind some very to be expected cities (London, Paris and New… Continue reading →
How Abu Dhabi builds hotels, and keeps its hawksbill turtles
A wonderful thing will happen this spring at dead of night down on the shore in front of the Park Hyatt in Abu Dhabi. An ancient natural cycle – something repeated over many, many thousands of years – will be completed when a hawksbill turtle hauls herself onto the beach and labouriously crawls to… Continue reading →
Could a zero-energy city in the desert become Middle East’s big new tourist attraction
As a journalist, I have been involved in travel for many years, writing about destinations and countries and experiences, and reading what other people have to say. Leisure travel is supposed to be about rewarding, restful, restorative experiences. It can also be instructional and informative and, in the words of the cliche, mind broadening. The… Continue reading →