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1. Crossing the desert with an off-road vehicle
There is nothing more exciting than listening to loud music while driving through the sand dunes. Besides safaris and tented dinners, this is one of the best experiences in the desert. In Saudi Arabia, dune bashing by off-road vehicle is very popular in some cities like Al-Khararah.
Riding camels may sound like fun but they cannot give you the feeling of speed when going over sand dunes.
2. Buy gold bars from ATM
The ATMs in Abu Dhabi's luxury hotels are not your average machines you'll find anywhere else in the world, as they can dispense gold bars if you so desire. The hotel's gold ATMs are all gold-plated and offer customers 320 different options ranging from gold bars to coins.
3. Fun in the desert in Morocco
During the cooler months, fun festivals are held in many locations across the Moroccan desert. Hundreds of people bring food, drink and music to enjoy the desert, often on full moon nights. No one is thinking about business profits. The best way to find out about desert parties is to make friends and ask the locals. For large events such as New Year's and weddings, parties can also be held in the Sahara.
4. Visit a mosque and museum in Turkey
Considered the face of many religions, a church located near the center of Istanbul with a 500-year history houses images of both Christianity and Islam. From 1200 to 1400, it was a Catholic church, then from 1400 until the 1990s, it was converted into a mosque. And now, it has become a museum. You can see the coexistence of two religions in this church as next to the painting of Jesus are lines of text from the Quran.
5. Visit a haunted cave in Oman
In the remote Selma plateau region of Oman, you can hear noises coming from a cave known as Majlis Al Jinn, which is Arabic for "meeting place of spirits."
As of 2008, people are no longer allowed to enter the caves to explore on their own. However, the caves count 100,000 tourists every year. Get there by car or hike to Selma Plateau, you should hire a tour guide to visit all the caves in Oman.
6. Fishing by the Egyptian Highway
Abbas Bridge is a major highway in Egypt, spanning the Nile River. People can sit on the edge of the bridge and leisurely fish. Fishing is more common in the summer, but the fish caught are quickly released back into the Nile.
7. Drinking in a bomb shelter in Lebanon
One of the hottest clubs in Beirut - B018 is designed to look like a bomb shelter.
8. Spend $100 on tea in Dubai
Surprisingly, the price of a cup of tea like that is not only for tea connoisseurs. Maybe $100 (more than 2 million VND) for a cup of tea is too expensive, but enjoying this drink at the only 7-star hotel in the world, enthusiastic service and overlooking the city from a skyscraper is understandable.
9. Walking onchewing gum street in Tunisia
The village of Sidi Bou Said has a Greek island feel to it. It boasts a street called “Lover’s Lane,” a tree-lined street where couples chew gum and stick it to the trees as a way to express their love.
10. Visit the Museum of Islamic Art in Qatar
When the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha opened in November 2010, a flood of paintings and other masterpieces arrived in Qatar. Designed by Leoh Min Pei, who designed the Louvre, the structure houses a collection of Islamic art from around the world.
