Quickest way from London to Dubai without flying?
This is a question from a friend not (yet!) on Travel.SE...
From London, what is the quickest way to get to Dubai (via trains, buses, ferries etc) without flying?
(My usual advice of "just check Seat61" seems to fall down in this case, as they don't seem to have a UAE entry in their destination list...)
Best Answer
There is no railway in UAE, so the only choice is sea-travel or buses.
In the persian gulf you can use the internal ships, from BANDAR LENGEH to DUBAI - it costs $100 one way.
I can't find any specific info about ferries from Europe to the UAE, so maybe the best way is to get a ferry to Egypt, and from there use the bus.
Note that the large government company IRISL has some ships to Europe, but doesn't indicate whether there are places for passengers.
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I also suggest:
- London to Paris by Eurostar (2h30)
- Paris to Milan by high-speed TGV
- Milan to Bari by Frecciabianca
- Bari to Dubrovnik by Jadrolinija ferry
- bus from Dubrovnik to Split
- train to Zagreb and then to Istanbul
- train to Tehran
- bus to Bandar-e-Abbas
- ferry to Dubai
or else, you can ride the TGV Lyria to Zurich, Chur, and then the Bernina Express to Tirano and a Trenitalia train to Milan, instead of TGV Paris-Milan.
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