Dubai with children: 7 activities for the whole family

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Everything is the best in Dubai. The tallest, the biggest, and the most modern. A constant spectacle, ideal for a family holiday thanks to the almost endless leisure opportunities.

Dubai is a pleasant city, one of those where there are never enough days to cover everything it offers. The queen of holidays in the United Arab Emirates, her ability to offer all kinds of entertainment and, moreover, constantly renew them, seems limitless. You may have noticed how many beautiful and expensive cars drive around the city, you can also rent luxury cars and feel the charm of a trip on this type of transport. So let’s focus on seven activities that you can do in Dubai with children.

1. Ain Dubai

And how could it be otherwise, where is the tallest Ferris wheel in the world? In Dubai. Ain Dubai is impressive and located on the artificial Bluewaters Island, next to the marina, with many restaurants where you can have a drink after your impressions. The Ferris wheel consists of booths with a capacity of about 20 people, which slowly ascend and offer spectacular views at the top, especially at night when the city is illuminated by Dubai.

If you are a large group, consider reserving one of the cabins for yourself. In 38 minutes, which will take you to turn around, you will have enough time to admire the views and take a lot of photos against the backdrop of Dubai skyscrapers, and you will also be able to move freely around the salon.

2. Helicopter flight

Flying over the skyscrapers of Dubai and its islands is a unique experience that the whole family will enjoy, and probably the only way to understand the unique and impressive urban scheme of this city. One of the greatest attractions of this trip is to see the artificial islands forming a Palm Tree from the sky in order to understand the greatness of this project, which seems a bit Martian and which today is occupied by luxury residences, vacation spots, and hotels.

And if you didn’t have enough impressions from the helicopter, you can rent Bentley Dubai and take a ride with the whole family in the legendary car. If you and your children like car rides, then the best way is to choose any car you like to rent.

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3. Aquaventura Water Park

The Dubai Atlantis Hotel, located in the arch of the hotel around the famous palm tree, is home to the world’s largest aquapark, Atlantis Aquaventura. Buy tickets online in advance and get ready to enjoy slides, floats, and water activities. In addition, there is a pleasant and quiet beach, ideal for the youngest, with a view of the buildings of La Palmera, which will offer you minutes of relaxation in sun loungers between slides and slides.

4. Excursion and dinner in the desert

This is one of the excursions that you should definitely take during your first visit to Dubai. The desert is located near the city, and in just half an hour, you will be completely alone in the sea of dunes. There are many companies that can arrange this tour from your hotel, where a 4×4 car will pick you up and take you to enjoy the adrenaline rush of driving through the dunes. You can also walk along them, go snowboarding, and take beautiful photos at sunset.

After that, the experience will end with a typical Dubai gastronomic dinner in a desert camp. In addition to dinner, the evening will be enlivened by music and dance shows. One of the most recommended is the Royal Fortress in the Sahara Desert, designed as an old Arab fortress.

5. Beach day

Traveling with children, it is very good to break the routine of excursions on fun days when there is time only for games and recreation. A good option in Dubai is to devote a day to the beach. Many of them are private from hotels, but you can go to beaches such as Kite Beach in the Jumeirah area, where, in addition to sand and sea, you can spend a very fun day doing various sports: water sports, skate parks, trampolines. And if you want to get to the far beach in comfort, you can use exotic car rental in Dubai.

6. Climb the Burj Khalifa

Climbing the Burj Khalifa, the tallest tower in the world with a height of 828 meters, will bring pleasure to the whole family. From the same check-in desk at the Dubai Mall, the experience begins, and before you get into the elevator, you will see the explanatory signs of the design and model of this impressive building.

7. Dubai Mall: Aquarium and more

Dubai Mall, in the center of Dubai, is one of those shopping malls where you will learn how everything is done in this city on a grand scale. It occupies a huge territory, about 200 football fields, and has more than 1,200 shops.

Its main attraction is the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo. It is home to thousands of marine species in an exciting environment in which stingrays and sharks take center stage, especially when you cross a transparent tunnel passing through the aquarium.

To get to know the surroundings of the city better, a car for rent can help, you can take a ride along the coast of the Persian Gulf, stop by the sand dunes or just drive through the desert.