Dubai
Dubai
Dubai
Dubai - UAE's most popular resort. Top hotels, including the world famous Burj Al Arab, shopping and entertainment centers, museums and restaurants are located just in Dubai. Tourism is a major revenue sources, its development, the government allocated huge funds. Rest in luxury hotels of Jumeirah coastline, numerous tours, shopping, entertainment - all the services of the most demanding of tourists!
Dubai - the second largest emirate of the same name with its capital located near Abu Dhabi on the Persian Gulf. Dubai city is crossed by the bay called Khor Dubai 10-km long, which divides the city into two parts. The southern part, known as Bur Dubai, where the Ruler's office, the head offices of most companies, banks, customs, port, television and the post office.
Most notable are the Dubai shopping center, a zoo and Al-Jumeirah Park on the coast. The northern part is known as Deira - the center for business and tourism. Here are most of the shops, markets, schools, hotels, clubs, and Dubai International Airport. These two parts are connected by Al Maktoum Bridge and Al Garhud and tunnels Al Shandaga, which passes under the Bay of Al-Khor. Jebel Ali is a unique industrial and commercial zone for the entire country. This is the largest free trade zone throughout the Persian Gulf. It includes the Dry Dock, Jebel Ali Port and Dubai Aluminium factory. The most important tourist attractions - the area of Hatta, Al and Al-Aviram Hvanidzh.
Modern standards of living and sophistication of the XXI century there is next to the ancient culture, Islamic tradition and simplicity of manners of past centuries. 160 km separates the city of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The road connecting the two cities, now the country's busiest, as the two neighboring emirate - the most populous and most economically developed in the UAE. Here there are the "most-thing" - hotels, water parks, shopping centers, exhibition halls and museums. In Dubai, constantly busy cultural and sports events of high international level, and the night life is so varied and interesting, that you can not sleep at all times while in this amazing city. Tourism is a major revenue sources. Its development the Government has allocated huge funds.
The undeniable advantage of Dubai's trading fees are low, so you can make here a lot of pleasant and easy for your wallet purchases.
History
Dubai has become famous since ancient times as the "city of merchants." Already 150 years ago, Dubai was considered the most important ports of the Persian Gulf. It was here that housed the largest markets in the region, called in Arabic "bitches."
Modern Dubai traces its history back to the 30s of the XIX century, when a branch of the Bani Yas tribe, coming from the Liwa oasis, founded on a peninsula at the entrance to Shindagha Bay a small fishing village. At the head of the family was displaced Maktoum, who manages the emirate so far. Large public investment helped to create modern economic facilities: electricity - and water desalination stations, telecommunications and ports, the exhibition grounds and airport cargo terminal. Equally highly and social infrastructure like hospitals, schools, parks, sports facilities, as well as golf courses, are among the best in the world. All these achievements are immediately apparent. The modern road network, large parks and impressive public buildings of this bright, clean and tidy town - evidence of prosperity and rapid development of Dubai.
No less important is the role of the Emirate as a venue for international conferences and exhibitions. Dubai has an excellent opportunity to do sports, shopping, entertainment and delicious food. Booming tourism industry meets all requirements of the individual, group and family holidays. During the annual Dubai Shopping Festival representatives of all nationalities come to Dubai to enjoy a unique exotic East. Free Trade Zone, Jebel Ali attracts businessmen and multinational companies from around the world. Dubai has an excellent opportunity to do sports, entertainment, and delicious food.
Holidays in Dubai - What to do
Dubai - an open port with low import duties and no taxes. The rich mix of colorful and crowded markets, the ultra modern shopping malls and chain stores offer you their hospitality. In the modern shopping malls you can find just about anything, and visiting the market, which can be freely traded, you will find an abundance of miscellaneous goods, which can cause confusion: gold, new electronics, photo and video cameras, watches, spices, silks, household appliances, sporting goods and much more. The best time to visit Dubai to shopping - is the annual Dubai Shopping Festival, which lasts one month, during which the offer decent discounts on all kinds of goods. C 2003, he held from January 15 to February 15.
Excursions in Dubai resort
"Wild Wadi", Dubai
Wild Wadi - the new water park is located near the hotel "Jumeriah Beach", a 20-minute drive from Dubai International Airport. One of the most modern water park built in the style of Arabic legends and is the first in the Middle East theme park.
We recommend to visit
In Dubai, in the old fort of Al-Fahad, travelers and lovers of history, a must visit a historical museum, the palace of Sheikh Sayyed and the gold market, where about four hundred retail shops are united under one dome. One of the most interesting sights of Dubai - Jumeirah Mosque. It is especially beautiful at night when the lights and their reflections on the walls of the mosque creates a romantic atmosphere. Another masterpiece of antiquity - the Burj Nahar - one of the watchtowers guarding the old city.
It is also a place of pilgrimage is Deira Tower, known for its circular top. The Tower - one of the first attempts to combine modern architecture and the surrounding older buildings. Al-Ahmadi - the first school in Dubai, which was built in 1912, Sheikh Ahmad bin Dalmukom. It is a perfect example of the architecture and the Museum of education in Dubai. Bait Al-Vakeel - the first office building built in Dubai in 1934, the late Sheikh Rashid. The building was restored in 1995, is located on the bay, near the parking lot of water taxi ("Abar"). Not far from the entrance to the bay is of historical and ethnographic "Village of pearl divers," where visitors learn about the past Emirate, its maritime history, the history of pearling, architecture. Here you can buy souvenirs of the defeated Bedouin tents. This village - part of an ambitious project to turn the area Shindagha cultural reserve, which recreates the look and life of old Dubai. One of the most interesting sights of the modern UAE - a 39-storey Dubai World Trade Centre. On the observation deck of this building up a lot of daily excursions.
