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The Dubai Fountain

Tour 2

Dubai Overnight

1 night, 2 days

Length
1 night, 2 days. Also runs with an evening arrival and a pre-dawn departure. For no hotel at all, see Tour 1.
Shape
Land before dawn, a full Dubai day, one night, midday departure.
Overnights
Dubai 1

Every itinerary runs at two paces. Full: three or four stops a day, most meals booked, early starts. Relaxed keeps the same length, the same hotels and the same arrival and departure, and books less into each day: one anchor per half day, later starts, lunch mostly at leisure, and a free afternoon or evening every second day. Either pace can run from the same booking, because the rooms do not change. What changes is tickets, meals and guide hours.

The program at a glance

  1. Day 1Arrival, and Dubai top to bottomDubai city hotel
  2. Day 2Departure
Where the nights are spent

Dubai Overnight

  1. Night of day 1

    Dubai city hotel

    Dubai
    1. Day 1Dubai – Palm Jumeirah – Dubai

      Arrival, and Dubai top to bottom

      Burj Khalifa

      Your flight lands before dawn and we meet you inside the terminal. Breakfast is waiting at a hotel buffet on the creek, and we ask the hotel for early check-in so the bags come off the coach. Mid-morning we go up the Burj Khalifa to levels 124 and 125 and look down on the whole city, then walk into The Dubai Mall. The afternoon crosses the water: an abra over the creek, which is still the way the city actually moves, then the Gold Souk and the Spice Souk, and Al Seef along the waterfront. The monorail carries us out onto the Palm. Dinner is at Atlantis The Royal, and the evening finishes at the Dubai Fountain.

      • Breakfast: hotel buffet on the creek

        Meal

        Venues and menus are matched to each program at quote stage. See the restaurants we book

      • Burj Khalifa

        Burj Khalifa

        Sight · Dubai

        the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa. At 828 meters it is the first structure in human history to pass 800 meters, and from the top the magnificent view over Dubai is all yours.

      • The Dubai Mall

        The Dubai Mall's facade and Souk Al Bahar across Burj LakeClient-supplied. SharePoint: BeneficialTravelFiles/02 BTI Sales/Brand Assets/Website/Excursion Images/The Dubai Mall/Dubai-Mall_GettyImages-167896655.webp

        Sight · Dubai

        The Dubai Mall is the largest shopping and entertainment complex in the world by floor area. It holds more than 1,200 retail stores, more than 150 places to eat and leisure facilities beyond counting. Inside is the world's largest indoor aquarium, so you can shop and look at the undersea world at the same time. There is also an indoor theme park, an ice rink, a cinema and the world's largest indoor gold market. It is the biggest and the most distinctive modern mall in the Middle East.

      • An abra across Dubai Creek

        Wooden abras moored along Dubai Creek at sunset, flags flying from their canopiesClient-supplied. SharePoint: BeneficialTravelFiles/02 BTI Sales/Brand Assets/Website/Excursion Images/Abra water taxi (Dubai Creek)/Abra water Taxi 1.jpeg

        Experience · Dubai

        The abra water taxi, the oldest and simplest form of transport local people use on Dubai Creek.

        More on the Experiences page

      • The Gold Souk

        Shop windows hung with gold bangles and necklaces along a covered lane of the Gold SoukClient-supplied. SharePoint: BeneficialTravelFiles/02 BTI Sales/Brand Assets/Website/Excursion Images/Gold Souk and Spice Souk/6996107459_b3832ffbdb_b.jpg

        Sight · Dubai

        The Gold Souk, where shop windows hang full of dazzling gold work: necklaces, rings, bangles, earrings and brooches, all of it astonishing to look at. And nearby,

      • Lunch: recommended by BTI

        Meal

        Breakfast at the hotel is a standard inclusion of our group bookings. Where a lunch or dinner is marked "recommended by BTI", we book a restaurant outside the hotel that fits the day and the group.

        Where we book it

        • Trèsind Studio

          Indian · Palm Jumeirah

          Twenty-four seats, surprise tasting menu. The only three-star Indian restaurant in the world.

        • FZN by Björn Frantzén

          European · Palm Jumeirah · Atlantis The Palm

          Nine courses, Scandinavian technique with Japanese precision. Atlantis The Palm.

        • Il Ristorante — Niko Romito

          Italian · Jumeirah Bay Island · Bulgari Resort Dubai

          Contemporary Italian at Bulgari.

        • Row on 45

          French-Japanese · Dubai Marina

          Seventeen courses, twenty-two seats. Grosvenor House.

        Venues and menus are matched to each program at quote stage. See the restaurants we book

      • The Spice Souk

        Trays of saffron, cardamom, turmeric and dried herbs piled up in the Spice SoukClient-supplied. SharePoint: BeneficialTravelFiles/02 BTI Sales/Brand Assets/Website/Excursion Images/Gold Souk and Spice Souk/deira-spice-souk-guide.webp

        Sight · Dubai

        the Spice Souk, where you find imported spices of every kind. It is the best place to feel the character of the place.

      • Al Seef

        Sight · Dubai

      • The Palm monorail

        Experience · Dubai

        More on the Experiences page

      • Dinner: Atlantis The Royal

        Meal

        Where we book it

        • Dinner by Heston Blumenthal

          British · Palm Jumeirah · Atlantis The Royal

          Atlantis The Royal.

        • estiatorio Milos

          Greek · Palm Jumeirah · Atlantis The Royal

          Atlantis The Royal. Whole-fish service.

        • Ariana’s Persian Kitchen

          Persian · Palm Jumeirah · Atlantis The Royal

          Atlantis The Royal.

        • La Mar by Gastón Acurio

          Peruvian · Palm Jumeirah · Atlantis The Royal

          Cebichería and Peruvian grill at Atlantis The Royal.

        Venues and menus are matched to each program at quote stage. See the restaurants we book

      • The Dubai Fountain

        An abra on Burj Lake as the fountain jets rise in front of the Downtown towersClient-supplied. SharePoint: BeneficialTravelFiles/02 BTI Sales/Brand Assets/Website/Excursion Images/Dubai Fountain/Fountain-2.png

        Sight · Dubai

        In Downtown Dubai you see the tallest performing fountain in the world. The Dubai Fountain gives you a rare chance to lose yourself in a captivating show of water, music and light. Then we have arranged for you to go up

      • Dubai city hotel

      The full day

      Included this day

      • Full-day coach and Chinese-speaking guide
      • Burj Khalifa admission and monorail ticket included
    1. Day 2Dubai

      Departure

      Departure

      Breakfast, then one transfer to the airport with your guide. A midday flight leaves the morning unhurried.

      • Breakfast: hotel

        Meal

        Venues and menus are matched to each program at quote stage. See the restaurants we book

      • One-way airport transfer with guide

        Transfer

        Every group program runs on a full-day or half-day coach with a licensed guide. Airport transfers begin with a meet-and-greet at the gate, with a lounge available on request, and a duty officer is on call for the entire program window.

What the price includes
  • Full-day coach and Chinese-speaking guide
  • Burj Khalifa admission and monorail ticket included

What this itinerary does well

Best for

A connection through Dubai that is too long for a same-day layover and too short for a two-night stopover, and a first night in the Gulf before a long-haul leg.

Why it sells

One hotel night turns the connection into a full Dubai day with a proper night's sleep, and it runs on a stopover visa.

Send us the brief

Group size, target dates, preferred hotel tier and any non-negotiables are enough for us to start. A costed proposal follows within two working days.