by Marina Bruce | May 26, 2015 | Al Ain, UAE Heritage and Culture, UAE Tourism
Situated within one of the Oases which form the third of Al Ain’s Unesco Site, Al Qattara Souq is a bustling centre for food, entertainment and commerce every Thursday and Friday evenings throughout the winter. Note: This coming weekend, 28th and 29th May is...
by Marina Bruce | May 24, 2015 | Al Ain, UAE Heritage and Culture, UAE Tourism
Just off the Al Ain-Nahel Road (E95), some 15kms from the Garden City, you will see a large stratified rock, rising high above the surrounding desert and farms. This is the Qarn/Gharn Bint Saud and it is hard to miss, being some 800 metres long by 25 metres wide and...
by Marina Bruce | May 18, 2015 | Al Ain, UAE Heritage and Culture, UAE Tourism
Jebel Hafeet – UNESCO World Heritage Site I am not alone in thinking Al Ain is a very special place – in June 2011 UNESCO added some sites in the city to their World Heritage List, the first in the UAE to achieve such status. As part of my Abu Dhabi...
by Marina Bruce | May 17, 2015 | UAE Heritage and Culture, UAE Tourism
There is never a dull moment in the UAE, or at least not in my life here – I am currently training to be an Abu Dhabi Tour Guide in preparation for item 3 on this blog. We were shown this video as part of our first workshop – hope you enjoy it as much as I...
by Marina Bruce | Apr 16, 2015 | Al Ain, UAE Heritage and Culture, UAE Tourism
These days I find myself on lots of mailing lists for events and product launches, some more relevant than others, however every now and then something arrives which really appeals to me. This weekend, at Al Ain National Museum the TCA Abu Dhabi (Tourism & Culture...
