Abu Dhabi Holidays

Abu Dhabi  Holidays -  A Lovely Modern City                                

Abu Dhabi holidays offer the visitor an interesting juxtapostion of the old and new Arabian Gulf holiday. A relatively new city, certainly in middle eastern terms, Abu Dhabi has only been in habited for about 250 years although parts of it can certainly be traced back to BC times.  Abu Dhabi is the capital of the United Arab Emirates, but was a fishing village until oil was discovered just over 40 years ago. Now Abu Dhabi is a beautiful modern garden city, with tree-lined boulevards, parks and fountains. A bit like Welywn then, except without a John Lewis.

Abu Dhabi Holidays -  Plenty of History

Parts of old Abu Dhabi still exist around the Dhow wharf and fish market areas in the north-east of the city. However, it’s the future that Abu Dhabi has its eye on. For instance, Saadiyat Island is being built with a ‘launch’ date in excess of 2011. It’s going to be home to the largest Guggenheim Museum in the world, luxury hotels, marinas, and everything you would expect of a great, modern UAE city. Abu Dhabi is rightly proud of its greenness and has planted over 120 million trees to date.

Cheap Holidays in Abu Dhabi -  Many Attractions

Although it doesn't receive as many visitors as Dubai holidays, Abu Dhabi has transformed itself into a great modern city thats suitable for tourists.  Great attractions include the Corniche Beach, the Old Souk Market, Sheik Zayhed's Palace and Breakwater Island.  It has a great business district too, with many spectacular buildings.  Abu Dhabi holidays offer something for everyone.

Flights to Abu Dhabi – Capital of the UAE

Abu Dhabi has been the capital of the United Arab Emirates since becoming independent in the early ‘70s. Take flights to Abu Dhabi and land in the largest of the seven emirates; Ajman, Sharjah, Dubai, Umm al Qaiwain, Fujairah and Ras al Khaimah. Flights to Abu Dhabi have a long history going right back to the earliest days of aviation in the late 1920s when the RAF used the safe, calm waters as a base for their experimental flying boats. These days, people flock there to lie on the sand and bob about in the warm – actually hot – sea. Today’s flights to Abu Dhabi deposit you in the Emirates’ original airport established in 1982. Nineteen miles from the city centre, the airport was designed to handle three and a half million people a year. Not enough… they’re spending several billion pounds as we write updating the airport to handle a whopping 20 million passengers by 2010.

Abu Dhabi Flights – Expanded airport will handle 20 million people

Once Abu Dhabi airport’s the new Midfield Terminal Complex is finished, the airport will become one of the world’s biggest. But flights to Abu Dhabi aren’t all about big and brash and an excess of bling. Amongst all the riches and extravagance, a strong craft and art scene is growing. The most popular craft in Abu Dhabi is Sado, weaving. If, for you, flights to Abu Dhabi go hand in hand with the ancient and venerable Arab culture, hand woven goods are affordable and often exquisitely beautiful.

Flights to Abu Dhabi – Buy lovely hand woven stuff

You’ll find flights to Abu Dhabi with a raft of trusted airlines from all over the world – this place is just as important for business travellers as it is for holidaymakers. Try Air France, Britannia Airways, BA, Egypt Air, Lufthansa, Qatar Airlines, Royal Jordanian and China Airlines to name just a few. Flights to Abu Dhabi didn’t always deposit you amongst some of the richest folk on the planet. It used to be the poorest sheikhdom of the bunch until they struck oil, clever people. Now Abu Dhabi revels in 70% of the UAE's total wealth. Nice one.

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The Corniche is a coastal boulevard that runs between the modern city and the sea, with lots of trees and park areas amid a busy six lanes of traffic. However, wandering up and down here isn’t like being caught in the central reservation of the M25, it’s a lovely place to get great views of this marvellous city from.

Heritage Village -  Abu Dhabi Attractions  - In the middle of Abu Dhabi, the Heritage Village is a permanent living exhibition of the nomadic Bedouin life-style detailing a variety of local traditions and agriculture, fishing and trading.

Souk -  Attractions in Abu Dhabi - At this traditional market you can find small shops selling everything from gold jewellery to electronics. Make sure you get a guarantee and aim to hit a price that’s about 50 per cent of the stall holder’s opening price. How? You haggle!

White Fort - Abu Dhabi Attractions - The White Fort is the oldest building in Abu Dhabi and was once the home of the ruling family. Now the building is the home of the Centre of Documentation and Research, which displays many interesting exhibits of traditional artefacts and photographs.

Al Nasr Street -  Attractions in Abu Dhabi - There are a number of antique shops and jewellery stores along this road where bargaining is positively encouraged.

Breakwater - Abu Dhabi Attractions - This is the best place in Abu Dhabi to watch the skyline and experience some local fo od. Be sure to visit the floating restaurants and pubs

The Corniche - Abu Dhabi

The Corniche is a coastal boulevard that runs between the modern city and the sea, with lots of trees and park areas amid a busy six lanes of traffic. However, wandering up and down here isn’t like being caught in the central reservation of the M25, it’s a lovely place to get great views of this marvellous city from.

Heritage Village - Abu Dhabi

In the middle of Abu Dhabi, the Heritage Village is a permanent living exhibition of the nomadic Bedouin life-style detailing a variety of local traditions and agriculture, fishing and trading. 

Souk - Abu Dhabi

At this traditional market you can find small shops selling everything from gold jewellery to electronics. Make sure you get a guarantee and aim to hit a price that’s about 50 per cent of the stall holder’s opening price. How? You haggle!

White Fort - Abu Dhabi

    The White Fort is the oldest building in Abu Dhabi and was once the home of the ruling family. Now the building is the home of the Centre of Documentation and Research, which displays many interesting exhibits of traditional artefacts and photographs.

Nasr Street - Abu Dhabi

There are a number of antique shops and jewellery stores along this road where bargaining is positively encouraged.

Breakwater - Abu Dhabi

This is the best place in Abu Dhabi to watch the skyline and experience some local food. Be sure to visit the floating restaurants and pubs.