What to Do on a Family Holiday in Dubai

Dubai is a destination which can honestly please just about everyone. The city is extraordinarily safe for children and kidnappings are almost completely unheard of.

It’s most advisable to travel in between the months of October to April, as before then it can often be quite intolerable to spend any length of time outside. The rest of the year Dubai’s temperatures are pleasant, reaching from around 25 to 35 Celsius. We’re going to look at two features essential to do on a family holiday here, particularly if your children are quite young.

Dubai Water parks

The Wild Wadi water park, and the Atlantis Aquaventure water park are both superbly managed water parks which can excite (or at least keep awake) the whole family. More daring teens and adults may want to experience the Jumeirah Sceirah, the incredibly terrifying (some would say actually dangerous) and largest and fastest freefall waterslide outside America. They actually tell you to cross your legs and fold your arms behind your back to keep from falling off the edge of the slide into a disgusting oblivion – and they mean it. The Wild Wadi water park, situated next to the Burj al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel, has many supervisors and attendants on hand to make sure your little tykes don’t snuff it in the lazy river. Atlantis Aquaventure complete with a massive aquarium on the Palm Jumeirah is even more exciting, although it is somewhat more expensive. Wild Wadi tickets cost €30 for those over 3.6 ft and €25 for those below, while the Atlantis will set you back about €43.

Dubai Malls

The lifeblood of the city flows through Dubai’s numerous malls, where during the summer months it is too hot to do much else. Huge competition among malls in Dubai has led to most of them being decked out like 5 star hotel lobbies. Nearly everything can be done and obtained in them, from car rentals to cinemas and even luxurious restaurants and furniture shops all attached to one beautifully air-conditioned building. You could spend whole weeks in them if they had sleeping facilities. They have become such a big attraction in Dubai that now many of them have 5-star Hotels attached, so the aim of your holiday can merely be to wake up and walk around the mall all day. All malls in the country have a Children’s entertainment zone, which features things like arcade machines and sometimes even small indoor roller coasters, which can be fun if your children are a little bit older. Popular malls worth visiting for their design and grandeur are Dubai Mall where children can ice skate, visit an Aquarium, and watch free Disney movies whilst sitting on beanbags, and Festival City, which even has a functioning artificial canal next to a promenade with cafe’s and restaurants , and Mall of Emirates, which has an indoor Ski Rink and Snow play area.

Photo of Atlantis Aquadventure Water Park, Dubai, UAE, by ¡Carlitos

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