Premium Abu Dhabi Half Day Tour from Dubai
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- 5 hours (approx.)
- Pickup offered
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
See Abu Dhabi's top attractions on this half-day guided tour from Dubai. As the largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi features many cultural and historical sights including the popular Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, an excellent example of Islamic architecture. Also, stop at the Emirates Palace and the Etihad Towers for photos, and drive along Corniche Road.
- Sit back and relax on the drive from Dubai in an air-conditioned vehicle
- This tour is ideal for those who are short on time
- First-time visitors to Abu Dhabi will get an easy overview of the city
- Pickup and drop-off from central Dubai hotels is included
What's Included
- Pick-up and drop off at central Dubai Hotels
- Transportation by clean, air-conditioned vehicle
- Bottled water
- Entry Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center
- Photo stop to the Etihad Towers
- Photo stop Emirates Palace
- Photo stop to the Abu Dhabi Corniche
- Photo stop to Louvre Abu Dhabi
- Photo stop to Ferrari World Abu Dhabi
- Entry/Admission - Etihad Towers
- Entry/Admission - Emirates Palace
- Entry/Admission - Louvre Abu Dhabi
- Clothing for the mosque visit (e.g., Abaya, headscarf, modest attire).
Meeting and Pickup
Pickup points
Select a pickup point
Pickup details
We offer pickup from All locations within Dubai, Hotel pick-up and drop-off are offered for this tour. We will send you complete contact information (phone number, email address, etc.) for our local operator to organize pick-up arrangements.
Start time.8:00 am
Itinerary
1
Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center
1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included
2
Etihad Towers
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
3
Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
4
The Corniche
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
5
Louvre Abu Dhabi
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
6
Ferrari World Yas Island, Abu Dhabi
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- The duration of the tour includes the time required for hotel pick-up and drop off
- Mosques have very strict dress codes: women must wear long loose clothing, and ensure their arms and legs are fully covered. Women are also required to cover their heads at all times. A long Abaya with scarf (long black dress attire), Men must not show above their knees and must cover their shoulders. Failure to do so will be a refused entry. The tour operator cannot provide any clothing for men
- It is not possible to visit the Sheikh Zayed Mosque during any Islamic festival
- Tattoos must be covered
- It is not recommended to book this tour on Friday if you have a return flight on the same day, as the drop-off time is dependent on traffic and can not be guaranteed.
- The pick-up time will be within 45 minutes of your booked tour time. If there are any changes, you will be notified by email
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 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
4.8
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A great informative experience in a clean and comfortable air conditioned car.
Our driver Pasha was professional and friendly and was happy to answer all our questions and share interesting information about UAE.
We were provided with several bottles of water along the way.
We were asked how long we wanted at each stop…so we could tailor the experience to our liking.
A fantastic trip to get a snapshot of Abu Dhabi.
Clean safe vehicle, comfortable ride. Skip the headphones at the mosque. Ensure you're fully covered, especially women. It's gorgeous and you can easily navigate.
My wife and I traveled with Allah Ho Akber, the ultimate gentleman and very knowledgeable. He was very flexible with times and stops etc.
Jaiswal was a great guide. The mosque and palace are awesome. Convenient way to see highlights of Abu Dhabi if you are staying in Dubai
Very good experience ❤️
Our driver/guide was super nice and told a lot of stories about Dubai and Abu Dhabi 👌🏻
It would be nice to have more time in Mosque 🕌, but over all it was really good experience ❤️
Excellent half day tour with Jaiswal who took us from Dubai to Abu Dhabi. We deliberately chose a half day tour and Jaiswal ensured we saw all the main sights while respecting our timelines. He was very punctual, car was lovely and clean, and we thoroughly enjoyed our time with him. Highly recommend.
It was nice to step out of Dubai to visit Abu Dhabi. It is a nice short day trip if you are traveling with a toddler.
Our guide Ali was very knowledgeable, informative and went above and beyond. I would recommend him to anyone who wants good first hand knowledge of Abu Dhabi and the UAE. And have a great trip.
Our guide Jaiswal was kind and nice.
He explained Abu Dhabi and Emirates Palace.
He’s also a great photographer.
As we didn't take much time to travel around Abu Dhabi so we opted for this half-day tour.
Very nice driver. We met two other people with whom we became friends.We really enjoyed the journey and great Mosque in Abudhabi.
Good experience for the highlights of Abu Dhabi. Jabed was good at explaining things and a great driver as well!
Our driver/guide Jaiswal was very polite, nice, and informative in general - giving us context behind the different attractions and just answering any questions we had about Dubai and Abu Dhabi. He was also very patient with us
The half day tour with Jaiswal was a great experience. He was very friendly and explained each stop and landmarks. He is a safe driver. He’s also a great photographer so don’t hesitate to give him your phone to take pics lol! I would recommend this tour
It was an amazing experience, very well organised tour. Our tour guide - Shahid was great. He looked after us well and provided us with a lot of information about Abu Dhabi in terms of culture and history. We never felt rushed for time, we were given enough time for photos and breaks. Would highly recommend.
Nice way to see Abu Dhabi when pressed for time. Do note that the duration on viator differs from that which the tour operator goes by (6 vs the advertised 5).
Perfect tour, saw what we wanted to see and our driver was very accommodating. Stopped where we wanted to, good driver and pleasant.
Jaiswal is the best guide! He was kind, professional, timely, and generous. I would highly recommend him as a driver and tour guide!
1. You will see alot. 2. The mosque in Abu Dhabi WILL REQUIRE you visitors to be fully covered including men so come prepared otherwise your driver will direct you to a store to purchase clothing. 3. Buy the cheapest covering which should be about $10-15. 4. We didn't get enough water. 5. Our driver's English was difficult to understand with his accent. Spoke to rapidly.
Breathtaking experience!!
The only thing I didn’t like was this wasn’t a guided tour. You are pretty much on your own as far as walking around. No history was given, but the Mosque is beautiful!!
Our driver was very polite and helpful throughout the tour. The Grand Mosque was beautiful, but you need to be appropriately dressed if not you need to purchase the required clothes to gain admission, which were reasonably priced. We didn’t care for the Gallery stop very expensive items and not my taste. However the rest of the tour was great enough time spent at each place. Great value…
Enjoyed the day trip to Abu Dhabi! Visiting the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque and the former presidential palace is a must see! Our tour guide was friendly, patient, and very personable. Jaiswal, made sure we took photos at every stop. We appreciated his photo op recommendations!
Nice places visited guide very courteous but we have communication barrier. We have to buy our own Avaya to enter the mosque
I booked this activity thro this provider because of 5 star reviews. We got a very nice driver who gave us informations about Abu Dhabi while he was driving us. We were dropped off at the Grand Mosque, then drove us around. We stopped also at Imperial Palace for picture taking. We didn’t go to other places listed specially the Ferrari World. It was a very disappointing tour - absolutely Not Premium as described
We were disappointed with this half day Abu Dhabi tour. First it claims to be “guided”, but it was essentially just a driver that picked us up in a dirty car (dirty used tissues left in the car by our seats, stuffy smell in car).
Our first stop was the Grand Mosque, which was stunning- but the so-called “guide” just left us close to the entrance and told us we had 1 hour to tour and get back to that spot. Not what I would consider “guided”. Thankfully, we found the complimentary mosque tour inside, which was wonderful- but completely separate from this tour. However, that tour took 40min, and it takes about 10min to walk to the mosque from where he dropped us off. So we felt very rushed and weren’t able to visit the other parts that the mosque guide recommended. Also, they only have that tour every hour, so if we had gotten there at any other time, we wouldn’t have been able to join the free tour.
Next, we stopped at the Emirates Palace (a hotel) for 10 minutes to take a quick picture from the outside, and then literally just turn around to and take a picture of the Etihad Tower (not a real “visit” as the tour claims).
We then stopped at the Heritage Village, I believe on Corniche Road, for a few minutes - not much to see.
We never got to go to the Louvre, which was one of the places we wanted to see.
Instead, our “guide” dropped us off at an “art gallery” and then a “date market” - essentially tourist traps to try to get us to buy some artwork/rugs and date products. The gallery was where we spent a lot of time, and no one in our party was interested in buying anything. Neither of these places were on the tour and we seem to have spent more time there than the other places (apart from the mosque).
Lastly, he took us to Ferrari World, we had 15 minutes. Again just enough time to walk to the entrance and get some quick pictures.
Unfortunately, I don’t think it can be advertised as “guided” at all, and it didn’t take us to the Louvre as stated. We only had 2 days in Dubai, and frankly are sad that one was wasted with this tour. Wish we had more time at the Grand Mosque and actually visited the Louvre, than just quick photo ops and being forced to visit touristy places trying to sell you things that weren’t even in the itinerary!
Response from Host, Feb 2023
Hello Justin!
First off, We apologize for the tour not meeting your expectations.
We never state that this tour is a guided Tour, If you check out the "What's Included" Section of the page, it lists all the things are that included and will be provided during the tour, and if ANY of these are not provided we 100% take the responsibility and deal with our mistakes with the necessary action required.
So as you state that "not a real visit" is actually a photoshop as mentioned in the "What to expect" Section, the tour never claimed that it is a full visit to the emirates palace, a visit can be many things such as photoshop that's why we have it mentioned in that section to clarify everything.
However, you also state the guide did not take you to the louvre abu dhabi and instead took you to a date market, for that we take 100% of the responsibility and wish to look further into what happened on this tour.
We would be super grateful if you could provide us with your booking reference number so we can investigate this further and provide you with the necessary compensation.
Again we do apologize for messing up your visit to abu dhabi, and wasting a day.
It was a nice time but we didn't see Louvre that was in program for a example.I believe that programs can be improved with better use.
Response from Host, Dec 2022
Thank you for the feedback Paulo!
We will look into refining the tour further for our customers, if you have any suggestions please feel free to suggest them!
Ali, our driver and guide was very knowledgeable and a careful driver. The grand Mosque was an exciting place to visit...but before visiting - notes should be given to clients about the style of dress required. We(ladies) had linen shirts on - unfortunately an outline of the arm could be seen ..so we ended up purchasing a non-see through dress with hood. We did have a shawl. Men - not allowed to wear shorts.
Ferrari stop - no admission as we had not had a PCR test in the past fortnight - we were visitors from Australia and had our National Covid Vaccine Certificate but this was not recognized.
We considered this tour as part of our travel journey in Abu Dhabi...was disappointed but overall was an excellent experience.
Shondi was an awesome driver and guide. The Grand Mosque was awesome, definitely worth doing while in Dubai!
Our guide Mehmood was awesome. Ahead of the tour, he texted me confirming the pick-up time with a very nice greeting. The night before the tour, Mehmood was very responsive when I texted to confirm the pick-up time. Mehmood arrived early before our hotel pick-up in Dubai, and we embarked on a wonderful adventure (with three other folks) on our tour!
Mehmood was extremely responsive to what we wanted to get out of the tour (we skipped some of the sight-seeing stops and spent more time at others that we were more interested in) and ensured us that all he wants is for us to have a phenomenal day in Abu Dhabi. Mehmood was also extremely informative and knew numerous fun facts that he shared about the destinations we visited. Also, he had phenomenal photography skills, and took amazing pictures of our family throughout the tour!
I highly recommend this tour with Mehmood-- not only will you get the best of Abu Dhabi in one day, but you will also get remarkable pictures to remember this day for a long time. Thanks again, Mehmood & Desert Thrill!
Great day out from Dubai..full of visit stops, not enough time to make full/use of entry ticket(s) But plenty of info in prep for a next visit! And loads of time at The Palace..which was best. Mehmood was the best tour guide and very thoughtfull to travellers.. see you soon Abu Dhabi
I have booked a tour for January 3, 2026. It was nice to be contacted via WhatsApp for the meeting time. They picked me up at the hotel almost on time. We only had about 30 minutes to visit the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, so we didn't have a chance to see it slowly.
I'm glad I didn't have to go just to the exterior of the Louvre, which is included in the tour, or the Ferrari Museum.
The tour guide was driving rough and scary.
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The mosque is great and the stops were ok. But the luxury hotel was closed to tourists and the Ferrari Center as a photo stop can be forgotten, because you don't really see anything you expect, because you only get to the till. The Louvre is architecturally interesting but if you book the visit, it would probably be even more impressive.
The driver was good, the car ok, but for 7 people almost too small.
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