Dubai Private City Tour: Layover Highlights

Discover Dubai’s top attractions on a guided layover tour. Explore historic sites, modern marvels, and future plans. Perfect for creating unforgettable moments.

Duration: 8 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Dubai Gold Souk - The Gold Souk is the largest market of its kind in the UAE. This traditional marketplace, known as a souk, boasts an extensive collection of pure gold and holds numerous world records. It is renowned for its vast array of diamonds, white gold, rose gold, and yellow gold.
  • Dubai Spice Souk - Established around 1850 near dhow moorings to facilitate trade, the Spice Souk has been a prominent trading hub for over 160 years. This historic bazaar has become a favorite spot for both travelers and locals.
  • Deira Old Souk Abra Station - Abras, traditional boats, transport people across Dubai Creek, connecting the Bur Dubai and Deira districts. These boats depart every few minutes from the creek, one of the oldest canals in the UAE.
  • Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood - Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood showcases the traditional lifestyle of Dubai from the mid-19th century to the 1970s. The area features buildings with high air towers (Barajeel) constructed from traditional materials like stone, gypsum, teak, sandalwood, fronds, and palm wood.
  • Dubai Frame - Located in Zabeel Park, the Dubai Frame is the world’s largest picture frame. It features an observation deck at the top and elevators on either side. Positioned between old and new Dubai, it offers a unique perspective of the city.
  • Zabeel Palace - Zabeel Palace is the residence of His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the Vice President, Prime Minister, and Minister of Defense of the UAE, who is also the current ruler of Dubai. Situated in Zabeel Park, the palace spans 75 acres.
  • Museum Of The Future - The Museum of the Future is an architecturally unique building shaped like a torus, resembling an eye that looks towards the future. Opened to tourists in 2022, this remarkable structure is a must-visit.
  • The Dubai Mall - The Dubai Mall, the largest mall in the UAE, covers an area of 30 acres. It houses over 1,200 retail stores and more than 200 restaurants, making it a premier shopping destination with a wide range of branded products (only during opening hours).
  • United Arab Emirates - The Burj Khalifa, standing at 828 meters with 163 stories, is the tallest skyscraper in the world. It features restaurants, offices, a hotel, and various entertainment options.
  • Burj Al Arab - The Burj Al Arab is a 7-star hotel with 25 stories, distinguished by its unique architectural design. Built on a man-made island in 1999, it was Dubai’s first major tourist attraction.
  • Palm Jumeirah - Palm Jumeirah is the largest man-made island in the world, designed in the shape of a palm tree, reflecting the UAE’s heritage. The Pointe offers stunning views of the Atlantis Hotel, Royal Atlantis, monorail, and Aquaventure, the world’s largest water park.
What's Included
  • Bottled water
  • In-vehicle air conditioning
  • Licensed guide
Additional Information

In our guided city tour (layover tour), you can explore many of Dubai’s top attractions while learning fascinating stories and the history of the UAE, from its past to its future plans. This tour covers highlights from Old Dubai to New Dubai, including the Gold Souk, Spice Souk, Abra boat ride, Textile Souk, Bastakiya, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood, Al Seef District, Dubai Frame, Zabeel Palace, Zabeel Mosque, Museum of the Future, Dubai Mall, Burj Khalifa, Burj Al Arab, and Palm Jumeirah Island. Join us to create unforgettable moments during your visit to Dubai. Note: The attractions will be adjusted based on your available time.

Location
Dubai Gold Souk
Old Baladiya St., Sikkad Al Khail Rd
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

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Coold595
Aug 24, 2024
Excellent service! - The guide was amazing, he had the knowledge and was very informative. The Tour was worth it especially during a long layover.
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Grandtour56482710513
Aug 17, 2024
Fantastic Dubai tour! - Ikraam was a fantastic host. We had a 9 hour layover in Dubai flying back to New Zealand and found this tour on his website. I was with my four kids (14-20) and Ikraam picked us up at 2:30am (!) and he was wide awake and full of energy! We toured around Dubai together to old parts, new parts and him and his driver were fantastic hosts. He told us many stories about the history of Dubai and he is a very passionate and fantastic story teller. He showed us many videos of what life is like in Dubai while we were driving. We saw so many incredible landmarks and fell in love with all the amazing sites in Dubai. A perfect length of time and break before the 17 hour flight home. Thank you Ikraam for a fantastic experience!
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Zahedahj
Aug 14, 2024
Dubai city tour - Ikraam was knowledgeable friendly accommodating and kind we learnt so much about the beautiful city of Dubai and thoroughly enjoyed our tour with him
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Mcaro7691
Aug 12, 2024
Private tour dubai - A very good decision: we had almost 7.5 hours waiting at the airport for the connection and we found it a good idea to hire the excursion and take advantage of the time. Our ikram Guide was friendly, fun and very polite. Thanks for your good work.
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Bklynliving
Aug 11, 2024
Excellent tour of Dubai! - We had a 6 hour layover in Dubai and this tour was excellent!!! The guide texted us before our trip and picked us up from the airport for the 3 hour tour that we booked. Customs was pretty quick. It was a perfect amount of time to see the attractions. We wanted to go up Burj Khalifa but all tickets were sold out on their website. Somehow our guide was able to get us unlisted tickets so we appreciated that! I appreciated how he customized the tour for us, and we had great conversation about the culture of Dubai. If you’re thinking about booking this tour I would tell you to go for it - you won’t regret it. Our guide was reliable, professional and knowledgeable, getting us back to the airport on time. Our tour took place at night, which was pretty cool, and I’m so glad we decided to leave the airport instead of staying and waiting for next flight. This was an unforgettable part of our trip!! I highly recommend it.
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Tina_c
Aug 11, 2024
An enjoyable 1/2 day tour - The entire arrangement was very smooth. The guide was very knowledgeable and accommodating, he showed us where to take the best picture on each site. We really enjoyed our 1/2 day tour in Dubai. This is a perfect overview, we will know where to spend more time when we come here again.
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Raquelrbol
Aug 11, 2024
Fantastic and recommended 100% - Great! Highly recommended tour with Ikram. He was waiting for us at the agreed airport site and we could visit everything we wanted, he explained everything we asked. The driver who accompanied us and the vehicle used very new and clean. 100% recommended.
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L2972medanielj
Aug 8, 2024
Great experience - Ikram is very friendly and knowledgeable. He gave great insight to the city and showed us the main attractions. Should I visit again he will be my go to guide
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Voyage825423
Jul 31, 2024
Nice - It was a nice tour and a quick overview of the city. We enjoyed it a lot. We could see all the main attractions in dubai in 5 hours. The guide was very nice and knowledgeable. We recommend it!.
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Seanmossadeg
Aug 1, 2024
A Must if it's Your First Time - Dubai may be outrageously warm to most, especially if it's your first time but getting chaffeuered from sight to sight in an air-conditioned car is perhaps the best way to acclimatise yourself. This tour is the best way to get a real superficial feel of Dubai (it is only a few hours long after all) and will help plan your future trips.
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