Ancient trade routes, futuristic skylines, and desert horizons.
Saudi Arabia's Nabataean tombs can only be seen on a booked tour. Here is which one to choose, where to meet it, and why November to March is the window to aim for.
Two flights a week, a permit only an operator can arrange and a season set by the monsoon: how to decide whether Socotra's alien landscape is a trip you should take, and how to plan it if so.
A first visit to Petra works best when its ticket rules, long walking routes and separate night show are planned as one decision, rather than a hurried Treasury stop.
The valley behind a thousand Mars film shoots cannot be self-driven or improvised; the choices that matter are which camp, which jeep tour, and which season to book.
The city sells excess, but you don’t have to buy it. Here is how to see Dubai well on a fraction of the brochure price.
