Dream Holidays United Arab Emirates

Dream Holidays United Arab Emirates

The United Arab Emirates is by no means your typical holiday destination. Mind-bending skyscrapers in all shapes and sizes, ultramodern shopping malls, beaches, lakes and even man-made islands can all be found in the United Arab Emirates. The Dubai Shopping Festival is always a high point, especially if you need a bit of retail therapy, or you want to experience an exceptional visual display.

Also known as the UAE, or just “the Emirates,” the United Arab Emirates is a nation located in the Middle East on the Gulf of Persia, adjacent to Saudi Arabia and Oman, which shares sea boundaries with Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Qatar, and Bahrain. A single national president rules this alliance of seven principalities, called emirates, each of which is administered by an emir, which is an inherited position. The seven emirates are Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Ras al Khaimah, Fujairah, Sharjah, Ajman and Umm al Quwain.

Dream Holiday Abu Dhabi

Abu Dhabi is the country’s cultural heart, capital and hub of government. This was a sleepy fishing village only forty years ago. Nowadays it’s one of the world’s richest cities and an ever popular tourist destination, thanks mainly to its oil wealth. Here you can see the impressive Grand Mosque, meticulously refurbished Al Husn Palace and outstanding modern architecture with an Islamic twist.

Dubai Dream Holiday

Dubai is the major tourist area, providing loads of activities for you to try. Join a safari group and take a jeep ride into the desert. After a thrilling drive through the sandbanks, visit a camel farm and ride a camel as the sun sets over the sandy dunes. Have a barbecue dinner with some local fare around a campfire, before watching a belly dancer and then settling down for the night under a wonderful twinkling sky.

Variety is the spice of life and Dubai is the perfect example of this. The perfect vehicle to see both the metropolis and the more rustic and natural features of Dubai is by riding in a hot air balloon. You can’t starve in Dubai with the broad variety of cuisines available and the sheer number of different eateries. Dubai also has great nightlife, boasting popular hangouts such as Buddha Bar and the Rock Bottom Café.

Dubai was founded in the late 1950’s to serve a little coastal settlement. It is the second largest of the Emirates. The city is really two towns split by Dubai Creek, an inlet of the Gulf.

Sharjah

Sharjah is the other popular emirate city, and it is only twenty minutes away from Dubai. This emirate is now officially the cultural hub of the Middle East. Here you can actually get a grasp of the rich customs of the UAE, since the city is home to the National History Museum, the Al Majara Souk, the Corniche, and the Al Naboodah House and would therefore be the cultural part of any UAE Dream Holiday.

Why the UAE is a Dream Holiday Come True

One of the world’s fastest growing tourist destinations, the UAE has all the right elements for a memorable dream holiday: sun, sand, ocean, sports, peerless shopping, top-class hotels and restaurants, a fascinating traditional culture, and a safe and friendly atmosphere.

For sports lovers, the UAE has positioned itself as an essential centre for the world’s choice sports, hosting leading sporting events in purpose-built sites that have no equal. And if you’re into water sports, the warm, clear waters of the Gulf of Arabia and the Indian Ocean that border the UAE present the ideal playing field for you. All this is done in a super-clean and safe setting boasting top-class hotels and restaurants, supported by a time-honoured civilization with an advanced way of thinking.

If you want to go visiting the attractions, you can go by 4×4 on mountain or desert expeditions, dhow tours, desert dinners, the Petroleum Exhibition, Fujairah Heritage Village, the oldest mosque in the UAE at Bidiyah, the Iron Age archaeological excavations, forts, cultural museums city excursions, souks, and beaches. Family activities include children’s amusement centres in shopping malls, theme parks, water parks, and regular parks and gardens.

The great wealth derived from the UAE’s oil and gas production has given the country one of the highest per capita incomes in the world. Today the UAE has become a vibrant, up-to-the-minute society with the infrastructure of twenty-first century life. Use the holiday finder to book your UAE dream holiday now, so you can experience the glitter of one of the world’s most modern cities.