Dubai Tourist Information

Dubai Tours :

1. Red Bus Tours :
Step back in time as you tour through Old Dubai. As the open top tour bus winds you through the streets of the city centre you can still see remnants of what once was a small fishing village.


Stop at the Dubai Museum (entrance included with your Big Bus ticket) which is housed in the old Al Fahidi Fort, for a look into what Dubai was like when the creek and gulf were the city’s life blood.

Your senses will be awakened by the fragrant aromas of the Spice Souk where merchants have been trading for hundreds of years.

Take a tour through Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House (entrance included with your ticket) where you can view a number of artefacts not only from the UEA but from around the world. And for a more relaxing view of the city, sit back and relax with our free Dhow River Cruise!

The Red bus tour includes the following sightseeing attractions:

The Dubai Museum
Al Fahidi Fort
The Spice Souk
Shekh Saeed Al Maktoum House
Dhow River Cruise

1 Wafi City Shopping Mall
Connections : Blue Tour - 12. 9:00
2 Creek Walk and Danet Dubai Berth 9:15
3 Al Fahidi Fort Arabian Treasure Walking Tour 9:20
4 Dubai Old Souk 9:25
5 Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House 9:35
6 Gold Souk 9:45
7 Abra Station (Dhow Cruise) 9:55
8 Deira City Centre Shopping Mall
Connections : Blue Tour - 11. 10:05
9 Burjuman Shopping Mall 10:25
10 Karama Market 10:35
11 Deira City Centre Shopping Mall
Connections : Red Tour - 8. 10:00
12 Wafi City Shopping Mall
Connections : Red Tour - 1. 10:15
13 Jumeirah Mosque 10:35
14 The Mercato Mall Shopping Centre 10:40
15 Jumeirah Beach Park 10:45
16 Jumeirah Public Beach 11:00
17 Souk Madinat Jumeirah 11:05
18 Mall of the Emirates/Ski Dubai 11:20
19 Times Square Shopping Mall 11:30
20 Festival City. Shopping, Cinema 12:00
Red Tour (Live or Multilingual Recorded Commentary)


Dubai Museum is in the old part of Dubai, and is actually housed in the original fort that guarded the creek entrance.The museum can be seen in less than 1 hour, however there is more than enough attractions in the vicinity to fill an entire day.A good way to tour Dubai is on the Big Bus (bigbustours.com). It is not the cheapest way, but it is the most convenient. Using a "The Entertainer" 2-4-1 voucher makes it about the same price as most other city bus tours.



Suggested itinery :

1. After a big breakfast, make your way to the Museum using the Big Bus, Taxi, Hire Car etc. If you drive, finding parking could be difficult. Spend about 1 hour inside the museum. The museum requires updating, but it is a good introduction to Dubai and costs less than $1. Dubai is changing so fast, it would probably never keep up anyway.

2. A 1 hour walking tour is included with the big bus tour. The lonley planet guide has a similar tour. Walk from the museum, past the grand mosque, through the Old (fabric) Souq, past the Abra station, and on to Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum's House. If you are hungry, get a Shwama (small lamb/chicken kebab) from the creekside cafe just past the abra station.

3. Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum's House gives an insight to how the leader of Dubai lived before the days of oil. Entry costs less than $1. Walk back to the abra station.

4. Catch an abra across the creek. It costs 50 fils and gives a great view the city. If you are in Dubai during the summer, dusk is the only time when it it cool enough to do the walk, but this is the best time to catch an abra ride.

5. The spice souq is at the opposite side of the creek where you will get off the abra. Walk through the spice souq and absorb the multitude of aromas.

6. Walk from the spice souq to the gold souq. Haggle hard to get the "best price" before you buy anything. The salesman will be trying to get as much as possible from you. If you are "western", this will be more. Aim for 50% of the first price. You will be doing other tourists a favour.

7. Walk back to the abra station. From here you can either catch an abra ride back to the other side, catch the big bus creek cruise, or get back on the big bus. The big bus tour will go back to a shopping centre called Wafi City via 3 other shopping centres: Deria City Centre, BurJuman and Karama. None of these are anything special.

8. Change buses at Wafi City and do the big bus beach tour. Jumeirah Mosque is one of the stops that you may be interested in to do a tour of the mosque.

9. Souq Madinat Jumeriah is a modern version of the old souqs that you previously visited. It is aimed at cashed up tourists, is airconditoned and a popular place to eat and party.

10. The rest of the bus tour stops at all of the beach hotels and finishes at the Mall of the Emirates where Ski Dubai is located.Wear loose clothing and a good pair of shoes for walking.



PS: Woman should dress appropriately to avoid the stares of sex starved men from the asian sub continent.