Explore flavors of Dubai on a Dubai city tour

There is no specific Dubai’s food in Dubai, so when you're planning a Dubai City Tour make sure you read about it a lot and make a list of places you want the culinary experience from. The traditional Arabic food available here seems to come from the other regions of the Middle East. So, along with a try at the traditional Arabic food, you can also put your fork into the tempting dishes made by the cooks of different hotels and restaurant. It will not take a long time for you find a good-priced restaurant serving a dish from your country out here.

Souks in Dubai - Dubai Shopping Tour

A souk is essentially a market area of an Arab city where you can get anything from fresh food to artifacts such as a shisha and tourist type objects. 

Dubai Gold Souk - Dubai Shopping Tour

Many regular holidaymakers to Dubai cannot leave without making atleast one stop to the famous Deira gold souk. If you are looking to buy gold jewellery for a wedding, for yourself or looking to sell off your old unwanted gold, Deira gold souk is the place to come.  Gold souks in the UAE are the biggest re-importer of gold so the selection on offer at the various outlets are huge, especially the one in Deira.  Quality is brilliant as careful monitoring regularly takes place in order to avoid fake pieces being sold and the price of gold pieces are very competitive because you wont find heavy charges on workmanship compared to western countries.  If you want to experience an outdoor souk experience with the hustle and bustle of over 300 stores, make the Deira gold souk on your top list of things to do.

Things not to miss on your Dubai City Tour

Dubai has been a fashionable destination for the past five years, attracting those who like fine hotels, cloudless skies, good beaches and endless shopping experiences.

Sometimes small things about a city makes it Big. While on you city tour Dubai, visit some of these small yet totally amazing places.

Creek

Don’t miss the creek area. Many tourists stay on the outskirts and only venture out to visit shopping malls or go on organised desert trips. Take an abra across from Bur Dubai (on the south side of the creek) to the Deira (north) side. Wander down the wharf and be amazed at just what is unloaded from the dhows. If you’re into gold, visit the gold souk.

 

Cool Things to do in Dubai - Dubai Fountain - Dubai City Tour

WATCH THE DUBAI FOUNTAINS ON THE DUBAI CITY TOUR

Watch mesmerized as water comes to life in the world-famous Dubai Fountains. With an estimated 10 million visitors a year, the Dubai Fountain is the largest musical fountain show in the world and one of the city’s top attractions. Located at the center of a man-made lake in the upscale Burj Khalifa district, It shoots approximately 22,000 gallons of water into the air, up to 150 meters, at regular intervals the entire evening.

That’s about as high as a 40-storey building, complete with fantastic effects made up of 25 color projectors and over 6,000 lights to create 1,000 artistic views. The Dubai Fountain is truly one spectacular aquatic show.

Parks of Dubai - Dubai City tour

Although people are living in one of the harshest desert climates, Dubai Municipality have made sure there are lots of green spaces and parks available to the residents.

Safa Park

Created in 1975, Safa Park is a 150 acre urban park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The park is bordered by Sheikh Zayed Road, Al Wasl Road, Al Hadiqa Street and 55th Street. There are many facilities there including playgrounds, washrooms and a fun fair. It has abundant open areas that are perfect for picnics and games of rounders!

The park contains three lakes, over 200 species of birds, and 16,924 different trees and bushes. Within the park, one can find grassy lawns, which cover 80% of the whole park, a little forest and a hill to offer panoramic views of the park. A waterfall flows out of the hill and into the largest lake which contains a fountain and touring boats. There are four entrances to the park, one from each road that borders it. The park is also famous with walkers and runners and you will see them walking around the perimeter of the park.

You can have a Dubai City tour booked from one of the renowned tour operators for proper tour details and bookings.