Written By Arabiers Digital & Reviewed by Robeena Brown
04 July 2024 | 13 min read
While you can visit the Grand Mosque any time, it's preferable to pick a morning trip or contact us for a late-evening tour in the summer, owing to the heat. Additionally, if you enjoy photography, you should go during the golden hour immediately before or after sunset. At these times, the building appears even more stunning in photographs since the sun reflects off it.
The ideal time to visit the mosque is in the evening, around 5:30 PM, when you can wander outside without being blistered by the intense heat searing your feet.
You can avoid the heat, which can be highly uncomfortable, by visiting in the morning or evening, especially from May to November, when it is the summer.
The Grand Mosque Abu Dabhi Mosque is breathtaking at sunset.
Like any well-known tourist destination, weekends are a little busier than weekdays.
If you linger for an hour, you can also enjoy breathtaking views of the mosque against the setting sun. Continue walking for a little while to see the mosque lit up against the sunset. However, you can visit the mosque in the afternoon when there are fewer people around if you'd rather avoid the crowds in exchange for enduring the heat.
Most people explore Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque between 90 minutes to 2 hours.
Intricate decorations and features can be explored for 30 to 60 minutes after the 60-minute guided tour of the mosque.
You could require an additional 30 minutes on weekends and other busy days due to long lines.
Plan accordingly because the Sheikh Zayed Mosque is enormous, measuring more than 12 hectares (30 acres).
Nighttime views from the Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque are breathtaking. The white columns are more strikingly reflected in the courtyard's pools, which sparkle against the night sky. To reflect the moon's phases, a unique lighting system projects blue-grey clouds of changing intensities onto the mosque's outside walls. Every two days, the mosque's colour gradually shifts from white to blue, deepening as the moon gets smaller. The mosque is illuminated in its darkest blue on the fourteenth night of the cycle to denote a "no moon." Additionally, the lights are intended to create the appearance of clouds moving across the mosque.