The Skyline is
Ridiculous
With clusters of super talls everywhere
you’ll get a kink in your neck from all the looking up. Currently Dubai is home
to 911 completed highrises – 88 standing taller than 180
metres and a world record 18 rising to 300 metres or more.
The Shopping is
Unparalleled
The city of Dubai is synonymous with spending. Whether
you’re looking for gold and handicrafts at traditional
souks or more upscale global shopping destinations you’ll
find it here.
Start (and probably finish, shattered) at
the Dubai Mall, the world’s biggest shopping centre by area.
There’s over a 1000 stores spread out over 50 football fields
or so.
They Built an
Island Shaped Like a Palm Tree
Part tourist attraction, part engineering
marvel. Palm Island, the world’s biggest man-made island houses
over 5000 residential units and a ton of top class hotels and resorts all
connected by the (don’t laugh, Simpsons lovers) Middle East’s first
monorail. Artificial archipelagolicious.
It’s a Foodie’s
Paradise
High class cuisine to suit every taste is the name of the
game here. Over the years Dubai has transformed itself into the go-to
destination for international chefs looking to open new restaurants from Gordon
Ramsey to Silvena Rowe to Nobu Matsuhisa and
beyond.
It’s a Massive Mix of
Cultures
With upwards of 80% of the population
coming from abroad it’s hard to find a bigger mix of culture anywhere
the world. Filipinos, Indians, Bangledeshis, Sri Lankans, and a sizeable
Western European population all coexist using your favourite language as the
default linga franca – English!
The Burj Khalifa
This megatall skyscraper is the
world’s tallest free standing structure at 829.9 metresspread out
over 154 floors – do cameras have vertical panorama settings?
There’s a 7 Star Hotel
The world’s most luxurious hotel cost
$1 billion to build and probably won’t be in your price range (the
Royal Suite goes for $24,000 a night) but just a walk through will be enough to
inspire you to be better! Or give up entirely 😉
The Dubai
Fountain is Bloody Amazing
The world’s largest choreographed
fountain system is illuminated by over 6000 lights, shoots water up to
500 feet in the air, and has 22,000 gallons of water in use at
any given time. No need to throw in any change – shows run several times a day.
Free entertainment? Check.
You Can Do Pretty Much
Anything
It’s no surprise that the place of camel
riding robots puts out a veritable buffet of tourist attractions – whether
you’re looking to drive F1 cars, dive with sharks, get a 24
karat gold facial, or even ski and snowboard you’ll feel right
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