Dubai Travel Forum

Reading from a guidebook I should take airport bus 401 from the airport terminal 2 to deira bus station. May I know from there what bus should I take to get The Dubai mall and how much would it costs?
IS there any other better way to get there?

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I am going in June and have 23 hours to spend in Dubai. I also know that it will be very hot in June so I plan to cool down at the new and giant dubai mall(I would also like to see the giant aquaiurm) before going to the souq area what time would be a good time when it is less hot to walk the spice souq, gold souq and creek area etc? 5 pm onwards or wait till near sunset. BTW what time does the sunset? What time does the area operate till?

Is it for me then to catch bus back to the airport from this old Dubai area? What time do buses operate till?

thanks for all suggestions and all tips in my previous posts and this as well. Much appreciated.

Well, information about bus timings can be asked from RTA toll free number which is: 8009090 In Deira Bus Station (Sabkha) always there is an officer on duty which you can ask a booklet for bus routes and time tables.
Good luck.

Is the Deira Bus Station the same as the Al Sabakha bus station?

I believe noy!! However they are very near to each other!!

My advice is to jump in a taxi to Dubai Mall. Also taxi back to the airport from the souk area, it's only seven or eight kilometres.

Sunset is currently around 7pm. The last few evenings have been very pleasant to wander around, although humidity is getting higher. Last evening we had dinner at The Walk and the outdoor tables in almost all the scores of restaurants were full, in preference to the indoor air-conditioned ones.

Five would be an OK time to start goingt o the Creek area. Shops are open until around 10 in the evening.

At Dubai Mall, have a walk across the bridge to the Old Town Island area, it's well worth seeing. The world's tallest building is also there, plus the beautiful hotel The Address, both of which you should check out.

The huge window of the aquarium is in the mall and is free. You can also pay (I think it's AED20) to go into the big plastic tunnel which means you are surrounded by the fish. Don't bother to pay for the full tour into the rest of the aquarium though.