🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates or 🇮🇹 Italy
And what the world thinks
🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates leads by 5 votes.
Which one, honestly
Italy leads on nature, cities and food.
A normal day costs about $180 in United Arab Emirates and $170 in Italy.
Side by side
- 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates🇮🇹 Italy
- Nov to MarBest monthsApr to May, Sep to Oct
- $180A normal day$170
- 12h 45m to DubaiNonstop from New York8h 45m to Rome
- GoodBeaches and seaGood
- Very goodCities and cultureExceptional
- Very goodFoodExceptional
- Not the drawNature and hikingVery good
- Not the drawValue for moneyGood
- Very goodEasy to get aroundVery good
- Metro in Dubai, taxis everywhere else, a car for the mountainsGetting aroundFast trains, genuinely excellent, book in advance
- June to September, when outdoors stops being an optionWhen to avoidThe middle of August, when the cities empty and half the good places shut
Pick by what you want
🇦🇪 Choose United Arab Emirates if
you want guaranteed winter sun, very short flights from Europe and Asia, and a city that works like clockwork.
🇮🇹 Choose Italy if
you want three cities in ten days, you care about food and museums, and you would rather take a train than a ferry.
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Written and checked by hand. Nothing here about visas or entry rules: those change often and depend on your passport, so check an official source.