Hatta Public Library

Hatta Public Library is a public library on Hatta's main street next to Al Wadi Park, a Dubai Public Libraries branch that opened in 1998 and a cool indoor stop on a Hatta day out. It holds more than 74,000 titles and has a children's section, a reading room, an activity room and audio-visual facilities, runs summer and winter camps for children, and stocks stories for children in Chinese, French and Hindi beside the Arabic and English shelves. Entry is free; borrowing needs Dubai Public Libraries membership, and a children's membership runs until the child turns 12. Dubai Culture's hours panel says Sunday to Thursday 8am to 8pm and Friday 8am to 12pm, but the same page also says Saturday to Thursday 10am to 5pm, so call 800 33 222 before you drive out.