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Premium Abu Dhabi Half Day Tour from Dubai

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Abu Dhabi Sheikh Zayed Mosque Sightseeing Half Day Tour from Dubai

From $100.00

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up to 24 hours before the experience starts (local time)

  • 5 hours
  • 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

Meeting and Pickup

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

08:00 AM

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.

What To Expect

Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Center

1 hour 30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Etihad Towers

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Emirates Palace Mandarin Oriental, Abu Dhabi

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

The Corniche

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Louvre Abu Dhabi

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Ferrari World 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
  • It is not recommended to book this tour on Friday as the Sheikh Zayed Mosque is closed during the travel time of the tour.
  • Visitors with an official vaccine exemption must receive a negative PCR test result every 7 days to maintain ‘Green’ status. The PCR test must have been performed in the UAE.
  • Children aged under 12 years automatically receive ‘Green’ status without the need to be vaccinated or to take a PCR test.
  • It is not recommended to book this tour on Monday and Tuesday as the Ferrari World is closed during the travel time of the tour.
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 200 travelers

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
  • This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
  • This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Simply Beautiful
Camille_J, Nov 2023
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!!
Abu Dhabi Tour
Karen_M, May 2023
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…
Great Experience!
Colleen_B, Apr 2023
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!
Short Abu Dhabi trip
NORA_T, Apr 2023
Nice places visited guide very courteous but we have communication barrier. We have to buy our own Avaya to enter the mosque
Abu Dhabi Drive, not a tour
Richell_S, Feb 2023
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
Nothing Premium about this tour and NOT guided
Justin_H, Feb 2023
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...
Paulo_F, Dec 2022
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!
Australians on tour
Lorna_J, Oct 2022
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...
John_E, Dec 2021
Shondi was an awesome driver and guide. The Grand Mosque was awesome, definitely worth doing while in Dubai!
Outstanding Day in Abu Dhabi!
ygolovchanova, Oct 2019
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!
Abu Dhabi from Dubai
Norman , Sep 2019
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
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Ibtisszm_B, May 2023
Le chauffeur était super gentil et accommodant. La visite est optimal pour découvrir les lieux les plus important d’Abu Dhabi.
Belle journée à la découverte!
Rodica_B, May 2023
Voiture propre et climatisé! Le guide est venu nous chercher à l'hôtel à l'heure prévu! Eau fraîche ! Magnifique découverte de la ville Abu Dhabi !
Very expensive for only a driver experience
carduripacu, Apr 2023
La experiencia la venden como un tour guiado y de guiado no tuvo nada. El señor que nos recogió fue simplemente un conductor que no nos dijo una sola palabra en todo el recorrido. No supimos que era cada cosa, ni la historia, ni nada. Además era un poco parco y no hablaba mucho. Ni siquiera entendía casi el inglés. Además el carro olía fuertemente a monoxido de carbono, de milagro no nos intoxicamos con el olor. Olía muy fuerte, parecía que el carro tenía una fuga y tuvimos que aguantar ese olor por casi 3 horas porque el recorrido a abu dhabi es largo. Por último, el conductor tras de que no sirvió de guía, miraba mucho el celular mientras manejaba y parecía que se estaba quedando dormido en ciertos momentos. Nos asistamos mucho. No lo recomiendo para nada
Je recommande vivement
Yasmine_B, Mar 2023
Très bonne expérience. Notre guide Jaiswal était très disponible et a rendu le voyage agréable. Il a pris de belles photos de nous et a su nous montrer les belles choses à voir
Génial
jadekavena, Feb 2020
Génial, chauffeur et guide très très sympa . Visite d’une heure et demi de la mosquée , visite de l’emirates palace et beaucoup d’autres lieu . Merci beaucoup
Excellente
Nesma_D, Jun 2019
Activité excellente guide au top du top il nous a tout expliquer et à étais très gentille nous avons manquer de rien on te remercie Mahmoud ne change rien très serviable et à pris le temps de tout nous montrer et nous a pris en photo par la même occasion activité a faire

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