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Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa at blue hour

Tour 5

Dubai Intensive

2 nights, 3 days

Length
2 nights, 3 days
Shape
Evening arrival, a full Abu Dhabi day, a full Dubai day, late-night departure.
Overnights
Dubai 2, one hotel throughout

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 1ArrivalDubai city hotel
  2. Day 2Abu Dhabi in a dayDubai city hotel
  3. Day 3Dubai, then the late flight
Where the nights are spent

Dubai Intensive

  1. Nights of days 1–2

    Dubai city hotel

    Dubai
    1. Day 1Dubai

      Arrival

      Arrival

      An evening flight lands and our Greet and Go service walks you through the terminal. One transfer to the hotel with your guide, and the night is free.

      • 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.

      • Dubai city hotel

    2. Day 2Dubai – Abu Dhabi – Dubai

      Abu Dhabi in a day

      The Dubai Frame

      After breakfast the coach turns south, with a photo stop at the Dubai Frame on the way out of the city. Qasr Al Watan, the presidential palace, late morning, then lunch at the Marina in Abu Dhabi. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in the afternoon, the largest in the Arab world, and Mall of the Emirates on the way back into Dubai.

      • Breakfast: hotel

        Meal

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

      • The Dubai Frame

        The Dubai Frame

        Sight · Dubai

        The Dubai Frame. After the Burj Khalifa, this is another work built at great expense, a surrealist piece of architecture whose outer surface is covered in gold patterning. The frame stands about 50 stories high inside Zabeel Park and became Dubai's most eye-catching new landmark in 2018. It took four years to complete.

      • Qasr Al Watan

        Qasr Al Watan

        Sight · Abu Dhabi

        Qasr Al Watan, the Presidential Palace, has become one of the must-see stops in Abu Dhabi. It is where the UAE officially receives foreign dignitaries today and where state visits by heads of state take place. It uses the pointed arches and great domes of sixteenth to eighteenth century Mughal Islamic architecture, blended cleverly with the ornate building traditions of India, for a visual impact and a grandeur you will not have seen before. That includes the main halls and the rooms holding the treasures presented to the UAE president by countries around the world, where the interiors use white, yellow and blue to stand for the landscape of the region. The west wing explains how the country was formed and how it is governed, while the east wing displays a large collection of artifacts and precious manuscripts and explains what the Arab world has contributed to science, art, the humanities and literature. There is also a library holding more than fifty thousand books and resources.

      • Lunch: Abu Dhabi Marina

        Meal

        Where we book it

        • Hakkasan Abu Dhabi

          Chinese · Abu Dhabi · Emirates Palace

          Emirates Palace.

        • Erth

          Emirati · Abu Dhabi

          Emirati cooking beside Qasr Al Hosn.

        • Talea by Antonio Guida

          Italian · Abu Dhabi · Emirates Palace

          Retained its star in the 2026 Abu Dhabi guide.

        • 3Fils Abu Dhabi

          Japanese · Al Bateen

          Opening of the Year, Abu Dhabi 2026.

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

      • The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque

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        Sight · Abu Dhabi

        The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque in Abu Dhabi is the largest mosque in the Arab world and one of the most beautiful anywhere. Its clean white exterior is built from marble imported from Italy. In the main prayer hall you can see the world's largest carpet, designed by Iranian artists, and chandeliers imported from Germany. It is a remarkable sight.

      • Mall of the Emirates

        Sight · Dubai

      • Dinner: 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

      • Dubai city hotel

      The full day

      Included this day

      • Full-day coach and Chinese-speaking guide
      • Qasr Al Watan and mosque admission included
    1. Day 3Jumeirah – Dubai

      Dubai, then the late flight

      Souk Madinat Jumeirah

      A later start. Souk Madinat Jumeirah late morning, with the Burj Al Arab standing behind it for the photograph. Lunch at Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk. The Dubai Mall in the afternoon, the Burj Khalifa at levels 124 and 125 in the last light of the day, and the fountain show. Dinner, then the transfer to the airport for a late-night flight.

      • Breakfast: hotel

        Meal

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

      • Souk Madinat Jumeirah

        Souk Madinat Jumeirah

        Sight · Dubai

        Souk Madinat Jumeirah is designed in imitation of a traditional open-air market and sits inside a large resort. Among all the high-end retail in the city it has the most atmosphere, and it became a popular destination the moment it opened. Wind towers stand out above the lower buildings of the souk, and when they light up at night the whole area is bathed in a romantic glow. Winding waterways and excellent outdoor dining sit nearby. It is no surprise at all that the souk draws visitors like a magnet.

      • The Burj Al Arab

        The Burj Al Arab

        Sight · Dubai

        A photo stop at the Burj Al Arab, the sail-shaped hotel on its own island off Jumeirah Beach, for the photograph everyone wants.

      • Lunch: Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk

        Meal

        Where we book it

        • Brasserie Boulud

          French · Wafi City · Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk

          Daniel Boulud at Sofitel Dubai The Obelisk. Takes large parties and private rooms.

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

      • The Dubai Mall

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        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.

      • 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 Fountain

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        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

      • Dinner: 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

        • STAY by Yannick Alléno

          French · Palm Jumeirah

          Modern French at One&Only The Palm.

        • 11 Woodfire

          European · Jumeirah

          Wood-fired cooking around an open hearth.

        • Al Muntaha

          French · Umm Suqeim · Burj Al Arab

          Top floor of Burj Al Arab.

        • Avatāra

          Indian · Sheikh Zayed Road

          Vegetarian Indian tasting menu.

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

      • 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.

      The full day

      Included this day

      • Full-day coach and guide
      • Burj Khalifa admission included
What the price includes
  • Full-day coach and Chinese-speaking guide
  • Qasr Al Watan and mosque admission included
  • Full-day coach and guide
  • Burj Khalifa admission included

What this itinerary does well

Best for

A group arriving on an evening flight from Europe or Turkey, and a corporate group of 20 to 200 that wants both emirates in the shortest possible program.

Why it sells

It is the shape in our brochure: every headline in both emirates, two nights in one hotel, and the Burj Khalifa in the last light of the final afternoon.

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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.