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The UAE's highest hilltop fort, rebuilt after 1819, looks over palm groves and the sea from the top of a steep stair.
Built in 1768 as the seat of government, it now holds finds from the Ed-Dur archaeological site.
A late 18th-century fort that served as the ruler's palace and later a police station, with its wind towers and watchtowers kept.
A mountain heritage village with a fort ruin about three centuries old and rock carvings of horses and camels, minutes from Al Rafisah Dam.
Sharjah's old east coast stronghold, restored in 2019 as a museum on Khor Fakkan's history, a short walk from the bay.
One of the oldest and largest forts in the country, dating to the 16th century, on a rocky hill against the mountains.
An 18th-century fort guarding Wadi Ham, once the main route from the coast to the interior, restored between 2008 and 2012.
The ruling family's old fort stands in the middle of the restored Heart of Sharjah, with a weapons gallery and displays on the town's history.
Thirty rebuilt mud, stone and barasti buildings, watchtowers from the 1880s and a falaj-fed palm farm, free to wander in the Hajar.
A public garden built around the Hili Grand Tomb, a 4,000-year-old ring of carved stone 12 metres across.
Quieter than the big oasis, with a 1930s souq, a mud-brick tower turned arts centre and a 4,000-year-old tomb on its edge.
The square fort where Sheikh Khalifa was born, with a glass exhibition hall inside the courtyard and a 21,000-palm oasis behind it.
The country's oldest museum reopened in October 2025 around the 1910 Sultan Fort, with Bronze Age gold from the Qattara tomb inside.
Shaded lanes run through 1,200 hectares of date palms watered by falaj channels that still work after 3,000 years.
An 1890s mud-brick fort with a room of Wilfred Thesiger's Empty Quarter photographs, set in a park you can picnic in.
A 2017 fort built in the old style next to the historic Hosn Al Sirra, with an exhibition on Al Dhafra's customs and history.
The watchtower inside goes back to the late 18th century, making it the oldest stone building in the city.