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Dhayah Fort
Ras Al Khaimah
About This Experience
Perched on a dramatic 70-metre hilltop overlooking palm groves, coastline, and mountains. The UAE’s last surviving hilltop fortress, a UNESCO Tentative Cultural Landscape with foundations stretching back to the Bronze Age.
What’s Included
UAE's last surviving hilltop fortress (UNESCO Tentative Cultural Landscape)
Perched 70 metres above palm groves, coast and Hajar Mountains
Built on Bronze Age foundations, rebuilt in the 19th century
Site of the final Qawasim stand in the 1819 British siege
239-step climb with panoramic 360° views from the summit
Bronze Age tomb sites and ancient irrigation systems at the base
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