Get in flows of Modern and Traditional side of Dubai

Beautiful skyscrapers, sweeping sand dunes, magnificent beaches, top hotels, the world's biggest shopping mall and much more, Dubai has everything! Where else can you spend your day to the shore, your afternoon hitting the slopes, along with your evening watching the sun set on the huge desert? Among the most popular tourist destinations on the planet, over 15 million people visited the Golden City at 2017. Known for its infrastructure, shopping malls, a plethora of theme parks, a worldwide culture and a wholesome dose of glitz and glamour, there's much to see and do in Dubai.

Inside this guide, we'll look at a few of the very popular Dubai city tours which have been made to show you the city's most important highlights and attractions. Though most of what you may see has come up in the past few decades, remnants of the past can be still be seen lurking in the cultural and architectural fabric of the region. These tours combine the best of traditional and contemporary Dubai in a neat adventure that everybody seeing Dubai must strive.

Sightseeing tours in Dubai will take you in an enriching journey as you visit some of the very popular and lesser-known landmarks and attractions in the city.

Some of the important landmarks in Dubai that you ought to check out are Dubai Museum, conventional gold and spice souqs, Dubai Creek - the lifeline of Dubai, Jumeirah Mosque- the most photographed mosque in Dubai along with the Heritage Village in Bastakiya Quarter - the older part of the city with brick houses and wind towers.

Sightseeing tours in Dubai come in all sizes and shapes - half day guided tours of town, dhow cruises in the day, hop-on-hop-off bus tours, aerial tours as well as day excursions that travel from town to the neighboring regions. While half/full day guided tours permit you to visit Dubai's major landmarks in the company of a professional guide, hop-on-hop-off tours permit you to plan your own sightseeing itinerary. You can also go about sightseeing Dubai in traditional dhow boats that cruise the seas of Dubai Creek and Dubai Marina.

And that is not it. Given Dubai's tradition of carrying everything up a notch, you can go for a unique sightseeing experience aboard helicopters and seaplanes. You can learn more about the various Dubai tour options in the section which follows below.