Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Heritage Village & Dates Market
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Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- 4 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Explore top attractions in the UAE’s capital on this half-day Abu Dhabi sightseeing tour. Travel through Abu Dhabi by air-conditioned coach as a guide sheds light on the region’s rich culture and heritage. Marvel at the soaring domes and minarets of Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque. Mingle with the locals in the bustling souks, where everything from gold jewelry to fresh dates has a price to barter on. Then, travel past the corniche’s pristine gardens and beaches to the Heritage Village, where the Abu Dhabi of old is brought to life.
- Take in famous landmarks including the Sheikh Zayed Mosque
- Soak up the atmosphere is the bustling souks
- Visit the Heritage Village and learn of life in the historic Bedouin villages
- Tour includes pickup and drop-off from your centrally located Abu Dhabi hotel
Why Travelers Choose This Tour
Go beyond the Corniche with an exclusive stop at the Heritage Village for a deeper glimpse into Emirati heritage.
What's Included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Professional guide
- Transport by air-conditioned Vehicle
- Gratuities
- Food and drinks
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We will pick you up from hotels in the Abu Dhabi city area. Please mention your hotel name when booking. Our guide will meet you in the hotel lobby at the specified pick-up time. Please note that the mentioned tour time is an approximate pick-up time; our team will inform you of the exact time based on your hotel's location and any schedule adjustments. If there are any changes, we will communicate them to you promptly.
Operating hours.8:30 am
Itinerary
1
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Al Bateen Beach (Pass By)
Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental (Pass By)
Qasr Al Watan (Pass By)
2
Emirates Heritage Village
30 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
The Corniche (Pass By)
3
Abu Dhabi Dates Market
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
4
The Founder's Memorial
20 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- will be operated by a bilingual guide ( English & German)
- Dress code is formal
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- If you are visiting a mosque especially the Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi, you need to have a more conservative dress code. For men and women, your legs and arms need to be covered – no shorts or skirts above the ankle. Additionally, your clothes should not be tight fitting – this is not the place for yoga pants! Try and ensure the fabric of your clothes is opaque as well, as see-through garments are inappropriate in a religious environment. Female visitors to the mosque will be asked to cover their hair; however, a headscarf will be provided to them upon entry. As a side note, you will be asked to remove your shoes.
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 100 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Reviews
4.4
based on 231 reviews
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Shirley_T, Feb 2025
Efficiency and reliable. Punctuality, tour guide was mindful of one 's need. Bus , car ride was pleasant.
Response from Host, Feb 2025
Dear Shirley, Thank you for your 4-star review! We're glad to know you had a positive experience with us. We're always looking to provide the best service possible, so we'd appreciate hearing what we did well and how we could make your next visit a 5-star experience.
Yousra_B, Oct 2024
It was great to discover the grand mosque and other places with Lateef. Very kind guy who explains details and tell stories that help better understand the culture here... the transportation was comfortable with good A/C.
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Thank you for your 5-star review. It’s always a pleasure to serve customers like you, and we’re glad that you enjoyed our Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Heritage Village & Dates Market with Latheef.
We hope to see you back soon!
Lisa_H, Sep 2024
The tour was like any other tour as tours go, however, the 5 stars are for the tour guide. She was very knowledgeable of the history and very personable.
Response from Host, Oct 2024
Hello Lisa, Thank you for your 5-star review. We’re delighted to hear you enjoyed Manuela's service. We look forward to serving you again soon!
Amelia_P, Jun 2024
We enjoyed our half day tour. We were meet in time and appreciated the convenient hotel pick up, particularly in the heat.
We thoroughly enjoyed our visit to the Grand Mosque and had plenty of time to look around and take photos.
The Heritage Cultural Centre afforded us a good glimpse into the Bedouin life in pre modern times.
The Date Market was also interesting and we enjoyed a variety of dates, fruit and nuts.
The tour was very well organised and ran right on time.
Response from Host, Jun 2024
Hello Amelia, thank you so much for your positive review! We're delighted to hear how much you enjoyed your visit to Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Heritage Village & Dates Market.
Please don't hesitate to let us know if there's anything our team can do to provide you with a 5 star experience in the future! We hope we'll have the opportunity to serve you again soon,
Terry_F, Mar 2024
The tour guide was excellent….Thank you Latef!
It was well organized and book again.
Thank you so much
Response from Host, Mar 2024
Thank you for choosing us! We are very glad to hear that you had an excellent tour with Latheef and you enjoyed our Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Heritage Village & Dates Market. Hope to see you again on your next visit.
James_A, Feb 2024
Good explorations of the big mosque as well as orientation of down town Abu Dhabi.
Group bus.
The guide and drivers were good and informative.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thank you so much for this great 5-star review. We really appreciate your business and helping to share the word about our Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Heritage Village & Dates Market. Thank you for choosing Emirates Tours and Safari LLC. Hope to see you again on your next visit to experience our other activity here in UAE.
Elina_T, Feb 2024
It wasn't my 1st tour, but a first for my husband, so it was special in that way. Tour guide was friendly & I enjoyed the dates market. Didn't see the relevance of the cultural market. A waste of time, in my opinion.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thank you for your 4-star review and for choosing Emirates Tours and Safari LLC. We’re glad to hear that you're happy with our Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque, Heritage Village & Dates Market. We constantly strive to improve, so any additional feedback you can provide would be greatly appreciated. We're looking forward to serving you again!
Bipin_M, Feb 2024
Very good tour for 1/2 day tour of Abu Dhabi. The tour guide (Manualla) was great and helpful. Highly recommended.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your experience at Emirates Tours and Safari LLC. We take pride in knowing our customers are happy with their Half Day Abu Dhabi City Tour experience. Manuella is more than happy hearing this great news. Don’t hesitate to reach out if there’s anything else we can assist you with.
Jerome_C, Jan 2024
What a beautiful Mosque. The driver was great and informative. Shopping was good and there's a lot to see. This is a definite MUST SEE.
Response from Host, Feb 2024
Thanks for your 5-star review! We sincerely appreciate your feedback and hope to see to see you again on your next visit.
Vernese_S, Jan 2024
The experience in visiting a Mosque for the first time, where the grand view was spectacular. The Mosque is huge, but the architecture was outstanding and breathtaking. The history behind it all, was clearly explained by our knowledgeable tour guide.
Response from Host, Jan 2024
We are grateful that you took the time to leave us a review. Your feedback helps us to improve service for everyone. Hope to see you again on your next visit.
Carrie_M, Dec 2023
Aslam our guide was very friendly along with our driver. The mosque is a must see. The date market and the other market were a bit touristy. Founder’s Memorial was very impressive.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
Thank you for the wonderful feedback, your 5-star review is a great way to let us know we’re on track for making our customers smile! We appreciate you taking the time to give your feedback and look forward to serving you again in the future.
Tracy_K, Dec 2023
Our guide was wonderful. He even stopped off at a museum and park because we were fascinated by the art. We got to the mosque entry quickly with his help.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
We really appreciate you taking the time to leave us your 5-star review. It means a lot to the whole team, and we’d love to have you back very soon.
JustineKing, Dec 2023
Great tour ,guide very informative and friendly definitely recommend. Sights were amazing and very interesting.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
We are incredibly grateful that you took the time out to leave us a 5-Star review. Hope to see you again on your next visit.
Alison_L, Dec 2023
This tour is a great way to see the sights and get a sense of the city when you have little time. We had a very knowledgable guide who was also attentive and polite.
Response from Host, Dec 2023
Hello Alison, we're happy to see that you had a 5-Star experience at Emirates Tours and Safari. Thanks for sharing and hope that we will see you again on our other offered activities.
Carlos_V, Nov 2023
The places and cultural experience was great including our guide Latheef. I wish we had a little more time for shopping
Response from Host, Dec 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a 5-star review. Sorry but we have a program that needs to be followed for us to give you the best experience but we are more than happy to drop you off somewhere after your trip to malls/shops where you can do shopping.
Hope to see you again on your next visit.
Mitu_S, Nov 2023
Great plan of the tour with a very knowledgeable and friendly guide. It's a great value for money for a good 4hrs time.
Response from Host, Nov 2023
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave us a 5-star review, hope that you will also try our other program. thank you again!
Dena_H, Jul 2023
This was a a great trip. Recommended.
The tour guide was helpful, polite and knowledgeable.
The tour of the Mosque was great.
The heritage Village was disappointing.
The Dates market was a great way to shop for Dates and nuts.
Response from Host, Aug 2023
Thank you for your feedback! We are glad to hear that you had a great trip and that you would recommend it.
We take pride in providing helpful, polite, and knowledgeable tour guides to enhance your experience. We're delighted to know that you enjoyed the tour of the Mosque.
However, we apologize that the Heritage Village didn't meet your expectations. We value your feedback and will work to improve this aspect of the tour.
We're glad that you found the Dates market to be a great place to shop for Dates and nuts.
Thank you again for choosing our tour, and we hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back for more enjoyable experiences in the future.
Tatjana_S, Jun 2023
It was a great tour; we had enough time at the Grand Mosque. Heritage visit was awesome, seeing real Bedouin tents and great view from the beach.
We also visited Dates Market, where local buy dates.
Tour guide was super friendly, knowledgeable.
Sincerely recommend,
Response from Host, Jun 2023
Thank you for sharing your feedback with us! We are thrilled to hear that you had a great tour and enjoyed your time at the Grand Mosque. It's wonderful that you found the heritage visit and the view from the beach to be awesome. Exploring the Dates Market sounds like a fantastic experience as well. We're glad that our tour guide provided you with a friendly and knowledgeable service. We sincerely appreciate your recommendation and hope to have the opportunity to welcome you back in the future.
Catherine_W, Jun 2023
A Perfect taster to all the wonderful sights .. our guide was very informative the whole way .. very enjoyable
Response from Host, Jun 2023
We are thrilled to hear that you had a perfect taster of the wonderful sights during your tour. Our team takes pride in providing informative and enjoyable experiences for our guests, and we are glad that our guide was able to enhance your journey with their knowledge and insights. Thank you for choosing our services and for sharing your positive feedback.
Hannah_W, May 2023
My friend and I booked this for the half day tour and had an amazing time! Our tour guide was multilingual and very informative. We drove past many landmarks and she was able to give us a history on everything we saw. The tour went at a good pace and nothing felt like it was drawn out. I highly recommend to anything who wants to view the Mosque, Heritage Village, and Date Market.
william_C, Mar 2023
We took this Abu Dhabi sightseeing tour as ship excursion in March 2023 so had few people in our bus. The guide was knowledgeable and professional. We had a pleasant journey to visit the mosque and other attractions. The only issue was the fog in the city at time of tour that we can’t view too far away. We would strongly recommend this tour with Emirates tour to our friends and family when they visit Abu Dhabi.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you for taking the time to share your positive experience with our Abu Dhabi sightseeing tour. We are glad to hear that you found our guide to be knowledgeable and professional, and that you had a pleasant journey visiting the mosque and other attractions. We apologize for the fog that impacted your view of the city, but we hope that it did not detract too much from your overall experience. We appreciate your recommendation of our tour to your friends and family, and we hope to have the opportunity to show them the best of Abu Dhabi on their future visits. Thank you for choosing Emirates Tour as your excursion provider, and we hope to see you again soon.
Kevin_S, Mar 2023
We had a wonderful tour with Latif. He was a pleasant, lovely, knowledgeable guide. From the cruise ship terminal we walked to the Sheraton hotel, Corniche road. It took just over an hour, was a pleasant walk with the aid of Google maps but in hindsight a taxi would have been easier lol. The Mosque was fantastic and Latif guided us around there expertly. The date market was a nice experience and we bought some gifts to bring home. The bus driver kindly dropped us off at the port terminals at the end of the tour but this obviously cannot be expected, it was just an added bonus for us. A lovely tour and experience for us that I would recommend to others.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you for sharing your positive experience with us! We're glad to hear that you had a wonderful tour with Latif as your guide. It's great to know that he was pleasant, lovely, and knowledgeable, and that he expertly guided you around the Mosque. We're also happy to hear that you enjoyed the date market and were able to purchase some gifts to bring home. We're thrilled that the bus driver was able to drop you off at the port terminals at the end of the tour, and we're happy that it was an added bonus for you. Thank you for recommending our tour to others, and we hope to have the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
MonikaMaria_M, Feb 2023
Mosque very beautiful. However, it would have been better to just take a taxi back and forth. The heritage village was of no use, as only cheap items "Made in China" were for sale and the museums did not reveal anything special. The Corniche was no stop - we had to come back on ourselves to make the beautiful photos! Rather, the 3D monument was shown. It is an example of "site would have been better without it" piece of art. Last stop was the "date market" which was far away and very disappointing. We were escorted into one shop at the harbour where we could buy dates. No soukh as we had hoped. All in all, we spent lots of time in the bus.
The actual top sights - Royal Palace, Corniche, Observation Desk at 300, we had to visit on our own.
Response from Host, Mar 2023
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback about your recent visit with us. We
are glad to hear that you found the mosque to be beautiful, but we apologize that the
other aspects of the tour did not meet your expectations. We take all feedback seriously and will review your comments to see how we can improve our services in the future.
Raphael_R, Feb 2023
We visited the wonderful mosque, made a tour by bus of important monuments of Abu Dhabi, visited the Heritage village and then the dates market: so many things in a short time! The guide was very nice (Latif).
Response from Host, Feb 2023
It sounds like you had a fantastic experience exploring Abu Dhabi! Visiting the mosque, touring important monuments, and exploring the Heritage village are great ways to learn more about the rich culture and history of this fascinating city. And of course, no visit to Abu Dhabi would be complete without a stop at the dates market!
I'm glad to hear that you had a positive experience with your guide, Latheef. A knowledgeable and friendly guide can make all the difference when it comes to enjoying and getting the most out of your travels. I hope you have many more memorable experiences on your trip! Thank you again for choosing us, and we hope to see you again soon!
Monica_L, Jan 2023
The mosque was the high point of the tour.
The dates market was very disapponting and very irrelevant. My friend and I did not like the Heritage village at all. There were lots of germans with us and the guide seemed to have spent more time speaking in German than in English.
Response from Host, Jan 2023
Thank you for taking the time to share your experience with us. We're sorry to hear that some parts of the tour didn't meet your expectations. Your feedback is important to us and helps us improve our services. We'll take your comments into consideration and work on providing a better experience in the future. Thank you for choosing us, and we hope to have the opportunity to serve you again.
Shohreh_S, Dec 2022
The tour was well organized and our guide was just amazing. She was so knowledgeable. I learnt a lot about the city and history as well.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for your positive review of the tour and for taking the time to share your experience with us. We are glad to hear that the tour was well organized and that our guide was knowledgeable and provided a great learning experience for you. It is always our goal to provide engaging and educational experiences for our guests, and we are happy to know that we were able to achieve that for you. We appreciate your feedback and hope to have the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
Richard_L, Dec 2022
Other than the little inconvenience of having to take a taxi from the port terminal to the hotel for pickup and return, and that the hotel doorman was not even aware of tour company picking us guests there, we were relieved that they came quite on time. We were taken to all places promised on the itinerary and returned to the hotel on time for us to return to the terminal by taxi again.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for sharing your experience with us. We are glad to hear that you had a pleasant tour and that you were able to visit all of the places that were promised on the itinerary. We hope to have the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
Daniel_R, Dec 2022
We had a great experience with a Great guide from Romania, she was very professional and gave us all the necessary explanations.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for sharing your positive experience with us on the Abu Dhabi Sightseeing Tour. We are
glad to hear that you had a great time with a professional and knowledgeable guide from Romania
(Ms. Manuela) who provided all the necessary explanations. We appreciate your kind words and are glad to have had the opportunity to serve you. We hope you will consider returning for another tour with us in the future.
DavidAlexandre_L, Dec 2022
If you have only only 4/5 hours in Abu Dhabi then this is must. It takes you to the best spots and gives you a good ideia of the city. Best value for money.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for sharing your experience with us.
Your feedback is extremely valuable to us. We hope that you will give us the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
Eric_B, Nov 2022
Enjoyed the tour a lot with the highlight being the visit to the mosque. I think we could have spent another 30 minutes at the mosque, though not sure if there other areas open to the public or not. Enjoyed the date market as well as other sights. Heritage Village was disappointing and felt that it was not needed and would have rather spent more time at the Mosque. Our guide was very good and very accommodating for us to meet our driver to take us back to Dubai since we were not staying in Abu Dhabi
Response from Host, Nov 2022
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Your feedback is extremely valuable to us. We hope that you will give us the opportunity to serve you again in the future.
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