Волшебный Дубай или Отзыв для непродвинутых туристов. Magical Dubai or Review for non-advanced tourists.

A week has already passed since returning from this magnificent place, and still emotions overwhelm. I am writing this review for those who still have little experience in tourism, I hope it will be useful to someone. So, I'll start with the Emirates flight. Friends, it's better to choose a simpler hotel, but fly on a reliable plane. I flew different domestic planes, and different situations happened to them, it’s scary to remember some, but here. . . not a flight, but a heavenly pleasure !! ! Dubai airport. . . huge. . . after landing, a kind woman suggested that first you need to undergo a retinal scan, and then go to passport control, so they did, and 30 people from the plane stood in line for control, were sent for scanning, and again for control. . . be careful. . . do not repeat other people's mistakes. The meeting party was Royal Park. No complaints. I met a boy with a sign, handed it over to a Pakistani driver, and three people were taken to hotels in a 12-seat minibus. Now a hotel. Before the flight, I myself found only a few reviews, they were quite contradictory and did not give answers to exciting questions. The travel agency warned us that the hotel takes a deposit of $ 280, and returns in dirhams. This is not true. They don't take a deposit. Settled in 10 minutes. Again, in the reviews they wrote that smoking in the hotel is strictly prohibited. We were immediately asked what kind of room we want - for smokers or not. The rooms are no different from each other, ventilation is poor, smoked in the toilet or went downstairs to the street. They gave me a room on the 21st floor. View. . . it can be seen in the photographs. The room is quite spacious, there is an iron, ironing board, kettle, hair dryer (and not built into the wall, but a full-fledged one), TV (no Russian channels), floor scales, safe, slippers, all soap accessories, a full bar, a lot of press and 2 bottles of free water. Breakfast at the hotel from 6.30 to 10.30. Every day everything is the same, but there are no complaints. On the menu: boiled eggs, scrambled eggs, scrambled eggs with ham (fried immediately for the guest), stewed vegetables, stewed potatoes, several types of rice, sausages, fried ham, salmon, several types of sausage and cheese, vegetables (even radishes), a large selection of pastries , yoghurts, fresh fruit and freshly squeezed (including cranberry and carrot)!!! ! juices. Well, tea and coffee, of course. The hotel on the M3 floor has a bar, a swimming pool, exercise equipment and a sauna. In the sauna, you can take towels and take them to the beach. Near the pool the sun is only in the afternoon. On the first day we had a meeting with the hotel guide. Representative of Royal Park Skopina Natasha is very smart and professional. She told me everything you need to know, gave a map, described in detail all the excursions, well, about them later. The hotel takes its guests to and from the beach twice a day. They also take you to the Dubai Mall and back almost every hour. There is no need to pre-register, everyone is welcome. It was time to leave the hotel to go to the beach and here we were in for a shock. With the same success, the hotel could stand on the island. Around the construction site and the track. LITERALLY further than a small parking lot for a taxi and a hotel bus, it is impossible to take a step! There is one shop nearby. This is the Dubai Mall at a distance of 1km. It is clear that you do not run up to him for a bottle of water. On foot, as it turned out later, you can reach it along an unfinished road along an unfinished sidewalk. Subsequently, the hotel people very often walked there. But what a view of the Burj Khalifa opens. . . the beauty! Now about the beach. They take you to Jumeirah Beach Park. In clear weather, you can see the Sail, Khalifa is also visible. Entrance fee, 5 dirhams, umbrella 10 dirhams. On the beach shower, toilet (free), a couple of cafes, palm trees. . . in general, a good beach. Now about excursions. We took an introductory tour of Modern Dubai. Here the guide did not cause enthusiasm, she told like a voice recorder - memorized information and no emotions. We visited the Madinat Jumeirah Complex, took very beautiful pictures there, visited the palm island near the Atlantis hotel, drove to the Parus for a photo pause, brought it to the museum, although it looks more like a store, climbed Khalifa (climb only in the evening - the view is amazing) and swam on Dhow boat on Dubai Marina Bay (dinner, dancing and sheer fun)))) All this cost $ 120 per person. We also went to Abu Dhabi (100 dollars). There were several options, we chose the morning one, since it was the only one that guaranteed a visit to the Sheikh Zayed Mosque, and you must definitely visit it! The tour also included lunch. We looked at the palaces of the sheikhs, learned a lot of interesting things (here we were lucky with the guide), the mosque exceeded all expectations, visited the Museum of the National Economy, where, by the way, you can buy souvenirs. A little bit about Dubai Mall. On your first visit, take a map and a guide to it. Immediately opposite the main entrance there is a round information desk and there you can take a guidebook in Russian. If you suffer, like me, from spatial downtime, navigate by the aquarium, the exit is next to it))) Grocery supermarket, cafes and restaurants, as well as access to the fountains - the LG floor. In the supermarket, they even found mangosteens, madly in love after Thailand! The prices there are affordable, there is a section with pork, cigarettes (to the right of the cash desks), sushi, various salads, etc. Eat at the Mall cafe about 1000 per person (meat and drink). If you want to walk along the street of skyscrapers - Sheikh Zayed Road - from the hotel by taxi to the Emirates Towers (25 dirhams), back by taxi from the Dusit hotel (you will see it on Sheikh Zayed Road) for 12 dirhams. In the hotel, by the way, dollars are changed at the reception. The course is a little low, but just in case, you need to know about it. Yes, even, no one speaks Russian in the hotel, at least basic knowledge is necessary. Well, in the end - an amazing country, amazing people, complete security, an interesting story. . . Have a nice trip everyone!! !