Hello /trv/ I'm looking for some solid travel advice.
First of all, where's a nice place in the UAE to spend a week at the beach? We'll be traveling with a baby (6 months old) and are planning to rent a car so we can get around easier and don't have to rely on tours or public transport. Does anybody have experience with car rentals and driving in the UAE? How easy or difficult is it to cross the border to Oman? While we're in the area I would love to spend a weekend in Muscat.
Any advice is appreciated.
>>1177803
I can only speak of Bahrain and Qatar from my personal experience. But here is a bump for you.
They drive like fucking maniacs, I can tell you that much. All Arabs seem to.
Try to fly into Dubai. If you're from one of the visa-free countries (which I'm guessing you are), your Dubai visa will get you an Omani visa free of charge (2 weeks, IIRC). Ignore the touts at the border, they'll charge you like 20OMR for doing the visa for you, when you can just wait for 5 minutes and do it yourself, for free. I'll see if I can remember some things about Oman tomorrow. Right now, it's sleepytime for tired anon.
>>1177803
You should do the opposite, i.e. spend most of your time in Oman with a small incursion into the UAE. Oman is a much nicer country with better people, better culture, better beaches, etc...
Never Been to UAE but spent plenty of time in Oman due to family. There are plenty of resorts around Muscat with beaches. Can also recommend staying at the Turtle beach near sur you can see sea Turtles come lay eggs and hatchlings return to the sea. The desert camp site in the same area are also good fun. The mountains are also fun to explore with plenty of wadis and abandoned villages. There isn't much public transport but as long as it dose not rain driving conditions aren't any any worse than the UK. If it dose rain stay of the roads till it drys up only rains a few day a year and showers only last a hour or two at most but with no drainage things get scary fast.
>>1177892
Haven't thought about that yet desu. Any recommendations for Oman? We'd love to spend a week at the beach before doing any long tours through the country or to UAE. It's our first vacation with baby and we don't want to rush things.
>>1177892
Never thought about that desu... Any advice where to spend some time at the beach? Since it's our first time traveling with a baby we're trying not to rush things and get him used to the weather first. So we will probably stay at the beach for about a week before we do some tours or drive to UAE.