7 of 9 places fit
The first traditional carved-stone Hindu temple in the region, and the evening Ganga Aarti at 7:30pm is worth timing your visit around.
The watchtower inside is the oldest building in the city, and the fort's rooms trace Abu Dhabi from a pearling village to a capital.
Sheikh Khalifa's birthplace, with a glass exhibition hall in the courtyard telling the fort's story next to Al Ain's smallest oasis.
A museum built around a Bronze Age tomb, with guided routes out to ancient burial sites and Fossil Rock in the desert around it.
Built for Sheikh Zayed the First in the 1890s, it now holds a permanent exhibition of Wilfred Thesiger's Empty Quarter photographs.
See archaeological finds, traditional weapons, manuscripts, and daily life artifacts from Umm Al Quwain's history.
See artifacts from prehistoric to Islamic eras, including weapons, pottery, and jewelry from local excavations.