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Dubai City Sightseeing Tour - The Golden City
A fantastic introduction to the sights and sounds of Dubai, as your sightseeing tour takes you through the city, starting with a photo stop at Dubai's famous hotel - Burj Al Arab. You can try the local transport as you cross the waterways by Abra, and then wander through the glorious spice souk. And don't forget Dubai's famous landmark - the Gold Souk - a perfect place to shop!

The two key sightseeing areas are the coast-hugging Deira (home to the best souks as well as Dubai's business district) and the more peaceful Bur Dubai, where the Dubai Museum, Grand Mosque and Sheikh Saeed Al-Maktoum's House are found.

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Dubai Creek is another must-see, and to the west, the soft sand of Jumeirah Beach is lined by luxury hotels, the landmark Jumeirah Mosque and the family attraction, Wild Wadi Water Park. Time willing, take a jeep safari into the sand dunes or into neighbouring Emirates and Oman.

A few words of warning: while taking tourist photos is perfectly acceptable, snapping Muslim women (or even Muslim men without asking permission) is considered rude. Avoid taking pictures of government buildings and remember that non-Muslims are not allowed to enter mosques in the UAE.

Dubai Big Bus Hop On Hop Off Tour
From the towering Burj Al Arab hotel to the mysterious gold and spice souks, the Dubai Big Bus Hop On Hop Off Tour takes you to see it all. Your ticket offers you quadruple value as in addition to the City Tour, you can also take the Beach Tour, Walking Tour and Dhow Creek Cruise at no extra cost.

Bastakia QuarterThis district, on the waterfront east of the Dubai Souq and Diwan, features a number of traditional wind tower houses. Built in the late 1800s, the quarter was once the home of wealthy Persian merchants, most of them from the Bastak district (hence the name Bastikia) and lured to Dubai by its relaxed trade tariffs. The quarter has been declared a conservation area and restoration work has been carried out on several of the houses

This district, on the waterfront east of the Dubai Souq and Diwan, features a number of traditional wind-tower houses. Built in the late 1800s, the quarter was once the home of wealthy Persian merchants, most of them from the Bastak district and lured to Dubai by its relaxed trade tariffs.

Bur Dubai SouqThe Dubai Souq, in Bur Dubai, has been beautifully rebuilt to appeal to tourists, but sells mostly items appreciated by the Indo-Pakistani expat community. This is the place to purchase that custom-made sari.

Bur Dubai Souq has been beautifully rebuilt to appeal to shopping-mad tourists, but mostly caters to the Indian and Pakistani expat community. It does not sell many Arabian things, but is certainly the place to purchase a custom-made sari.

Deira Gold Souq

Deira's celebrated Gold Souq attracts buyers from all over the world. Pass through its wooden lattice archways and you'll find great dazzling heaps of gold chains, rings, earrings, bracelets and every other kind of jewellery. It also sells silver.

Electronics Souq

The Electronics Souq is the place to get all the televisions, calculators, stereos, digital cameras, video games, DVD players and karaoke machines you've ever wanted. It's all almost tax free, and once the haggling is done, can be got for rock bottom prices.

Diera Covered Souq

This souk has more of an Indian flavour than an Arabic one. It sells just about everything, but notably textiles, clothes, kitchenware, walking sticks, and all the henna you'll ever need.

Dubai CreekDubai Creek. The best way to see the grand trading port is from the water. You can book a pricey cruise or hire an abra (small boat) for an hour or so; ask the captain to take you to Al-Maktoum Bridge and back.

Dubai's waterfront epitomizes the city's personality. If you do only one touristy thing in Dubai, make sure to visit Dubai Creek and see the grand trading port from the water. You can book a cruise or abra (small boat) for an hour or so; ask the captain to take you to Al-Maktoum Bridge and back.

It's also worth taking some time to walk around the dhow wharfage on the Deira side of Dubai Creek, to the west of the abra dock. Dhows bound for ports from Kuwait to Mumbai (Bombay) dock here to unload just about everything, including kitchen sinks.

Dubai MuseumThe Dubai Museum, occupying the Al-Fahidi Fort on the Bur Dubai side of Dubai Creek, is not to be missed. Thought to be the city's oldest building, the fort was both the residence of Dubai's rulers and the seat of government

The Dubai Museum is housed inside the Al-Fahidi Fort, which was built in the late 1790s, and is believed to be the city's oldest building. The museum has collections of everything from Arabian sailing boats to the curved daggers known as khanjars. There are multimedia and interactive displays, and all the exhibits have captions in Arabic and English.

Grand Mosque The Grand Mosque in Bur Dubai is home to the city's tallest minaret. built in the 1990s with sand-colored walls and wooden shutters blend perfectly with the surrounding old quarter of Bur Dubai

This multidomed mosque boasts the city's tallest minaret. The mosque might appear to be a beautiful example of restoration work, but it was in fact built in the 1990s. As well as being the centre of Dubai's religious and cultural life, the original mosque was also home to the town's kuttab (Quranic school) where children learnt to recite the Quran from memory.

Maintaining the style of the original Grand Mosque, which dated from 1900 and was knocked down to make way for another mosque in 1960, its sand-coloured walls and wooden shutters blend in perfectly with the surrounding old quarter of Bur Dubai.

Perfume Souq

While the Perfume Souq is really just a group of shops, it sells a staggering range of Arabic and European perfumes. The European perfumes are a mixture of designer originals and copies while the Arabic perfumes are much stronger and spicier. It's worth buying some of the latter for the kitsch packaging alone.

Sheikh Saeed al-Maktoum House

Built in 1896, this was once the home of the ruling Al-Maktoum family. It was built using traditional methods, from coral coated with lime and plaster. Inside there's an interesting exhibition of photographs showing how little time it took for Dubai to go from a little fishing and pearling town to a big money, resort-style oil city.

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