Time difference Île D'Abu Dhabi
3 hours difference with France during winter: When it is noon in Paris, it is 3pm in Abu Dhabi, and 2 hours in summer: when it is noon in Paris, it is 2pm in Abu Dhabi, that is GMT+4.
Opening hours Île D'Abu Dhabi
To see / To do Île D'Abu Dhabi
Opening hours: There are no rules for Abu Dhabi, but it is safe to say that everything generally starts at 10 am and closes relatively late. Beware, some places open later on Fridays. But there are no specific rules.
Attendance: Attendance depends on the month of the year with the peak season between November and February
Enjoying yourself Île D'Abu Dhabi
In general, nothing opens before noon and lunch is usually around 1pm, dinner around 9pm. It is very rare that restaurants close during the week and the rush is at its peak between Thursday night and Saturday night.
Take a break Île D'Abu Dhabi
In Abu Dhabi, the hours are very flexible, but let's just say that the day doesn't really start until 10am and the cafes are always full. Here, the key word is to take your time, no one really looks stressed. You won't see anyone running around let alone the Emirati population. They often linger and chat as if time was extensible, men with men, women with women, whether it's during the week or the weekend. If there are no "aperitif" traditions, it is mostly at the end of the evening, after dinner and quite late, that groups of friends meet again for tea and sometimes a shisha. As for the expatriate population, they go out in the numerous hotel bars, quite late at night, and generally from Wednesday to Saturday included. During Ramadan, the hours change. During the day, the establishments are not very busy and most of the places open after sunset and all night long.
(To) please yourself Île D'Abu Dhabi
Most stores open from 10am until 10pm or later on weekends. During Ramadan, the hours change: opening later and closing at 2am at the earliest. If you go shopping in the morning, you will wonder how the shopping malls and souks can survive as it is so deserted. Be aware that the crowd arrives after 3pm on weekdays and after 5pm on weekends. Friday afternoons and Saturdays are the busiest days in both the souks and the malls.
Get out Île D'Abu Dhabi
Late nights in Abu Dhabi mean midnight on weekends even though nightclubs close at 4am at the latest. If you're looking for afters: forget it, it doesn't exist. Fridays and Saturdays are the busiest days, but people start going out on Thursdays until Saturday night. Some discos are closed during the week. On the other hand, for those which remain open, go on their sites to know the evenings with topics which enable them to attract world, whatever the day.
