- To Dubai by plane: choosing wings
- How to get to Dubai from the airport
- To Dubai from Abu Dhabi
If a couple of decades ago, few people associated Dubai with a beach holiday and a variety of vacation opportunities, today more and more foreign tourists tend to visit the UAE.
The swimming season in the Emirates is always open and even in the height of winter it is comfortable to sunbathe here. In summer, by contrast, it is too hot for most of the day, but travelers are learning how to get to Dubai for more than just beach activities.
The emirate offers unique, profitable shopping, acquaintance with the best dishes of local cuisine and the life and customs of its residents, a rich excursion program, and therefore it is definitely not boring for the guests of the country.
To Dubai by plane: choosing wings
To the United Arab Emirates from Russia usually travel by air:
- Direct flights from Moscow Sheremetyevo Airport are operated by Aeroflot. A ticket for his daily scheduled flights will cost $ 320. You will have to spend 5, 5 hours in the sky.
- You can buy cheaper flights on board the low-cost airline Flydubai. The cost of a round-trip ticket for this carrier from the Emirates is about $ 280. FlyDubai aircraft depart from Vnukovo Airport in the Russian capital.
- The best service from Moscow to Dubai is offered by Emirates. Few people will be able to compete with this carrier in terms of the level of services provided, and a flight with them, even in economy class, looks very pleasant and comfortable. Ticket prices, respectively. higher than others - from $ 420 per round trip.
- With a transfer in Manama, planes of the Gulf Air airline, based in Bahrain, fly from Moscow to Dubai. The flight, excluding the connection, will last a little less than 6 hours and will cost about $ 300.
- Air carriers from Azerbaijan estimate their services a little more - at $ 320. Excluding the time for connecting in Baku, Azerbaijan Airlines will deliver passengers to Dubai airport in 6 hours.
Residents of the northern capital of Russia can also get to the beaches of Dubai with a direct flight operated by Emirates. But the price for a round trip ticket will look correspondingly - at least $ 600. The journey will take about 6 hours. A flight with two transfers in Moscow and Manama, for example, is much cheaper. For $ 400 it will be performed for tourists from St. Petersburg by S7 and Gulf Air airlines.
How to get to Dubai from the airport
The airport of the most visited emirate in the country is located just 5 kilometers from the center of Dubai in the southeast direction. A simple, but not too cheap way to get to your chosen hotel in the city is to order a taxi. A trip to different areas of Dubai will cost an average of $ 10 to $ 30. There are signs in the airport terminals in the arrivals areas that lead to the official taxi ranks of Dubai.
Bus N55 connects the airport with the Ibn Battuta metro station. The trip will cost an order of magnitude less than a taxi - less than $ 1. Buses run approximately once an hour and their start and end times coincide with the Dubai Metro's opening hours.
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If you are used to driving and driving yourself, dozens of car rental locations are open at Dubai Airport. The most famous companies with European and world names and their own rental cars are represented in the country.
To Dubai from Abu Dhabi
The capital of the UAE, the city of Abu Dhabi, also wins the hearts of Russian tourists who prefer to spend their holidays on clean beaches and comfortable hotels. Abu Dhabi Airport is home to Etihad, which often offers special fares on its flights. But the regular price list of the carrier looks quite decent and you can get from Moscow to Abu Dhabi directly for $ 400. If you still dream of sunbathing in Dubai, but see cheap tickets to Abu Dhabi, book them safely. Traveling aboard Etihad entitles you to a complimentary shuttle service that takes passengers to Dubai. The bus stop can be found at the bus station opposite the airport near the car rental office. The distance of 120 km, separating the two cities of the UAE, shuttles cover in about an hour and a half.
In order to monitor special offers and discounts of airlines flying from Moscow and St. Petersburg to Dubai, subscribe to the newsletter on their websites. For example, a lot of useful and interesting things await you on the websites of Etihad - www.etihad.com, Emirates - www.emirates.com and Flydubai - www.flydubai.com.
All prices in the material are approximate. It is better to check the exact fare on the official websites of the carriers.
