The Empty Quarter of Abu Dhabi The emptiness of this region – the largest sand desert in the world stretching across Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Oman and the United Arab Emirates – was part of what attracted Quora user Elizabeth G Fagan to visit the UAE’s part of the desert. “I saw a video of it on YouTube and could not believe it was a real place. Something about it just sang to me, stirred my soul. I had to go there,” she said. “It was more mind-blowing than I even imagined.”
In spite of its name, the Empty Quarter has a few camel farms, which breed the animals for travel and racing. Qasr al Sarab, the only resort for hundreds of kilometres, regularly hosts the Sheikh of the UAE in a luxury villa and also has one of the most spectacular pools in the world, thanks to its infinity freeform design that looks more like a desert oasis lake than a pool, a honour which Fagan agreed with wholeheartedly.