Dubai: city & desert

Individual Tour

7 DaysUnited Arab Emirates

Themes and Features

Self-Drive

Individual Tour

City Life

Sun & Beach

About this tour

Experience Dubai’s captivating duality on this perfectly balanced Arabian escape. Begin amid the city’s futuristic skyline, where the world’s tallest tower rises above a metropolis shaped from desert sands. Explore ancient souks, where gold shimmers in labyrinthine alleys, before immersing yourself in ultra‑luxury malls and sun‑kissed beachfront playgrounds. Then retreat to the tranquil desert sanctuary of Murqquab, where rolling dunes replace skyscrapers and timeless Bedouin hospitality sets the pace. Witness breathtaking sunrises as golden light sweeps across endless sands, while graceful oryx roam freely through protected desert landscapes. A journey where tomorrow’s city meets the enduring spirit of yesterday’s Arabia.

Itinerary

Dubai (DXB)

Days 1 - 4

Dubai

Dubai (Arabic: دبي‎‎) is a cosmopolitan metropolis and global city on the Arabian Peninsula. The city is one of the ten most popular tourist destinations in the world. The city is also considered one of the most modern and progressive cities in the Middle East - certainly in the Arab world - and is also sometimes nicknamed as "City of Gold" due to historically being a hub for gold trade as well as the rapid transformation from a desert into a luxurious city.

Dubai is characterized by a vast landscape of desert which transforms into a futuristic style of skyscrapers along the coastline. The city offers both insights to the old merchant and pearl diving history of the Arabs in Deira and Bur Dubai and the new modern skyscraper business and bustling life in Jumeirah and Jebel Ali. Dubai is sometimes mistakenly thought of as a country, however it is an Emirate and is part of the United Arab Emirates. It is the financial centre of the United Arab Emirates.

Dubai is also considered a commercial and cultural hub of the Middle East, it's a global transport hub, and has attracted world attention through many large innovative construction projects and sports events. The city is symbolised by its skyscrapers, including the world's tallest building, Burj Khalifa, in addition to ambitious development projects including man-made islands, world class luxury hotels, and some of the largest and extraordinarily modern shopping malls in the world.