Dubai

[BARCE]

What is dubai like during Ramadam? Im there on a stag do with 10 guys from the U.K a day after ramadam starts. Can we get alcohol, are the clubs open etc...

[NORMANTHEDOG]

no alcohol is sold during ramadam at all.

[orlieborlie]

My friend was there last year for her birthday and found herself crouching in a shop, hiding from sight to drink her water!

[dannydingbat]

What genius figured it would be a good idea to go to Dubai for alcohol and a good time anyway, regardless of it being Ramadan ??

[bendigedig]

hi i got this from the dubai tourist website - doesnt sound like fun!
Ramadan is the Holy Month in which Muslims commemorate the revelation of the Holy Quran. The month is not fixed in terms of the Western calendar, but occurs a few days earlier each year. In 2000, Ramadan will commence in the last week of November and come to a close a month later. It is a month of fasting when Muslims abstain from all food, drinks and cigarettes from dawn to dusk.

Non-Muslims are required to refrain from consuming these items in public places during Ramadan as a mark of respect.
Food will be served in restaurants located within hotels.
Special Ramadan festivals are being organised in the Emirate of Sharjah
Visitors to the Emirates can participate in the Iftar (the breaking of fast around 6.30pm in the evening) that are open to the general public.
Shops are usually closed during the day and open after Iftar till early hours in the morning.
Similarly, parks and other public places will open after the breaking of fast and remain so till late in the night.
Modest attire is recommended and patience should be exercised at all times in the spirit of Ramadan

[Dee Sa]

I lived in Dubai for 14 years and most ex-pats try and take their holidays in Ramadan to get away and your going there, sorry but you probably got a good deal with the travel agent because no one wants to go., they have definately had you over.
Rules are that you cannot get anything to eat or drink outside before the call to prayer at approx 7pm, you can get alcohol & food if you are staying at a 5 star or over hotel but only in your room, there is no singing/dancing/or entertainment during ramadan and everything is done sneaky and and on the sly [ ask any Brit that works there, dont ask a local or the room boy]] but should you get caught you will go straight to jail- do not pass go etc--- until Ramadan ends.
My advice is change the tickets and go to Vegas where you should have booked in the first place.I do feel sorry for you because Dubai is great but not during Ramadan.