Explore the “City of Culture” located about 30 kilometers north Dubai known as “Sharjah”, Which in Arabic means as it’s rising in the sky of knowledge & culture. Sharjah offers beautiful collections of mosques & old historical souks. We will start the tour with King Faisal Mosque which was the largest mosque in Emirates, now it’s the second largest mosque after the building of Sheikh Zaied Mosque in AUH.
We continue then to the renovated Fort of Sharjah, Which was originally built in 1820 and used to be the Residence of the ruling family. The Al Naboodah House, the museum for cultural heritage is the next place to see.This District is also known as the museum area. In the Islamic Museum you will have an interesting introduction in all aspects of the Islamic culture. Then will end our tour of Sharjah with the largest souk which is “El Souk Al Markazi” with it’s Arabic & Islamic.
Architectural buildings surrounded by the beautiful Khlaed Lake. There will be extra time given to stroll in the souk to see the beautiful selection of carpets, jewelers & Handcrafts items. Then we will continue our tour and heading to Ajman, the second emirates north of Dubai, There will be stops for photos at the spectacular Al Majarrah souk. We will stop at the famous historical museums of Ajman where we will have e excellent displays about the Emirates past before the oil was discovered.
Lastly we will visit the old Dhow-building yard and see how the Dhows (wooden sailing boats) are still built today in the tradition of the past. This concludes our tour before heading back to Dubai. |