Travel: Planning a Stopover in Dubai?

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Forget those exhausting marathon flights from London to Australia or Asia – there is now an easy and cheap way to avoid that ordeal and throw in a fascinating insight to the Arab world.

Why Stop Over in Dubai?

A stopover in Dubai turns for example, the 24-hour London to Australia torture into two manageable flights and taking a break of two days or even eight hours allows you to get some of the huge time difference out of the way, so that when you do arrive at your final destination you won’t spend the next two weeks waking up at 3am.

The best thing of all is that no city in the world is as well suited as Dubai to a leisurely guided bus tour, allowing to you to relax and avoid any hassles as you are shown around this fascinating city.

There is no need to hire a car or even navigate the local public transport system, as the City Sightseeing Dubai tours take you in comfort to all the sights and destinations of one of the world’s fastest-growing and most remarkable cities.

In dozens of cities around the world, City Sightseeing tours allow you to discover the local highlights at your own pace, simply getting on and off its buses whenever you feel like visiting a museum, historical site, or whatever takes your fancy.

Experience Dubai: Hop on and off

The scale and nature of Dubai is perfectly designed for exploring in this way. If you are feeling a little lazy you can sit tight and listen to the audio explanation of the world’s tallest building, the world’s largest shopping mall and Dubai’s other breath-taking skyscrapers and man-made islands as they roll past your window.

When your curiosity is piqued, you simply step off the bus at a fascinating museum, or the world’s most dazzling modern shopping mall, The Dubai Mall a modern art gallery or an old-style Arabic market, always knowing that another bus will be along in 20 minutes.

Or perhaps you would rather jump off the bus to take a short boat ride on the Creek, the small but busy waterway that gave birth to Dubai as a trading post centuries ago.

Each of the two main routes takes two hours if you stay on the bus and listen to the audio explanations, but there are 37 stops at destinations or special walking tours that will keep anyone busy for either a 24-hour, 48-hour or 7-day ticket, depending on the length of your stopover.

The Routes…

For those who love history jump on board the Red route and visit the old heart of Dubai with its gold and spice markets, the Dubai Creek and a range of museums specialising in everything from local history to camels, horses, coins and architecture.

Modernists should take the Blue route which focuses on modern Dubai and its skyscrapers, then a drive along the stunning coastline and see the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountains

The Golden route takes one hour and spans Dubai’s marina, an artificial canal city and a famous retail and leisure strip along the coast.

Commentary is available in English and a dozen other languages, and there are special commentaries by kids for kids in English and Arabic.

The sights and experiences…

The 24-hour tickets includes a City of Lights Night Tour, a boat ride on an Arabian Dhow, entry to Dubai’s main Museum and other entry tickets and discounts.

The 48-hour pass also includes access to the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, as well as a sightseeing tour of the nearby emirate Sharjah and a one-hour cruise of the Palm man-made islands.

Of course any visit to Dubai is not complete without a visit to The Dubai Mall, the world’s largest shopping mall. Despite its size it is easy to navigate as the shops are cleverly grouped according to category. If you are a shoe obsessive, for instance, then you have an entire Shoe District to enjoy. Electronic buffs can zigzag between a whole level of electronic shops.

The Mall complex includes the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, which is home to 33,000 marine animals.

By the time you wander back out to Dubai airport to continue your flight your batteries will be recharged and you will have enough memories and insights to keep you buzzing for the rest of your journey.

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