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Family Friendly Adventures in Dubai

17-May-2023

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Arabia Dubai

Dubai is the perfect destination for families, home to fantastic world-famous theme parks and slide-filled attractions plus luxury hotels with first-rate child-friendly facilities. Inspire your customers to discover Dubai from the stunning beach setting, the colourful creations of LEGOLAND® Dubai including adrenalin filled rides and a waterpark, and even the shopping centres focus on family friendly activities such as Dubai Mall where you will find the Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo.

Every day brings a new adventure whether you choose to relax by the hotel pool or on the warm and inviting beach, soar above the desert in a hot air balloon, take a camel ride across the beach or make a trip the family will never forget by sailing across the Creek in a traditional wooden boat called an abra before sipping from fresh coconuts and foraging for treasures in the souks in an experience the whole family will never forget.

Not only is Dubai a fantastic place for a family holiday on its own, it is also the ideal twin-centre destination, offering the perfect break before continuing to further afield locations and with two-thirds of the world's population located within an eight-hour flight to Dubai, it's the ideal stopover to break up the journey if you are looking to fly across the world with the family.

A Unique Family Holiday

Dubai is an amazing family destination whether your customers are looking to spend time in this fabulous city as the main part of their holiday, or looking to stopover whilst on a trip across the world. Turning their journey into a mini-holiday they can soak up the culture, visit the beautiful beaches, see iconic landmarks, explore high-end shopping malls, enjoy a taste of the vibrant cuisine and witness record-breaking attractions.

World Famous Attractions

Dubai combines the city, beach and desert with attractions for all the family to enjoy. Home to the world’s tallest skyline, shopping malls the size of towns, waterparks with half-million-gallon wave pools and rollercoasters hitting speeds of 60km per hour, Dubai has something for everyone! In particular, Dubai Parks and Resorts is a sprawling entertainment complex that offers the entire family an unparalleled experience of fun and excitement. This huge theme park is home to two distinct parks plus a water park. Motiongate™ Dubai takes you on a cinematic journey and of course LEGOLAND® Dubai plus LEGOLAND® Water Park, offers themed adventures through interactive rides, water slides, models and building experiences for the entire family.

An Interactive City for Kids

Not many places can claim to have an interactive city run by kids! KidZania is an activity-packed indoor city in Dubai Mall where learning and play collide for a day out your children will never forget. A 7,000m square scaled replica of a real city that combines entertainment and education, with over 70 real-life activities for children aged 4-16 where they can discover all about different jobs through exciting role-play, and develop decision-making, teamwork, creativity and social skills in ways that can’t be taught in a classroom.

Water Sports for All the Family

Make the most of the breathtaking beaches in Dubai and water sports on offer for the entire family as much of the sand is privately owned by the large, luxury hotels, but there are plenty of stunning spots that are open to the public for free or charge a very small fee. Kite Beach is one of the best free access beaches and ideal for water sports and family fun, while Al Mamzar Beach Park has an entry fee of AED5 and impresses with fine white sand. If spending your whole afternoon soaking up the sun isn't really your thing, there's plenty of fantastic water sports for both kids and adults to try, including kite surfing, fly boarding and jet skiing.