My Guide to Dubai!
Neighborhoods
The historical areas around Dubai Creek are where many of the city’s unique stories started.
The waterway bifurcates the city into old Deira, and Bur Dubai. It was on the banks of creek that the first souks sprung up, trading spice, scent, and fabric. Today, a walk down the sides of the creek still shows evidence of this heritage.A ten-minute ride in a taxi will bring you creekside for an explosion of the senses at the Spice Souk. More than 150 stalls line the narrow laneways, selling fragrances, herbs and spices from throughout the region. From the souk, step outside, cross the road and walk down to the Deira Old Souk Abra Station to take a traditional abra ride across Dubai Creek to Bur Dubai. The local water taxi will cost you only AED1 each way. Each abra holds 20 passengers and there are 150 boats making their way back and forth across the creek every day. Abras are also available to hire privately by the hour for extended tours. While you’re on the creek you will see wooden dhows and cargo boats and can imagine what life must have been like when trade centred on this waterway with life unfolding at a slower pace.
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Al Fahidi
The historical areas around Dubai Creek are where many of the city’s unique stories started.
The waterway bifurcates the city into old Deira, and Bur Dubai. It was on the banks of creek that the first souks sprung up, trading spice, scent, and fabric. Today, a walk down the sides of the creek still shows evidence of this heritage.A ten-minute ride in a taxi will bring you creekside for an explosion of the senses at the Spice Souk. More than 150 stalls line the narrow laneways, selling fragrances, herbs and spices from throughout the region. From the souk, step outside, cross the road and walk down to the Deira Old Souk Abra Station to take a traditional abra ride across Dubai Creek to Bur Dubai. The local water taxi will cost you only AED1 each way. Each abra holds 20 passengers and there are 150 boats making their way back and forth across the creek every day. Abras are also available to hire privately by the hour for extended tours. While you’re on the creek you will see wooden dhows and cargo boats and can imagine what life must have been like when trade centred on this waterway with life unfolding at a slower pace.
Downtown Dubai is the city’s busy tourism hub, home to the towering Burj Khalifa skyscraper, with its observation deck, and the dancing Dubai Fountain, where crowds gather to watch music and light shows. The sprawling Dubai Mall offers global fashion brands and casual eateries, while Emaar Boulevard has a chic cafe scene. The Dubai Opera hosts dance, opera and musicals in a striking dhow-shaped building.
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Downtown Dubai
Downtown Dubai is the city’s busy tourism hub, home to the towering Burj Khalifa skyscraper, with its observation deck, and the dancing Dubai Fountain, where crowds gather to watch music and light shows. The sprawling Dubai Mall offers global fashion brands and casual eateries, while Emaar Boulevard has a chic cafe scene. The Dubai Opera hosts dance, opera and musicals in a striking dhow-shaped building.
Retail & Entertainment
The Pointe will be a scenic, relaxed retail and entertainment destination set at the tip of Palm Jumeirah, just across the bay from Atlantis, The Palm.
It is a 1.4 million sq. ft. waterfront retail, dining and entertainment complex boasting spectacular fountain shows, a beautiful promenade and a huge variety of waterfront venues for dining, shopping and socialising.
Accessible via The Palm Monorail which is connected via Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro stations
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The Pointe
Al MirzibanThe Pointe will be a scenic, relaxed retail and entertainment destination set at the tip of Palm Jumeirah, just across the bay from Atlantis, The Palm.
It is a 1.4 million sq. ft. waterfront retail, dining and entertainment complex boasting spectacular fountain shows, a beautiful promenade and a huge variety of waterfront venues for dining, shopping and socialising.
Accessible via The Palm Monorail which is connected via Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro stations
The perfect place to pickup your souvenir, or just revel in the gorgeous architecture. This souk is an authentic re-creation of a typical middle eastern marketplace, filled with style, ambience, shops, restaurants and bars! Enjoy a boat ride while you take in the views of Burj Al Arab in the distance. Truly a must-visit destination!
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Souk Madinat Jumeirah
King Salman Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud StreetThe perfect place to pickup your souvenir, or just revel in the gorgeous architecture. This souk is an authentic re-creation of a typical middle eastern marketplace, filled with style, ambience, shops, restaurants and bars! Enjoy a boat ride while you take in the views of Burj Al Arab in the distance. Truly a must-visit destination!
Food scene
The Pointe will be a scenic, relaxed retail and entertainment destination set at the tip of Palm Jumeirah, just across the bay from Atlantis, The Palm.
It is a 1.4 million sq. ft. waterfront retail, dining and entertainment complex boasting spectacular fountain shows, a beautiful promenade and a huge variety of waterfront venues for dining, shopping and socialising.
Accessible via The Palm Monorail which is connected via Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro stations
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The Boardwalk Palm Jumeirah
Crescent RoadThe Pointe will be a scenic, relaxed retail and entertainment destination set at the tip of Palm Jumeirah, just across the bay from Atlantis, The Palm.
It is a 1.4 million sq. ft. waterfront retail, dining and entertainment complex boasting spectacular fountain shows, a beautiful promenade and a huge variety of waterfront venues for dining, shopping and socialising.
Accessible via The Palm Monorail which is connected via Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro stations
The 120 metres of beachfront promenade houses seven licensed restaurants, each one very different to the other in terms of food and style, but with one super asset in common: amazing sea and cityscape views that can be enjoyed from the more than 1,000 outdoor seats, or if you really want to let your hair down, take your food and drinks down to the beach.
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Club Vista Mare
The 120 metres of beachfront promenade houses seven licensed restaurants, each one very different to the other in terms of food and style, but with one super asset in common: amazing sea and cityscape views that can be enjoyed from the more than 1,000 outdoor seats, or if you really want to let your hair down, take your food and drinks down to the beach.
Redefining The Perception Of Japanese Cuisine, this is an upscale and sleek Japanese restaurant, sushi bar & sake lounge, set in Atlantis the Palm.
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Nobu Dubai
Redefining The Perception Of Japanese Cuisine, this is an upscale and sleek Japanese restaurant, sushi bar & sake lounge, set in Atlantis the Palm.
The Beach
Enjoy laid-back fun at La Mer, Dubai’s eclectic beachfront. Explore bustling backstreets, treat the kids to action-packed fun, or kick back on the beach with a breeze for company.Restaurants and bars line the strip, as well as many “Instagram-worthy” locations to snap a photo.
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La Mer strönd
Enjoy laid-back fun at La Mer, Dubai’s eclectic beachfront. Explore bustling backstreets, treat the kids to action-packed fun, or kick back on the beach with a breeze for company.Restaurants and bars line the strip, as well as many “Instagram-worthy” locations to snap a photo.
Beachgoers, kitesurfers and spectators unite at the popular and well-named Kite Beach. If you’re serious about your watersports and wish to test your skills on one of the best free beaches in Dubai, Kite Beach has the challenge you seek.
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Kite Beach frá Meraas
Beachgoers, kitesurfers and spectators unite at the popular and well-named Kite Beach. If you’re serious about your watersports and wish to test your skills on one of the best free beaches in Dubai, Kite Beach has the challenge you seek.
Sightseeing
The Dubai Fountain is the world's largest choreographed fountain system. It is set on the 12 hectare manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
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Dubai Springbrunnurinn
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid BoulevardThe Dubai Fountain is the world's largest choreographed fountain system. It is set on the 12 hectare manmade Burj Khalifa Lake, at the center of the Downtown Dubai development in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
The Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009
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Burj Khalifa
1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid BlvdThe Burj Khalifa, known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010, is a skyscraper in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. With a total height of 829.8 m and a roof height of 828 m, the Burj Khalifa has been the tallest structure and building in the world since its topping out in 2009