Airport transfer to The Dubai Atlantis followed by a rooftop meet & greet welcome cocktail party. 

Welcome to Dubai!!! On arrival at the airport, please clear customs and immigration and claim your baggage. Proceed to the arrivals hall and look for our local representative who will be waiting for you with a sign. Once everyone in your group is accounted for, you will be escorted to your vehicle and transferred to the hotel check-in with assistance. The rest of your day and evening is free at your leisure. Welcome Dinner will be served at the hotel's main restaurant including soft beverages.

Today after breakfast, pick up transfer w/ your local English-speaking guide to visit the Capital City our UAE – Abu Dhabi is also known as the Arabian Jewel. Starting from Dubai, you will travel past the world's largest man-made port at Jebel Ali and onward for a two-hour drive along a coastal desert road lined with acacia trees, to Abu Dhabi, the capital of UAE. Here, you can enjoy modern interpretations of traditional Arabian. 3 architecture in the many skyscrapers, villas, and palaces that line the Riviera-style Corniche. We will stop first for a guided tour to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, which is considered the most architectural treasure of contemporary UAE society - and one of the Largest in the world.

Then drive through the Corniche road with a photo stop at the breakwater and the iconic hotel of Abu Dhabi Emirates Palace and we visit the Heritage Village a reconstructed traditional "oasis". Here, the journey to the past and experience life in Abu Dhabi before oil revenues altered the landscape. We will experience different aspects of desert life attractively displayed in the open-air museum, along with workshops, where craftsmen demonstrate traditional skills and women sit weaving and spinning. After lunch included, we will head to Emirate Palace to experience the gold coffee, enjoying the famous Palace Cappuccino. Sprinkled in real 23-karat gold flakes, this is the epitome of indulgence at the Palace.

Next, we will visit Louvre Museum; Museums traditionally display objects and artworks belonging to an artistic civilization, historical period or art movement in one room. While giving us a taste of what a particular culture may have been like, this approach can give the impression of hermetically sealed cultures developing with no outside influence, no exchange or trade of ideas, knowledge, trends, or stories. (Free time inside for 1 ½ hr) Before driving back to Dubai, we pass by Yas Island for a photo stop from outside in F1 and Ferrari World Theme Park and we drive back to Dubai for approximately 2 hrs. The tour ends at the hotel.

Note:

- Local Guide does not have free entrance ticket and not permitted to give a tour
guiding inside the Louvre museum.

Dress Code-Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque visit:

- There is a Mandatory Dress code to be followed for entry to the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, Abu Dhabi. Long trousers or long skirts & long sleeves to ankle/wrist. No shorts for men, no tight & transparent clothing. Women must cover their head with a scarf hence we suggest to bring it along. No visible tattoos.

Today is a full day at leisure to enjoy the hotel facilities and relax on our own. As guests that are staying at the Atlantis hotel, the group will have free access to Aqua Venture Water Park & Lost Chamber daily.

Breakfast at the hotel and at 9:00 am there will be a pickup transfer with your English speaking guide to visit the Old part of Dubai and experience a walking tour in the Bastakiah area, step back in time and enjoy the atmosphere of Bastakiah, one of the oldest traditional Emirati neighborhood set in Burj Dubai. Next, you will be dropped at the entrance of the Dubai Museum, which depicts the traditional and developmental history of Dubai. After the museum, transfer to the Spice Market and the Gold Market. Where you will discover a great selection of authentic spice, incense, and traditional perfumes. The big entrance of the Gold market welcomes you to see why Dubai called, “The City of GOLD” and this is just the beginning. Make sure to bargain and get your hands on some personal gold and diamonds. Free time for shopping. At 1:00 pm, visit SMCCU, Enjoy traditional Lunch Emirati cuisine and conversation in our interactive cultural experiences hosted by our Emirati presenters inside the traditional houses of Sheikh Mohammed Centre for Cultural Understanding, located in one of Dubai’s oldest communities, Al Fahidi Historical Neighborhood. Guests can expect to taste new food, learn about the Emirati culture and traditions through the shared experience. If the Museum of the Future is open we will visit and will entrance fee on own. The Museum of the Future is a visionary cultural institution currently under construction in Dubai, UAE. We will be a showplace for a new era - a center of creativity and hope where you can see, touch, and shape our shared future. Combining elements of the exhibition, immersive theater, and themed attraction, the Museum of the Future invites you to look beyond the present and take your place within possible worlds to come. After the visit, we drive back to the hotel and the rest of the day is at your own leisure.