Dubai Trip Overview
Leave your cruise ship behind at the Port of Dubai and head out to see the city highlights on a private 4.5-hour sightseeing tour! While enjoying personalized attention from a private guide, see top Dubai attractions such as Burj Al Arab, one of the world’s tallest hotels. Explore the neighborhood of Jumeirah, and then visit Dubai Museum at the Old Al Fahidi Fort. Before returning to port, travel by traditional water taxi to two legendary Dubai markets: Dubai Spice Souk and the Gold Souk.
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Duration: 4 hours 30 minutes
Starts: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Trip Category: Shore Excursions >> Ports of Call Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Dubai, Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Leave your cruise ship behind at the Port of Dubai and head out to see the city highlights on a private 4.5-hour sightseeing tour! While enjoying personalized attention from a private guide, see top Dubai attractions such as Burj Al Arab, one of the world’s tallest hotels. Explore the neighborhood of Jumeirah, and then visit Dubai Museum at the Old Al Fahidi Fort. Before returning to port, travel by traditional water taxi to two legendary Dubai markets: Dubai Spice Souk and the Gold Souk.
Itinerary
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Stop At: Dubai City Tour with Tour Guide, Dubai United Arab Emirates
When your ship arrives at Port of Dubai, meet your guide and hop inside your private, air-conditioned minivan. Then, set off on your 4.5-hour city highlights tour.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Burj Al Arab, 3 Jumeirah Street Burj Al-Arab Hotel, Dubai United Arab Emirates
Along the way, hear entertaining tales about Dubai and its history from your guide, as well as intriguing facts about its architectural wonders. Keep your camera poised to capture the forests of glitzy skyscrapers on route to Jumeirah Beach, the city’s buzzing seaside district. Stop for photos at the instantly recognizable, sail-shaped Burj Al-Arab hotel and hear how, at 1,053 feet (321 meters) high, this Dubai icon is one of the tallest hotels on the planet.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Jumeirah Mosque, Jumeirah Beach Road, Jumeirah 1, Dubai 75157 United Arab Emirates
Continue past the swanky hotels and villas of the residential neighborhood of Jumeirah. Take a stroll around the lanes and hidden courtyards, and admire the gleaming white domes and slender minarets of Jumeirah Mosque.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dubai Museum & Al Fahidi Fort, Al Fahidi area, Dubai United Arab Emirates
Drive to Dubai’s oldest quarter, Al Bastakiya, with its mud-built wind-tower houses, and visit Dubai Museum, set inside the 18th-century Al Fahidi Fort. View the exhibits and scale models to discover how the oil boom of the 1950s and 1960s transformed Dubai from a fishing port into the high-rolling metropolis it is today.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dubai Creek, Mashraf Building, Dubai United Arab Emirates
Next, enjoy a scenic abra ride across Dubai Creek to the bustling Spice Souk.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Dubai Gold Souk, Old Baladiya St., Dubai United Arab Emirates
Peruse the colorful wares as you breathe in the heady aromas, and then visit the glittering Gold Souk. Perhaps up some great-value gold and jewelry here before your shore excursion ends back at the cruise terminal or Hotel in Dubai.
Duration: 30 minutes
