{"id":97762,"date":"2015-11-16T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-11-16T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travelstartblg.wpenginepowered.com\/15-amazing-things-to-do-in-abu-dhabi\/"},"modified":"2025-11-04T13:53:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-04T13:53:05","slug":"15-amazing-things-to-do-in-abu-dhabi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.travelstart.co.za\/blog\/15-amazing-things-to-do-in-abu-dhabi\/","title":{"rendered":"15 Amazing Things To Do In Abu Dhabi"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I recently won tickets through Abu Dhabi Tourism and Etihad Airlines to spend 2 nights in the UAE’s largest Emirate. It seemed ridiculously glamorous to be able to say, “We’re going to Abu Dhabi for the weekend”<\/em>, but come Saturday morning at dawn we alighted from our Etihad flight to meet the orange-pink dust of an Abu Dhabi dawn.<\/p>\n

Our Liberty International transfer was ready and waiting so we sped swiftly on a javelin-straight road to the Emirates Palace, a five star luxury hotel,\u00a0the second most expensive hotel ever built with 1.3 km of private beach stretched out front and an actual prince’s palace as its most immediate neighbour.<\/p>\n

After a warm Arabian welcome they present you with two golden discs at check-in which will serve as your room keys.<\/p>\n

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We were dazzled by the cool-to-the-touch marble floors that lined every surface, the gold mosaics and the capacious ceilings as we made our way to our “Coral room” which opened onto a generous balcony facing the Etihad Towers (you might recognize them from the infamous Fast and Furious car-building-jumping scene). The top floor rooms are reserved for foreign dignitaries and royalty but fear not you will still feel royal as each room has the assistance of a private butler.<\/p>\n

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