THE ORIENTAL DYNAMICSEMIRATE OF ABU SHABI
"FATHER OF THE GAZELLE" MODERN OASIS

Discovery

A travel to Abu Dhabi will hold for you many surprises. Abu Dhabi is the new spot cultural, sporting and connected Arabic peninsula. At the time of a travel to Abu Dhabi, you will be astonished by the variety by the landscapes and the activities suggested. In the city, scrapes-ciels and traditional houses mix with in all coherence, of the increasingly luxurious hotels come out, and especially a pharaonic project is transforming this city with the doors of the desert into an international cultural capital. That it is for the project of Louvre Abu Dhabi, the Guggenheim Museum or the éco-city of Masdar, more the great architects answered the call to create a innovating and futuristic pole of culture.

Identity

Abu Dhabi is the largest emirate of the federation of the 7 emirates of the United Arab Emirates.  This state of Occidental Asia, which shares its borders with Saudi Arabia in south-west and Oman in the East and the North-East, is in the peninsula of Arabia at the edge of the Persian Gulf. The town-planning schemes are completely different from its neighbor Dubai; the turns always are very spaced and the traditional districts were preserved. Many events follow one another throughout the year in order to always offer a good occasion to you to go there, to go back there for a few days or to make stopover before continuing your travel to Oman, the Maldives or elsewhere in Asia.

Abu Dhabi invested much in the field cultural. In particular in the construction of appendices of Louvre and Guggenheim. But if you want only nature, you will be able ressourcer in the oases of the desert, to benefit from white sand and warm water of 200 natural islands and to even make a safari. To Abu Dhabi all is possible and especially it what you did not expect!

Culture & Traditions

THE GREAT MOSQUE SHEIKH ZAYED

The Great Mosque Sheikh Zayed, one of most spectacular in the world with its 57 domes can accommodate up to 40,000 faithful. Built completely out of white marble it is truly an architectural treasure out of commun run. You will find there the largest Persian carpet of the world as well as the largest candlestick. You will be able to visit this mythical place of the Sunday to Thursday, out of time of prayers.

THE APPENDIX OF LOUVRES AND GUGGENHEIM

The goal of Abu Dhabi is to become a cultural capital with international radiation. For that, projects are in hand, in particular the construction of appendices of the famous museums of Louvre as well as that of Guggenheim. They make both part of the cultural district of the island of Saadiyat (the island of happiness). These two museums are high points of the culture in the whole world.

Abu Dhabi Islands

Abu Dhabi counts a multiplicity of islands. Accessible by plane or boat, benefit from a range of leisures, energy of the entertainment to the culture via the sandy beaches, the sanctuaries for wild animals and the villas of luxury.

7 ÉMIRATES

Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates. Of share the proximity with the other states, majestic Abu Dhabi is the ideal starting point to visit the other Emirates. You will be able for example to visit the strong old men of the Emirates of Ajman and Fujaïrah, to go to bathe you in the sources of Ras Al-Khaïmah, to go on the island of Al Sinniyah in Umm Al- Quwaïn and of course to admire the architectural prowesses of Dubai the futuristic one. Concerning the landscapes, the State de Charjah will leave you stops-bée.

Essential

The best period to discover Abu Dhabi is from October to May. However the city is worth visiting all the year if you do not fear strong heats. The highest temperatures are indexed from June to September, they can reach 50°.

 
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The stages

OASIS OF LIWA

 

Greater uninterrupted sand extent in the world, Rub' al-Khali which one can translate by the “empty Quarter” covers a territory equivalent to a quarter of the Arabic peninsula. This extent of dunes of 650,000 km2 also occupies part of the Sultanate of Oman, Saudi Arabia and of Yemen, and counts among the most inhospitable places in the world, so that today, even the Bedouins do not venture there very far. The oasis of Liwa, located in full desert, supplied with underground sources, is in fact made up of a set of about fifty oases whose charm was preserved since the middle of last century.

SAADIYAT ISLAND

Federal capital of the United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi, less known and less popular than its neighbor Dubai is however a city in full change whose objective is to become a cultural capital with the international radiation. This insular city will surprise you by his originality. It is on the island of Saadiyat that concentrates all the architectural achievements of the more great architects of the world. At the time of this travel, you will be able to discover into private the work of Jean Nouvel for the Louvre future of Abu Dhabi, Zaha Hadid for the Center of alive arts, of Tadao Ando for the Maritime Museum or of the other great architects who contribute to give to the city his new face.

OASIS OF AL-AÏN

The oasis of Alain is located in full desert at the border with the Sultanate of Oman. Second city of the emirate, Alain with his many gardens and its raised avenues deserves its nickname of “garden of the Gulf”. Here not of large towers, it exhales city a typically Arab atmosphere accentuated by its population primarily émiratie. Inhabited for more than 4000 years, the city has sheltered the vestiges of the history of the area with in particular the archaeological park of Hili and its circular necropoles monumental which would shelter more than 700 late in a collective pit. The park as of other cultural sites of Alain were registered with the world heritage of UNESCO. The city is dominated by Jebel Hafeet which culminates with 1,340 meters and offer an imposing panorama on the valley. The road to go merit there to it only trotts it.

THE DESERT

To discover a little more the wonders which surround you, after you to be resource with the calm of your villa, leave on a tour of desert. Go up on board a 4x4 to survey the dunes and to discover with a guide specialized the fauna and the flora of the desert. Also leave to the meeting the inhabitants and of their art of the raising of the falcons and finally, admire the show of the setting sun at the time of a trekking in camel.

SIR BANI YAS ISLAND

This ignored island is about to becoming “the places to Be” with its white sand beaches and its water turquoises but especially thanks to its other attractions. The island indeed shelters a nature reserve of which the imported abundant fauna of Africa or besides ballade with complete freedom creating a place of completely astonishing safari in this place of the sphere. Open safaris in 4x4 are organized and authorized for the small ones also, which is not always the case in Africa. Giraffes, spangled or other cheetahs adapted very well to the local environment. The island also shelters an important pink Flemish colony and its water is attended not the dolphins and the tortoises. Of what to live in total harmony with nature for a few days.

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