Three days in Abu Dhabi, properly
By Yousef Al Mansoori8 min read
Not the checklist. A route that puts the palace, the island and the coast in the order that actually works.
Most three-day itineraries for Abu Dhabi are a list of five places with no thought about the order. Order is most of it.
Day one: the shape of the city
Start high. Etihad Towers in the afternoon gives you the geography, and everything after makes sense against it.
Day two: Saadiyat
The Louvre opens at ten and is worth two hours. Do the Mamsha after, not before — the walk is better on a full head.
Day three: out of the city
Hudayriyat or the mangroves. Both are twenty minutes away and neither feels like the same emirate.
