"Dubai is like Las Vegas on steroids" is an overworn definition, but it expresses the massive development that has produced many record-breaking structures such as Burj Khalifa, Dubai Fountain, Dubai Marina, and Palm Islands and more. The city has fantastic resources for visitors, including shopping, art, fine dining, sunbathing, dunebashing, camel racing, indoor skiing, and shopping - the gold souk, the spice souk, malls and more. Bastakiya District offers a taste of Old Dubai. The weekend is on Friday and Saturday. It is very hot from May to September, and so during those months everything happens indoors. Nightlife is generally within hotels.