Abu Dhabi City Tour, Emirates Palace, Grand Mosque, Louvre Museum
Description
See Abu Dhabi's top attractions on this half-day guided tour from Dubai. As the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi features many cultural and historical sights including the popular Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, an excellent example of Islamic architecture. Also, stop at the Emirates Palace and the Etihad Towers for photos, and drive along Corniche Road.
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Itinerary
Explore one of the world’s largest mosques on a half-day tour, the only mosque that captures unique interactions between Islam and world cultures. Sheikh Zayed's vision for the Grand Mosque was to incorporate architectural styles from different Muslim civilizations and celebrate cultural diversity by creating a haven that is truly diverse and inspirational in its foundation.
Emirates Palace is a world-famous hotel known for its enchanting Arabesque style, award-winning five-star hospitality and wonderfully unique and authentic local experiences. The hotel's main building stretches over one kilometre from wing to wing, with the gardens spread across 100 hectares. (Photo Stop will be provided)
(Photo Stop) - The towers are located opposite the Emirates Palace hotel and feature offices, apartments and a hotel. The towers were used as a filming location for the 2015 film Furious 7. In the film, Dominic Toretto (Vin Diesel) and Brian O'Conner (Paul Walker) steal a Lykan HyperSport and drive it through three of the towers.
Qasr Al Watan, or Palace of the Nation, in Abu Dhabi, UAE was built to host dignitaries and leaders. The presidential palace was constructed between 2010 and 2017 with over one million square meters of intricate stonework and 22,000 cubic meters of Mughal-era style decorative elements. (Photo Stop)
This fascinating centre is home to an extensive collection of museum-like displays featuring unique Islamic art pieces sourced from around the Muslim world.
(Photo Stop) - The Corniche (or Corniche Road) is located in the city of Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. The Corniche Road spreads across an 8 km long stretch. It forms a sweeping curve on the western side of the main Abu Dhabi island and is replete with cycle paths, fountains and park areas
Meet Abu Dhabi’s Heritage Village, a family-friendly spot to experience the traditional way of life in the desert. The village is an immersive time capsule, with an old-world souk (market), mosque and camp modelled on life in pre-modern UAE.
(Photo Stop) - Ferrari World Abu Dhabi is a mostly indoors amusement park on YAS Island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It is the first Ferrari-branded theme park and has the record for the largest space frame structure ever built. Formula Rossa, the world's fastest roller coaster, is also located here.
(Photo Stop) - The Louvre Abu Dhabi is an art and civilization museum, located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The museum was inaugurated on 8 November 2017 by French President Emmanuel Macron and United Arab Emirates Vice President Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. The museum is part of a thirty-year agreement between the city of Abu Dhabi and the French government. The museum is located on the Saadiyat Island Cultural District. It is approximately 24,000 square meters (260,000 sq ft) in size, with 8,000 square meters (86,000 sq ft) of galleries, making it the largest art museum in the Arabian peninsula.
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Pickup Locations & Times
Traveller pickup is offered We offer pickup from All locations within Dubai. Hotel pick-up and drop-off are offered for this tour. We will send you complete contact information (phone number, email address, etc.) for our local operator to organize pick-up arrangements
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Important Information
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- The duration of the tour includes the time required for hotel pick-up and drop off
- The pick-up time will be within 45 minutes of your booked tour time. If there are any changes, you will be notified by email
- Mosques have very strict dress codes: women must wear long loose clothing, and ensure their arms and legs are fully covered. Women are also required to cover their heads at all times. A long Abaya with scarf (long black dress attire), Men must not show above their knees and must cover their shoulders. Failure to do so will be a refused entry. The tour operator cannot provide any clothing for men
- It is not possible to visit the Sheikh Zayed Mosque during any Islamic festival
- Tattoos must be covered During the Mosque Visit
- It is not recommended to book this tour on Friday if you have a return flight on the same day, as the drop-off time is dependent on traffic and can not be guaranteed.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
Reviews(31)
Amazing and beautiful experience.The Mosque was breathtakingly beautiful. The architectural and artistry was phenomenal..
Faizon was absolutely ah-mazing! Very professional, prompt and provided excellent service. Best service in Dubai that i have experienced. You deserve 5 gold stars!!
Disclaimer... I'm not a Karen or someone that likes to write bad reviews so this is not my usual MO. Our actual tour guide on the bus was very nice and compassionate to our situation. The operator of the tour was not. Very unpleasant day.... After being picked up 2 hours late (they said the driver had a possible accident in the morining) the operator Faizan Mirza kept saying he would be getting back to us with a new driver.. I had to call every 1/2 at least to get updates while he said he's working on it. I let him know we had dinner reservations for the evening at 6PM so asked if this would be an issue and he assured me that we'd be back in plenty of time. (probably so they could get their money from us) When a driver did show up, the ride to the another shuttle was hot and stuffy with little to no AC. We were dropped off to another driver which took us to another shuttle until we got on the final bus. The "Ferrari world photo stop" was nothing more than letting other people stop and get off and back on the road... Some of the "highlights were very misleading I belive especially the driveby photo oppurtunities which were miles away from the "driveby" The 2nd to last stop was the mosque which on our "5-7 hour trip" started at 5:45 pm which was already at 6 hours into our trip. So much for out dinner reservations. We were going to prepay for another excursion for the night, so I'm glad we chose not to do that bc we would have been out the money for it. It was nice to get past the crowds in lines in the mosque since we were on a tour. I called him back a couple of times about us missing our dinner reservations and all he could do is say cancel them. The only bright part of this situation was after expressing our dissappointment several times and not giving us an answer I asked if I should call the CC company to dispute the charges and he said finish the tour. After that he sent a couple messages and finally agreed to send a car to the last destination to pick us up and we skipped the temple tour. After skipping the last stop which was supposed to last 1 hour, we started back to Dubai.. We arrived at 8:30 PM which was 11 and 1/2 hours later than when we were supposed to start. If we took the last tour it would have been 12 1/2 to 13 hours of our day when we were prepared for a 5-7 hr day as which was stated. Tired, hungry and upset when we were dropped off. BAD DAY.
It was truly an eye opening trip. We most enjoyed the Sheikh Zayed mosque and the Emirates Palace which were both beyond impressive. Many thanks to our tour guide Mirza for doing his best to provide us a wonderful touring experience.
Most amazing trip I ever did! Our tour guide Mirza was the most knowledgeable person I have met. We learned more about the history of Dubai and Abu Dhabi in 1 day than I did the whole week. Wonderful guidance, tour and i formation. Thanks Mirza!
Our tour guide Mirza provided great information on our road trip to Abu Dhabi, we learned so much from him and was accommodating when we decided to end our trip early!
My Abu Dhabi tour was great until the driver made a stop on the way back to my hotel that ended up with my wife getting scam at a gallery for a piece of carpet.Remember if it’s not on the itinerary..Stay Away!!!
Well Sir, thank you So Much for your Bad review which is Not an Honest Review Sir, But Sir i would like to inform you please go through the itinerary Again, there are 8 stops in this tour, 1. Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, 2. Emirates Palace, 3. Qasr al Watan, 4 Miraj Art Gallery, this is where you have Art Stuff to see, we just bring you all the places to see thigs Not Buy any stuff sir, it was your Wife's Choice to Buy a Souvenir Which you didn't like at all Paying for that, i Understood. But Sir Don't call us Scam we are a reputed Company Working Respectfully for More than 10 Years, You are the 1st one to use such words. After that we have, 5. AbuDhabi Corniche, 6. Heritage Village, 7. Ferrari World, 8. Louvre Museum. Please let us know if we bring you anywhere else other then these Mentioned Places, if you can give me any Name of other Place i am Happy to Return your money Back. Please Mark My words. Thanks Again for Your kind Response towards our Respect throughout your trip. Cheers
The mosque and Ferrari world were impressive. The overall trip was too long and the van was uncomfortable. The driver/guide however, was very good
We have a great day. Major Aleem was our tour guide. He is such a nice personality. 100% recommended🥰
The stories told by the driver made the tour worth while. He was kind and flexible in not stopping were we did not want to send time.