- Address: Al-Dhaid road, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
- Contact phone: +971 6 545 8996
- Website: portal.shjmun.gov.ae
- Area of the park: 630 thousand square meters. m
- Opening hours: daily from 8:00 to 22:00
- Cost of visiting: $ 0.5
If you want to relax with your family, have a picnic, go in for sports or get extreme sensations on holiday in the UAE , without hesitation, go to Sharjah National Park. Its huge territory contains a wide range of entertainment and playgrounds, there are food, lawns, bicycle paths, shady alleys and groves.
Location:
Sharjah National Park is only 3 km from the International Airport of the city, on Al-Hayd Street.
History of creation
The park was created on the site of a huge oasis on behalf of Shaykh Sultan ibn Mohammed al-Qasim. The city municipality is responsible for the functioning and condition of the park zone. Today, the National Park is one of Sharjah's most popular tourist destinations and offers a large number of attractions for both children of different ages and adults. Every year the infrastructure of the park is improving, there are new amusements for visitors, and at the same time the number of visitors is constantly growing.
What interesting things can you see in the park?
The Sharjah National Park pleases its visitors with a variety of entertainment and places to relax. In it you are expected:
- places for picnics with comfortable benches;
- tracks for roller skaters and cyclists;
- children's playgrounds with slides;
- grounds for volleyball and basketball;
- attractions;
- a pond with dots;
- cafe where you will be offered several kinds of light snacks, ice cream, soft drinks and traditional Arabic coffee;
- souvenir shops with a large assortment of local gifts, including handmade;
- grocery stores;
- prayer rooms for women;
- Sharjah National Park Mosque.
The most interesting places in the park zone are:
- a bicycle path with a tunnel of horrors, in which there are caricatures and statues with special flashers;
- 3D attractions with infrared rays and water spray;
- the giant slide Giant Slide;
- the composition "Sharjah in miniature", where you can see small copies of the most famous buildings of Sharjah and Lagoon Khalid with boats on the remote control.
Local residents most often come to the park on weekends with the whole family and with children. For young visitors, sports are often organized here, for example, on football.
At the same time it is worth noting that even on weekends and holidays in the park there is no excitement and it is always quite quiet and calm.
What to see next to the park?
Not far from the territory of the Sharjah National Park you can visit:
- several interesting museums, including the Archaeological , Islamic, Artistic, Marine, Jewelery;
- The Art-center;
- Arab Center for Wildlife.
How to get there?
It is easiest to reach the National Park by taxi or car from Sharjah International Airport on the Al Dhaid Road. The length of the route is only 3 km, so it takes you several minutes to travel.