- Important points
- In the UAE by plane - choose the wings
- Hotels from an Arabian tale
- Transport subtleties
- Nightingales are not fed with fables
- Useful details
- The perfect trip to the UAE
The United Arab Emirates has long and firmly won the reputation of a state where everything is "the most" on the planet. If skyscrapers, then the tallest, if hotels, then necessarily the most stellar, and shopping centers are certainly the largest!
Not everyone decides to travel to the UAE, because the country has a reputation for not being too cheap in the tourism market. But if you have not spared money for a tour to Dubai or Abu Dhabi, you can be sure that your vacation will be marked by a special oriental luxury and exoticism. It doesn't matter that while you turned down the offer to stay in a hotel with seven stars on the facade.
Important points
- A Russian tourist will need to apply for a visa to travel to the UAE. Its cost is about $ 60. Before buying a tour or plane ticket, remember that young unmarried women may be denied a visa for no apparent reason.
- Upon entering the country, all passengers undergo a retinal scan.
- The import of many medicines is prohibited in the Emirates, and therefore, in order to avoid problems with customs, carefully study the rules of entry.
In the UAE by plane - choose the wings
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You can get from Moscow to the UAE on the wings of several carriers. Emirates fly to Dubai, Etihad Airways fly to Abu Dhabi, S7 planes connect Novosibirsk to the UAE, and it is easy to get from St. Petersburg to Dubai beaches on the wings of Orenburg Airlines, for example:
- The cheapest carrier from Moscow to Dubai is called Flydubai. A ticket for his direct flight will cost $ 250, and he will have to spend about 5.5 hours in the sky.
- Aeroflot is traditionally more expensive and its passengers will have to pay $ 300 for a direct flight to Dubai and back.
- Etihad Airways will charge $ 400 for its services in high season. For this money, passengers will be able to get directly from Moscow to the beaches of Abu Dhabi. With a transfer in Dubai and for $ 300, they will be delivered to the selected resort by the same Emirates.
- A direct flight from St. Petersburg to Dubai on the wings of Emirates will cost $ 450. You will have to spend a little over 6 hours in the sky. With a transfer in Istanbul, passengers are transported from the northern capital to Dubai by Turkish Airlines. The price of the issue is from $ 300.
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Hotels from an Arabian tale
The level of hotel service in the United Arab Emirates is very high. The country has built hotels and famous world chains, and hotels with Arabic names. Most of them comply with the declared classification and international standards, but each emirate has its own subtleties and differences.
The most popular emirate of Dubai offers both budget accommodation and luxury hotels. Usually cheap options are located within the city, while expensive ones are located right on the beaches or in close proximity to them. But it is difficult to rent anything for less than $ 50 per night, even 30 minutes from the sea in Dubai, and therefore you can choose other emirates for a budget trip. By saving on accommodation in this way, you will not find yourself cut off from the center of Arab civilization in Dubai. Hotels organize the transportation of their guests to the most popular resort in the UAE.
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You can keep within $ 30-$ 40 per day by booking a hotel in Sharjah. Such a price is offered by hotels with three stars on the facade, moreover, on their territory, the presence of a pool is guaranteed, and in the room - air conditioning and Internet.
Most of the coastal hotels have their own beaches, where visitors can use sun loungers and umbrellas.
Transport subtleties
Transport in the United Arab Emirates is adequately represented by taxis, the underground in Dubai and city buses. The cost of a trip to the Dubai metro depends on the zone in which the desired station is located and is 0.5 $ -2 $. Refillable cards are used as tickets. When exiting the metro, the passenger can continue on a city bus serving the nearby area. You will not have to pay for the fare, since the same metro card is valid on this section. The red card is the cheapest, but is valid for only one trip and does not recharge. It is more profitable to purchase a silver one, on which you can move around the city, replenishing it, over time. The Silver Card costs $ 6. Metro stops are announced in both Arabic and English.
Travel on buses is paid with the same cards. They are applied to the input reader. The fare is approximately $ 0.8. Bus stops are air-conditioned and equipped with a timetable, and therefore it is very comfortable to wait for a bus on them even in the hot Arab realities.
Nightingales are not fed with fables
Emirates, which are not cheap in all respects, and from a gastronomic point of view, may seem like an expensive undertaking. But this will happen if you have lunch or dinner in a restaurant, where you have to pay at least $ 30 for a salad and main course. There are also inexpensive cafes in the country, especially if you are not too demanding of service.
The cheapest option is to dine at the food court in shopping malls. Typically, there is a wide variety of fast food - from Arabic to Italian and from Japanese to Chinese. A substantial portion of hot food in such a place will cost $ 5-6.
As in other Arab countries, alcohol is very expensive in the UAE, especially if it is of high quality. Even a can of imported beer will cost at least $ 7 for 0.33 liters.
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Useful details
- Most often, guests in hotels in the UAE have to leave a deposit or a deposit. It can be paid either by card or in cash. At the time of check-out, the money is returned if the administration has no property claims against the guest.
- City hotels in the Emirates offer a free shuttle to the beach. Travel schedules are available at the reception.
- Transfer from city hotels, as a rule, is carried out to public beaches, where all equipment is offered for rent and for a fee.
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The perfect trip to the UAE
One of the hottest places on the planet, the Emirates is ready to host tourists for a beach holiday at any time of the year. Even in winter, the air temperature here rarely drops below + 26 ° C, and the water in the Persian Gulf and during the New Year holidays is warm enough for comfortable swimming. Winter tours are a great opportunity to enjoy not only the sun, but also great and profitable shopping. Christmas sales begin in mid-December and delight customers with pleasant prices for the vast majority of goods in shopping centers and shops in the UAE.
New Year in the UAE
At the height of summer, it can be too hot in the Emirates and you can be on the beach from 7 to 9 in the morning maximum. The rest of the day, mercury columns, confidently bypassing the mark of + 40 ° C, tend to cloudless heights, and the temperature of the sea water almost does not lag behind the indicators on land.
The coolest emirate is Fujairah. Even in July, there are days here when the thermometers stop at around + 36 ° С. Pleasant breezes bring a semblance of freshness to the guests of the Emirate of Umm al-Quwain in summer. It is hottest on the beaches of Sharjah and Abu Dhabi, where the temperature of even the water in the sea in summer exceeds + 30 ° C.
The most pleasant vacation on the Emirati beaches lasts from March to the second half of April and from mid-October to the end of the first decade of December.
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