Lanterns glow over long rows of guests as the sun sets in Ramadan, and crowds break the fast together in the courtyards of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Each winter, a festival fills Qasr Al Hosn, the white fort where the city began, with music, dance and craft demonstrations.
Beyond the domes, families walk the Corniche at dusk, kayaks slip into the Mangrove National Park and the Louvre Abu Dhabi shelters under its latticed dome. The climate is hot desert, mild from November to March and fiercely hot and humid in summer. A Local Friend can open a door you would not have knocked on alone, like a family majlis where you end up the guest of honor.
