Souk Al Seef is one of the few places in Dubai where the city briefly stops trying to impress you and instead asks you to pay attention. It’s not ancient in the literal sense, and it doesn’t pretend to be. What it does instead is recreate the feelingof old Dubai with enough care that the illusion holds, and with enough modern comfort that you actually want to stay. That balance is harder to pull off than it looks, and it’s exactly why Al Seef belongs in the Playbook.
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