Best Things to Do within Abu Dhabi Stopover
Stopover or transit tours had lately been one of the common ways to tour new places and discover new cities. Actually instead of lying at airport waiting for your connecting flight, why not to take a short tour to discover a new place which you might not have the chance to see once again in your lifetime!
So, we believe that Abu Dhabi stopover is really one of the best service we could ever thought to provide, and one of the great ideas we had here.
Now it comes to how to plan a stopover in Abu Dhabi, What does it need, what procedures you may need to follow, what places you could not miss and for sure how much that will charge. and that is why we blogged today!
Firstly, let us discuss about Abu Dhabi visa: EU, US, UK, GGC, Japan, South Korea, Australia and Canada passport holders are welcomed to enter city with no need for a prior visa.
Plus, various other nationalities could get a transit visa at airport on spot for just 100 AED.
“See more about Dubai Visa ”
Next, we now need to review the best places to go in Abu Dhabi and best things you could do within a short Abu Dhabi stopover:
Abu Dhabi Sightseeing to Grand Mosque1. Visit Grand Mosque of Zayed: No doubts that the grand mosque of Sheikh Zayed is the best attraction to mark the city, and it is really city`s leading highlight. Mosque is like 23 KM from airport and it takes like a 20 mins to get there, that what makes a visit to mosque form airport is an easy mission. Moreover, mosque opens from the very early at morning and continues to receive visitors until 10.00 pm with 3-4 guides tours around the day.
Include a mosque visit within 2 hours Abu Dhabi stopover
2. Heritage Village: an open museum which contains a lot to see! culture, local mores, local beduian civilization and valuable objects to have from the Arabian artifacts are offered at the village.
and also, local restaurants to provide delicious hot meals at reasonable rate
See heritage village within 4 hours Abu Dhabi stopover
3. Manaret Alsaadiyat: Alsaadiyat island is Abu Dhabi future project, ending by 2030 it is going to be an awesome society in the capital emirate.
Island will bear two of the most famous art museums: Louvre Abu Dhabi and Guggenheim museum.
More and more plans to discover at Alsaadiyat island is accessed by a visit to Manaret Alsaadiyat.
Manaret Alsaadiyat is accessed within 8 hours Abu Dhabi Stopover
4. Abu Dhabi Ferrari Park: world`s largest indoor amusement park, and one of its best gaming cities, Ferrari Abu Dhabi is a perfect place to spend your times at with a lot of fun waits specially if you ve little kids looking for a chilling out!
Park has different tickets categories, while it`s standard one starts at 65 USD. Discover more options by a visit to the official website
Take our Abu Dhabi Ferrari stopover
Camel Ride in Desert5. Abu Dhabi desert safari: a desert safari trip is always a good idea to do while in Abu Dhabi, actually it could be the best selling activity in Abu Dhabi. safari trips are operating around the day in Abu Dhabi city, from the early dawn times, by sunrise times,afternoon and even by late night with a camping facilities and that actually what make safari tour a good idea of the all the time.
But before going on, you may need to know What I need for a safari trip
Book: Abu Dhabi desert safari
6. Visit Dubai: It may be weird to travel from city to another within a stopover, But if you ve never been in Dubai before with little chances to be in near future, and if you also have an overnight stopover, a visit to Dubai from Abu Dhabi could be a perfect idea.
Dubai does not need to be talking about, it includes so many places you may love to see, and to check what we could suggest, See our Dubai from Abu Dhabi stopover
Time:
For sure a stopover is always linked to limited time, So you should plan your stopover so well avoiding wasting time in not interested places or even spending more time at the places you do interest in. So it is so much recommended to deal with a reputable company to arrange your Abu Dhabi stopover.
You also should not think about a stopover if your total time between the both flights (arriving-connecting) is less 7-8 hours in order to avoid any risks!
Prices of basics and essentials:
Below is a brief of costing of basic things you may need to but while in Abu Dhabi, rates are according the global numbeo.com
| Meal, Inexpensive Restaurant | 26.00 AED | 7.2 USD |
| Meal for 2 People, Mid-range Restaurant, Three-course | 160.00 AED | 45 USD |
| McMeal at McDonalds (or Equivalent Combo Meal) | 25.00 AED | 7 USD |
| Domestic Beer (0.5 liter draught) | 30.00 AED | |
| Imported Beer (0.33 liter bottle) | 35.00 AED | |
| Cappuccino (regular) | 16.89 AED | |
| Coke/Pepsi (0.33 liter bottle) | 1.66 AED | |
| Water (0.33 liter bottle) | 1.16 AED | 32 Cent |
