Handpicked experience · Dubai
Dubai, UAE
An open-top bus pass across a city built for cars, where the distances between districts, the gaps between buses and the time of year shape the day more than the route map does.
Sightseeing Dubai's important and scenic places along the designated route on an open-top hop-on hop-off bus
Hop on and hop off at various locations within 24 or 48 hours as you please
Visit the key sights of the United Arab Emirates and create a memorable experience here!
Enjoy unlimited sightseeing via the Red or Blue route to explore the incredibleness of the city
Enjoy a breathtaking view of Dubai city and capture your moments from the seat of an open roof bus
Stop by at the amazing spot of Dubai iconic building and mesmerize the contemporary views
41 stops linking Dubai's main sights and neighbourhoods
Passes of 24, 48 or 72 hours, valid from the first boarding
Free admission to selected partner attractions with qualifying tickets
Optional guided walking tour through the historic districts
Evening tour and dhow cruise available as included options or add-ons
Dubai is a long city. The stretch from the Marina to the old quarters around the creek is the better part of an hour when the road is clear and considerably more when it is not. That is exactly why a service like this makes sense here — bridging those gaps any other way means taxis or a great deal of walking — but it also means the ambitious plan of five neighbourhoods before dinner rarely survives contact with Sheikh Zayed Road.
On the busy central sections you will not wait long. Further out the interval stretches, and a stop reached at the wrong moment leaves you standing in the open for half an hour. Two unhurried districts usually beat four rushed ones.
From roughly November to March the top is the whole point: no glass, the towers passing overhead, the light doing something different every twenty minutes. Between May and September it is genuinely punishing before sunset, and most people spend the daylight hours below in the cool and move upstairs once the sun drops.
There is no collection from your hotel; you join at a stop. In the older districts these are easy to find. Out along the wide multi-lane roads the boarding point can sit across a footbridge or on the far carriageway, so it is worth locating it before you set out rather than on arrival.
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It depends less on how much you want to see than on how far apart it is. Crossing between the Marina end and the creek end eats an hour or more each way, so a single day realistically covers two districts well rather than four.
Not long on the central sections. On the outer parts of the route the interval is noticeably longer, which is the main thing that will reshape your plan during the day.
Before sunset, rarely. From May to September most people ride in the cooled lower cabin during daylight and move upstairs in the evening. From November to March the top deck is the reason to take the bus at all.
No. You join at one of the official stops. Locate yours in advance, since on the wider roads the boarding point may be across a footbridge or on the opposite carriageway.
Yes, that is how the pass is designed to be used. Step off at any official stop and pick up a later service from the same point.