Yas Island Treasures!

Yas island in Abu Dhabi is one of the of most attractive highlights in city that Abu Dhabi travelers used to include to their Abu Dhabi city tour itinerary due to the various funny hubs it houses. Here an attempt to uncover the treasures that Yas host.

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Yas Island occupies a massive area of 25 kilometers and was initiated as a multipurpose project in 2006 developed by the decent real state developer Al Dar properties.

Island houses a number of the best tourist attractions in Abu Dhabi that visitors love to make sure to include in their Abu Dhabi city tour. The long list includes:

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1. Ferrari World Abu Dhabi: One of the biggest amusement themes in Middle East and world. Opened in Nov 2010 and well known of its world`s fastest roller coaster.

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2. Yas Waterworld: A water games city has the largest surf-able sheet wave surf in the world, and worlds second best water park in 2013.

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3. Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi: Opened in 2018 summer, WB world Abu Dhabi creates a simulating world of the big Hollywood producer flag movies. City is composed of six themed lands, Gotham City, Metropolis, Cartoon Junction, Bedrock, Dynamite Gulch and Warner Bros Plaza.

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4. Yas Marina Circuit: With a length exceeds 5 kilometers, Yas Marina Circuit is one of the decent motorsport racetracks. Yas Marina is globally well known in favor of its hosting the annual grand prix F1 race in November.

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5. DU Life: A big entertainment venue that includes DU arena (Known as Yas arena until 2012) the massive open air concert venue up to 35.000. Venue witnessed attendance of several music icons including Madonna, Beyoncee, Shakira, Linkin Park, Raihanna and more.

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6. Yas Viceroy: A fancy hotel hosts Yas guests with a very elegant preview.

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7. Yas Mall: One of Abu Dhabi`s biggest and best shopping malls with a big number of luxurious brands and retailers in different categories in addition to a selective collection of fine international restaurants and fast food vendors.

  

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Abu Dhabi City Tour: Where to Go Within 4 Hours ?! (2)

In the latest blog which was published April 6th, We have discussed and suggested three places to go in Abu Dhabi within four hours Abu Dhabi City Tour, we have talked about Grand mosque, Heritage village and Souks (Revise it from Here)
Today we will list other three places we can visit within short trip of four hours, So let us check today`s list:

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1. Masdar City 

It is really one of the places which deserves to be visited within your next city tour in Abu Dhabi due to being one of the leading projects of future which is planned to be worldwide word of mouth when it is finished. We have published about the masdar city before, and you can check that from the following link visit Masdar City

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2. Yas Island 

For sure Yas island is a perfect place to be listed on your city tour itinerary and have lovely time, The island has an aspiring project extends until 2018 in charge of 40 billions USD aiming to to convert it to multipurpose leisure, tourism, shopping and entertainment center.
Besides relaxing on the shores of the stunning island, you can have some fun in the famous Ferrari theme Park one of the world`s leading theme parks (Check more Here) and also going to the breathtaking Yas water world where you enjoy a lot of lovely time in the wet tubes and tunnels!

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3. Abu Dhabi Marina Mall

Shopping always is an important stop within any sightseeing trip, and in Marina mall you will not only shop, bu also will have nice dinning experience in one of the scattered restaurants and food shops. Menus differ between Arabian, Syrian, Indian and western cuisines.


It is also not all what you can do within half day tour in Abu Dhabi, but it is only other three things to do, and more comes in another episode, Keep your eyes on!


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Abu Dhabi City Tour: Falcons Hospital Tour with Photos!

It is really the first of its kind in the world, and the biggest for falcons on planet, Welcome to Abu Dhabi Falcons Hospital!

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On tripadvisor.com you can see it listed as #4 attraction to visit in Abu Dhabi that is because many travelers always asked it on be listed on their Abu Dhabi day tour, So what is the story behind this hospital ?! Let us check the below lines and photos from the inside of the featured hospital:

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1. Founded in 1999 to be the first hospital of its kind to receive and treat falcons. 

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2. In Abu Dhabi cultural heritage and in the Arabian heritage in general, Falcons had occupies very special importance being a symbol of power, strength and domination. That is one of the reasons for which such a hospital was founded.

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3. Falcons show is one of the very special shows that take place in Abu Dhabi desert safari trips.

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4. Falcons are so precious birds, even the rate of one may reaches and overrides one million AED!

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5. Hospital operates under direct patronage of his highness Abu Dhabi crown prince. That shows the great importance which is obtained by the hospital.

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6. Hospital has about 200 beds and yearly it receives 6000 falcons to be treated and receive the required care.

7. Since 2010, hospital has been one of the important tourist attractions of city which is visited by great number of travelers everyday.

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8. You may did not know that falcon may be totally unbalanced in case it missed even only one flight feather!

9. An animal shelter is manged also by the hospital offering care for animals include cats and dogs as well.

10. Hospital is one of the places to go in Abu Dhabi and repeatedly it is asked to be part of Abu Dhabi city tour.

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Abu Dhabi City Tour; Where to Go Within 4 Hours ?!

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Being in Abu Dhabi is such a great chance to enjoy many attractions which locate in city and really deserved to be visited, But you need to arrange and plan your trip itinerary very well to do the best things you are looking for in the best time and also with no need to be rushed or on hurry within your Abu Dhabi City Tour.
Below we will overview the top three places you can visit within half day tour in Abu Dhabi:

1. Grand Mosque of Sheikh Zayed

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As expected always it is really one the best things to do in Abu Dhabi and it comes as the top#1 visit in city. In other words there is no one can come to city and miss to visit the Zayed mosque.
The mosque which is considered a pattern in Islamic architecture and decoration elements was been built in first dozen of 21st century and since then it becomes one of the most famous destination in Asia and Middle East region.
There is so much to been told about Mosque of Sheikh Zayaed, But best way to do is to check our previous blog about mosque from Here

2. Herniate Village

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For those who like to see deeply, and those who are not only interested in the things as they appear at the moment, a visit to heritage village is your best choice then!
The open museum which shows and depicts lifestyle in Abu Dhbai and Arabia in general before oil treasure trove.
A tour in this village can take us to see and discover a lot, and also many stories about it can been told, But for detailed article we recommend you our blog Here

3. Souks 

As a traveler, I can share some secrets with you, one of them tells that shopping is one of the best things we are always looking for when travel and possession of nice objects are always a great way to save a memory of nice journey, But it must be in local, Meaning that you aint be in Arabia and look for American hamburger!
In Abu Dhabi there are special shops to shop from, we called it "Souks" and within your Abu Dhabi Sightseeing you should not miss to visit dates souk where you can taste the best dates ever. For us dates is not a food, it is a part of our culture.
Moreover, you can visit spice souks to get best oriental spices, that includes Indian ones as well. while for women, Gold souks are the best way to shop pure Arabian gold. It is the best!
Perfumes, Oud, Anbar and more are available in souks as well!


So it was the top three places to visit in Abu Dhbai within shore 4 hours trip. But for sure there are more places deserve to be discovered. We will come again with more places, But in another blog,
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