Dubai day 3

After enjoying a delicious breakfast in our hotel, we leave for the Jumeirah mosque, which is the only one opened to foreigners in the UAE (if part of an organized tour). Honestly, there's not much to say about the mosque, which is nothing like the mosques in Cairo and Istanbul. I'd advise to save the 10 dirhams and visit the above-mentioned ones instead, if you have the chance.

 

However, here is something you need to do if you are in Dubai: leave your shopping mall for half a day and pay a visit to the historic arabic Dubai, with the Grand Souk Bur Dubai, the creek frontage, and cross the Dubai creek aboard a water taxi, also called abra, to the Deira neighborhood. There, with the Grand souk Deira, the oldest and busiest textile bazaar, and the gold souk, you'll be able to fully appreciate the Arab Dubai, where few people speak English. On our way back to the hotel, we stopped at the Mall of the Emirates, so as to finally see this indoor ski zone...Rather impressive, and surely nothing close to environmentally friendly tourism. If you're there, though, try the chocolate fondue at the St Moritz café...very awkward feeling to enjoy a fondue in the UAE, watching people ski next door.

In the evening, after breaking my glasses, Hanna and I went to the Souk Madinat Jumeirah, where we enjoyed a tasty, but overpriced, Iranian dinner, and took a small boat tour around the complex. You may consider this area to be too touristic, and I would agree with you. However, when it comes to restaurants, the Jumeirah beach area is not very attractive...Plus, the night view on the Burj Al Arab hotel from the Madinat is stunning...just for this reason, the Madinat is worth your visit!