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Dhow Cruise Dinner - The Best Way to View Dubai

Author: Raffey Raffey
by Raffey Raffey
Posted: Feb 02, 2016

There is something special about a river boat cruise around a foreign city that you’re visiting while on a vacation or getaway. It allows you to experience first-hand the stunning or magical views. This makes for a fun, family outing or an unparalleled romantic date, especially if the ride is at night and the lights in the ship are dimmed.

That is exactly what a dhow cruise dinner in Dubai offers. A dhow is a traditional Arabian sailboat. The cruise is chocked full of authentic entertainment and local food and may be the best way to discover Dubai’s culture. Here, the cruise is more about the destinations rather than the dhow itself being the destination. As the dhow makes its way around the river in a decidedly slow pace to catch every site, guests can watch life being lived on shore.

The dhow cruise dinner is a floating restaurant that encompasses sight-seeing attractions while on board. Specifically, it’s a relaxing, moonlit two-hour tour of Dubai Creek where guests can soak up the vivid and dramatic atmosphere. The dinner served is authentic Arabic food, as well as international cuisine with vegetarian dishes for vegans, in a buffet-style set-up in the on-board dining area. Guests have unimpeded views of the city while feasting due to windows at each dining table that are festively lit up with sparkling white lights, just like the dhow.

The views are worth the price alone. Under a star-filled illuminated skyline, guests have full, panoramic views of adorned palaces, souks, lit-up buildings, banks. In the distance, guests can enjoy Dubai’s downtown light-filled skyscrapers. In addition, some important landmarks of the city, like the Bridges across the Creek and Heritage Village, can also be seen.

Upon arrival, welcome drinks, Arabic tea, are provided and after dinner, traditional coffee is served. The dhow cruise dinner in Dubai charges for other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, and that gratuities are not included.

In the meantime, guests can enjoy the entertainment, which includes Arabian music, a live magic act, and a Tanoura dance, a traditional dance performed by Sufi men in skirts. "Tanoura" means skirt in English and the dance itself refers to God, man, and our relationship to land and sky. The dancer’s round skirt that swirls about is said to refer to the circle of life. Once the Tanoura is finished, guests can listen to, or dance to, the Arabian music, or else enjoy the gentle soothing sounds of the murmuring waves. They can also explore the dhow or further take in the views and the Dubai skyline by visiting the upper deck.

The total package of the dhow Dubai cruise dinner includes hotel pick-up and drop-off, the two-hour cruise, the buffet, and live acts and traditional music. And just in case you were wondering, the dress code is casual, but guests should definitely not show up in shorts and slippers or thongs.

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Author: Raffey Raffey

Raffey Raffey

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