We tried to piece together our own independent tour to Abu Dhabi using the local busses, but it was complicated and in the end it was a better bet to just pay for a day trip with a bus tour company that we just booked at the hotel’s lobby.  The best part is that we were able to take our luggage and bags with kids and get dropped off at our new hotel.

Our first stop was at the Grand Mosque, but I’ll post those photos as a separate post. Tour highlights…

Grand Mosque

Our tour van... There was only one other couple on the tour with us. This stop was to a fancy museum fine arts retailer

Gate entrance to the Emirates Palace

Tall buildings made famous in the movie Fast and the Furious

Heritage Village

A stop for dates..

We bought a bag of chocolate covered almond dates

Final stop at Ferrari World. We didn't pay the $100 admission to go in, but I sure would have loved to try that roller-coaster