Gate Avenue at DIFC

This guide to Gate Avenue at DIFC in Dubai starts overhead, with the Gate Building's arch deliberately modeled on the Arc de Triomphe, and the 2005 opening ceremony that brought world leaders and Andrea Bocelli under it. It follows the promenade's own 2019 opening after a billion-dirham investment, the stretch of galleries and restaurants including Christie's and the Opera Gallery, and the twice-yearly Art Nights festival that fills the walkways with jazz and installations. Take it slow near the Gate itself, where the arch's scale is easiest to appreciate from below.