city · UAE
Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi closes out the Formula 1 season under lights, on a circuit wrapped around Yas Marina, often with the championship still undecided going into the final laps. Yas Island's theme parks and beach clubs sit minutes from the paddock, and the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the Corniche show you a different side of the capital entirely. Dubai is close enough to fold into the same trip: a 90-minute drive up the E11, with its own growing sports calendar of golf and cricket at the Dubai International Stadium. Abu Dhabi isn't just a race-weekend city, but it's hard to overstate how much the Grand Prix matters here. The whole capital turns out for it, and once you're there, it's easy to see why.
