Golf Holiday Packages
Dubai has experienced a frenetic pace of development from its origins as a small trading port. It has very successfully developed into a world wide hub for both business and tourism, and Golf in Dubai has undergone some remarkable changes over the years and now attracts some of the greatest golfers in the world to its shores for one of the European Tour events, The Dubai Desert Classic. For the club golfer Golf Breaks in Dubai offers up some truly magnificent courses in idyllic Arabian surroundings – it is a Dubai Holiday not to be missed. The rise of Dubai as a destination for Golf Breaks has much do with some outstanding developments, where the games leading names have been commissioned to create some superb courses which are complimented by some truly luxurious clubhouses. Golf Breaks in Dubai should take in courses such as The Majlis and Faldo courses at the Emirates Golf Club, the Montgomerie resort, Dubai Creek, The Els Club and The Earth course, which hosts the finale of the European Tour, The Race to Dubai and The Dubai World Championships.
Planning your Dubai Holiday will give you a choice of some magnificent hotels. The city has more five-star hotels than four-star with many of them being situated on the shore, giving direct beach access. Even if you are not staying at them, many of the hotels offer access to their beaches and pools for a fee, or as a complimentary extra if you dine there. Strung out along the incredible Gulf Coast are fantastic developments like Le Royal Meridien, the Hilton Jumeirah Beach and the ultimate Dubai landmark, the Burj Al Arab. Whilst some of the Golf Holiday Packages offer the top end of the four and five star hotel range, there are some Golf Holiday Packages offering the more economical, but still extremely comfortable, hotels like the Traders Dubai, The Rydges Plaza and Arabian Park. Where ever you decide to stay on your Dubai Holiday the service is second to none.
Dubai Holiday
First time visitors to Dubai, will of course notice the large developments, because there are so many of them. Dubai has the tallest tower in the world - the Burj Khalifa, the tallest hotel - the Burj Al Arab, the largest man-made marina, and the largest man-made island - the Palm Jumeirah. However look beyond these and you find that it is an interesting city with a history that is surprising. Growing from a fishing village inhabited in the 18th century by members of the Bani Yas tribe, its origins actually go back into the far more distant past. The museum displays a vast collection of objects found in graves of the first millennium BC at nearby Al-Qusais, and a caravan station of the sixth century AD was excavated in the expatriate suburb of Jumairah.
Any Dubai Holiday should take in the shopping Dubai has to offer. There is even a festival dedicated to shopping called the Dubai Shopping Festival. The city is also home to some of the world’s biggest malls, including the Dubai Mall, which has an aquarium and an ice rink. One of the largest Mall’s called Mall of the Emirates is home of the indoor ski slope. However, away from these Malls visitors can get a taste of the more traditional Arabian shopping at Dubai's souks. Primarily located around the creek, these open air traditional markets usually spring to life in the evenings.
Visitors on Golf Breaks in Dubai will of course want to take in the Dubai nightlife. Many of the hotels offer a huge range of bars and nightspots, from places to go for a casual drink, to locations offering superb views, to full-blown nightclubs. There are now an increasing number of international bands, artists and DJs adding Dubai to their tour schedules, and most months will see at least one big name in town.
Dubai has a great variety of options when it comes to food. The city presents a huge choice of eating places, which serve the best of cuisines from all over the world. From cheap street-food to Thai and Mediterranean, and from Korean to French cuisine, Dubai has them all when it comes to satisfying your taste buds. A relaxing dinner cruise on an Australian made luxurious catamaran is highly recommended along with an evening of elegance from the sleek, all glass Seine designed Al Minsaf boat. Many of the world’s top chefs such as Gordon Ramsey, Marco Pierre White and Gary Rhodes are now lending their names to some of the more up-market restaurants, which tend to be found in the more luxurious hotels.
Golf Breaks
Dubai Golf Holidays do not just have to be about golf as there are many other attractions to experience. A great place to begin is the desert with an exhilarating 4WD journey taking you deep into the heart of the desert over rolling sand dunes. Enjoy the desert sunset, an Arabic feast and a local belly dance performance. The Wild Wadi Water Park, Camel riding and for the more adventurous sand skiing should not be missed. It is a daring sport for those with a taste for speed, a head for heights and enthusiasm in their blood as skiing down the sand dunes of the Dubai Desert landscape is unusual experience. Only a two hour drive away to the south west is Abu Dhabi, which is home to the Yas Marina Formula 1 Grand Prix Circuit and the Abu Dhabi Golf Championships.
Some useful links:
