Eight years of guiding. More than 5,000 guests. These are the tips that matter.
Book Tours Before You Arrive The best desert safari times fill quickly in peak season (November-February).
Dress Code Normal clothes in tourist areas. Cover shoulders and knees for mosques. Free abayas at the Grand Mosque.
Money UAE Dirham (AED). Most places take cards. Cash useful for souks.
Transport Metro excellent for main tourist corridor. Taxis cheap by Western standards. Private transport for desert and Abu Dhabi.
Best Timings Burj Khalifa: late afternoon/evening for the fountain. Old Dubai: early morning. Desert: sunrise or sunset.
The One Mistake Spending too much time in malls and not enough in Old Dubai. The creek, the abra, the souks — these are what people remember.
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