Dazzling Dubai deal with Royal Caribbean
By Paul Johnson on Oct 03, 2010 in Cruises & Boat Travel, Middle East, Regions, Speciality Travel, United Arab Emirates
Join Royal Caribbean International‘s Brilliance of the Seas next year on an eight-night Dubai fly/cruise from just £919.00 per person (based on two people sharing an inside cabin). Price includes return flights from London Heathrow, transfers and a seven-night cruise departing Dubai (United Arab Emirates) and calling at Fujairah (United Arab Emirates), Muscat (Oman), Abu Dhabi (United Arab Emirates) before returning to Dubai (United Arab Emirates); meals and entertainment onboard and all relevant cruise taxes/fees are also included. Price is based on 28 February 2011 departure.
This sounds like a seriously good bargain for a luxury cruise. My main experience of Dubai is its airport, which is pretty impressive, and the occasional overnight stay at Emirates’ expense.
I love Arabic food, but despite the growing popularity of the Middle East as a desirable destination I can’t say it would be top of my list. Two years in Iraq didn’t exactly inspire me to love the place, although it had its good points of course.
Dubai has loads going for it, unfotunately most people who visit see the hotel, beach and some of the shopping malls, but there is so much more to the city. Muscat in Oman is also a great place to visit, less touristy, although be warned if you want to have a drink in your hotel be prepared to pay through the nose for it, i once saw a bottle of wine that i would pay £8 here in the supermarket maybe £25 ish in a restaurant at £120. i tell you it is a sobering experience but worth it.