Travel Reference
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Information
Tourist Office
(
www.visitabudhabi.ae
; Al Jahili Fort;
9am-5pm Tue-Thu, Sat & Sun, 3-5pm Fri)
Getting There & Away
AIR
Served by only eight airlines, you're unlikely to arrive at
Al Ain International Airport
(
03-785 5555;
www.airport.ae/al-ain-international-airport.html
)
, about 13km northwest of the city centre.
If you do, a taxi into downtown costs Dh40, a ride on a local bus 960 costs Dh5. Bus 490
links Al Ain with Abu Dhabi International Airport (
Click here
)
(Dh25, three hours) every
three hours.
BUS
Al Ain's
bus station
(off Zayed bin Sultan St)
is behind the souqs. Express bus X90 shuttles back
and forth to Abu Dhabi every 30 minutes between 4.30am and midnight (Dh15, 1½
hours). Buses to Dubai (Dh20) depart every 40 minutes from 5.40am to 11.40pm and to
Sharjah (Dh25) every 45 minutes between 7am and 10pm.
Buraimi and the Ruwi station in Muscat (OR4.20, five hours) via Sohar. These leave
Buraimi at 7am, 1pm and 7pm from Saara Al Jadeda, near Bank Muscat.
CAR
From Dubai, it's 150km south to Al Ain via Hwy E66. Coming from Abu Dhabi, head
east on Hwy E22 for about 160km. Europcar, Avis and Hertz are among car rental agen-
cies with branches in Al Ain.
TAXI
Al Ain's long-distance taxi station is next to the bus station. Taxis to Dubai or Abu Dhabi
are about Dh200. Seats in a shared taxi go for Dh20 to Dubai and Dh25 to Abu Dhabi.
Getting Around
Al Ain's public buses run roughly every 30 minutes from 6am to midnight at Dh2 per trip.
Check
www.ojra.ae
for routes and schedules.
Taxis are metered; most in-town rides cost between Dh10 and Dh20.
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