Abu Dhabi City Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque & Corniche
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque holds over 40,000 worshippers. You walk inside on this tour.
This Abu Dhabi city sightseeing tour departs from your hotel and covers eight landmarks in four to five hours with a live guide in English, Hindi or Urdu. The route runs through Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque, a dates market, the Corniche, Heritage Village, Qasr Al Watan presidential palace, Etihad Towers, Emirates Palace and Saadiyat Island, with a lunch stop at Marina Mall. Hotel pickup and an air-conditioned vehicle are included. Lunch is on your own.
Step-by-step itinerary
Abu Dhabi city sightseeing tour
- Travel from Dubai to Abu Dhabi
- Pass Jebel Ali Port
- Visit Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
- Visit dates market
- Stop at Abu Dhabi Corniche for photos
- Explore Abu Dhabi Heritage Village
- Stop for lunch at Marina Mall
- View Qasr Al Watan palace from outside
- Visit Etihad Towers
- Pass Emirates Palace hotel
- Pass Saadiyat Island
- Stop at Ferrari World for photos
- Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Entry included 1h
- Abu Dhabi Corniche Entry included 10m
- Abu Dhabi Heritage Village Entry included 20m
- Marina Mall 1h
- Qasr Al Watan passing by
- Etihad Towers 15m
- Emirates Palace passing by
- Saadiyat Island passing by
- Ferrari World Abu Dhabi 20m
What’s included
- Hotel pickup and drop-off.
- air-conditioned vehicle.
- live guide in English, Hindi or Urdu.
- entry to Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque.
- stops at the dates market, Corniche, Heritage Village, Qasr Al Watan, Etihad Towers, Emirates Palace, Saadiyat Island and Ferrari World Abu Dhabi.
- lunch stop at Marina Mall (meal not included).
Times
- Every day 09:30
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The experience
The tour starts at your hotel and moves through the capital's mix of heritage and modern landmarks. You'll see the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque first, named for the late president, with its capacity for over 40,000 worshippers and a main prayer hall that seats more than 7,000. A stop at the dates market follows, where you can buy local varieties, then the route takes you to the Corniche for photos before heading to the Heritage Village: a reconstruction of a traditional desert settlement with working craft workshops.
Lunch happens at Marina Mall, where you choose what to eat. After that, the tour passes Qasr Al Watan, the presidential palace, and the Etihad Towers complex, then moves along Emirates Palace before crossing to Saadiyat Island, a cultural and nature project still under development. The final stop is Ferrari World Abu Dhabi for a photo. Throughout the drive, you'll pass the Jebel Ali Port, the world's largest man-made port, and cross the two bridges that connect Abu Dhabi island to the mainland.
Is this one for you?Book this tour if you're staying at an Abu Dhabi hotel without a rental car: pickup from your door means you skip arranging transport between landmarks, and the guide handles the route so you move through the mosque, the Corniche, the Heritage Village and Saadiyat Island without building the day yourself.
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Top questions
What languages is the tour guided in?
Live guide in English, Hindi and Urdu.
Can children come?
Yes. Ticket types: Child (3 to 9 years); Infant (under 3).
What is the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque like inside?
The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque is large enough to hold over 40,000 worshippers total, with a main prayer hall seating more than 7,000 and two smaller prayer halls of 1,500 capacity each, one reserved for women. You visit it as part of the tour.
Does the tour include lunch?
Lunch is not included in the tour price. You stop at Marina Mall to eat, and you choose and pay for your own meal there.
How long does the tour take?
The tour runs four to five hours from hotel pickup through all eight stops and back.
Where does the tour pick me up?
Hotel pickup is included. The tour collects you from your Abu Dhabi hotel at the start and returns you there at the end.
What is Saadiyat Island?
Saadiyat Island is a tourism and cultural project for nature and Emirati heritage, located 500 metres off the coast of Abu Dhabi. It is still under development and you stop there for photos during the tour.
Abu Dhabi City Tour: Sheikh Zayed Mosque & Corniche
4h–5h · EN +2 · at your hotel
from AED 376 per person
≈ US$ 100 in your currency
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