A recreated traditional village showing what daily life looked like on the Gulf coast before oil transformed the region.
Heritage Village reconstructs elements of a pre-oil Emirati settlement — a mud-and-barasti (palm-frond) style village, craft demonstrations, a small souk area, and displays covering Bedouin desert life alongside the coastal pearling and fishing traditions that sustained Abu Dhabi before oil wealth arrived.
It's a useful, low-key counterpoint to Abu Dhabi's ultra-modern attractions — a tangible sense of how recent and how dramatic the city's transformation has actually been, all in a compact, easy visit that pairs well with a Corniche walk.
