Lara Dunston

A travel and food writer who has experienced over 70 countries and written for The Guardian, Australian Gourmet Traveller, Feast, Delicious, National Geographic Traveller, Conde Nast Traveller, Travel+Leisure Southeast Asia, DestinAsian, TIME, CNN, The Independent, The Telegraph, Sunday Times Travel Magazine, AFAR, Wanderlust, International Traveller, Get Lost, Four Seasons Magazine, Fah Thai, Sawasdee, and more, as well as authored more than 40 guidebooks for Lonely Planet, DK, Footprint, Rough Guides, Fodors, Thomas Cook, and AA Guides.

Dubai Street Food and Traditional Regional Specialties You Must Try

Dubai street food and traditional regional specialties that have to be tried – what are my top five? That’s what a reader has asked today in response to our story yesterday on Where to Eat in Dubai and the best street food streets and eating neighbourhoods. Here you go… Yesterday I posted a detailed yet … Read more

Winter in Dubai – Why Winter is the Best Time of Year to Visit Dubai

Winter in Dubai is wonderful. It’s undoubtedly the best time of year to visit Dubai. During the day it’s still warm enough to lie in the sun and swim, but best of all you can walk – something you can’t do in Dubai for much of the year. When you think of Dubai as a … Read more

Where to Eat in Dubai – Street Food, Eat Streets and Neighbourhoods

Where to eat in Dubai depends upon the kind of trip you’re doing as much as the food you love. If your Dubai is glam Dubai, go for fine dining. But if you want a local experience of Dubai, hit the bustling Creekside souks, neon-lit eat streets and local neighbourhoods for authentic street food and … Read more

Dubai to Musandam Peninsula Road Trip – Driving from the UAE to Oman

Dubai to Musandam Peninsula Road Trip – Driving Arabia's Norway from the UAE to Oman. Copyright © 2022 Terence Carter / Grantourismo. All Rights Reserved.

A Dubai to Musandam Peninsula road trip could become one of the most memorable things you do in the UAE and one of the most breathtaking drives you do in your life. It’s winter in Dubai – and the UAE and Arabian Peninsula – with cooler weather and a clarity of light you don’t get … Read more

Places to Go in 2017 – Because These Places Need You

Our places to go in 2017 are destinations that we think you should travel to this year – because they need you. These are places with breathtaking landscapes, friendly locals, fantastic food, a fascinating culture, and all the rest. They’re also places that deserve more tourists. It’s the season of ‘places to go in 2017’ lists … Read more