Sandwiched between the rolling oil fields and dusty desert dunes at the heart of the UAE, and the gleaming waters of the Indian Ocean, the city of Fujairah remains one of the country’s more off-the-beaten-track destinations.

That the city is quickly transforming itself into a booming economic behemoth can be seen at it’s Hamad bin Abdullah Road, a picture of a burgeoning Central Business District spiked with shiny new high-rises and awash with construction to boot. It is on the peripheries that travellers can look forward to exploring some of the nation’s less-trodden historical sights. Here is where their Fujairah tour guide will show them the Fujairah Fort and its adjoining museum complex, and to the west the curious Wadi Wurayah wetlands that lurk between the monoliths of the great Hajar Mountains. Then there are the beaches of the Oman Gulf to enjoy, clustered around pretty Khor Fakkan just along the coast.