Historical Overview:

Al Ain city is still considered to this day despite all the new archaeological discoveries in the Emirates is the original home for the emergence of local architecture, since the third millennium B.C. a residential colony with a defensive nature has developed in it. This makes the city the heritage compass of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi that began the rule of Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founder of the UAE in 1946, and there is an important international achievement in it when the member states of the World Heritage Committee by UNESCO unanimously included the city of Al Ain as the first Emirati site on the list of world heritage for humanity in 2011, and these sites are (Hafit, Hili, (Bada Bint Saud and the oasis).

City Overview:

• It is far from the capital Abu Dhabi (135 km).
• Al ain oasis sightseeing tour is 155KM away from Abu Dhabi airport, it takes 1h 40 mins to reach your destination.
• “Al Ain” means “the spring of water”, and there are many water springs.
• It is the largest inner city in the United Arab Emirates, and the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi. It is called the “Garden City“. Surrounded by magnificent red sand dunes, the scenery is iron oxide.
• A city full of history with its material heritage, which is represented by forts, castles, mosques, flags and tombs dating back more than three thousand years BC.
• Al Ain was also known, ancient and modern, as “The City Of Oasis“. It comes to life with its natural ingredients, represented in six major oasis and flajs.
• Al-Ain Oasis: It is the largest oasis in the city, with an area in which Falaj Al-Eani and Al-Dawodi and Al Muwaiji Oasis, which is the smallest oasis.
• The oasis are a lowland area with groves of palm trees and fruit, so that the headmaster of each visitor can enjoy between the trees extending the gaze. As for the aflaj, they are channels dug into the ground to extract groundwater, spring water, natural springs, and torrential water that flow by the force of gravity without human intervention.
• In the far south, you see (Jebel Hafeet) towering at a height of 1240 meters, to paint a luminous painting at night as one of the city’s clear features. It is an extension of the impressive “Al Hajar” mountain range in the Sultanate of Oman.
• The city has developed through time until today, but it has preserved its heritage and cultural character, so you can see low high building. As for the city center, you see it decorated with a special lighting poles and corridors of its own colors and shapes that is beautiful, due to the vision of the founder of the United Arab Emirates, Sheikh / Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, which is to keep Al Ain an unique from other cities by preserving the heritage and cultural heritage.