8 Must visit places in Dubai, UAE

Dubai is a shopping paradise. If you visit Dubai, it is nearly impossible to return empty-handed. Because of too many shopping options in Dubai malls, it is hard not to put your money into buying stuff. 

In Dubai, there are two types of weather, hot and hotter. The best time to visit Dubai is between November and April because of the pleasant but hot weather. January and February is the peak time for tourists because of the shopping festival. Usually, the hotel’s prices are higher between that duration, but there are heavy discount offers in the malls for shopping. 

If you are on your way to explore the city, these 8 are the best places to visit in Dubai to leave your footprints.

1. The Burj Khalifa

Being the tallest skyscraper in the world, Burj Khalifa is the #1 location you have to be at, in Dubai. Burj Khalifa is the most popular attraction of the City and one of the best places to visit in Dubai, known as the Burj Dubai prior to its inauguration in 2010. Its height is 828 meters and has more than 160 stories. Burj Khalifa has the following world records;

• The tallest building in the world.
• Tallest free-standing structure in the world.
• The highest number of stories in the world.
• Highest occupied floor in the world.
• The highest outdoor observation deck in the world.
• Elevator with the longest travel distance in the world.
• Tallest service elevator in the world

2. Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo 

The 48 meters walk-through tunnel provides the best view of the fascinating marine life. From the tunnel, it offers a 270-degree view which is 11 meters away from the surface. Visitors are provided the best view to capture in their cameras.

Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo stays open for tourists throughout the year. The peak time of the aquarium is from November to April because of the pleasant weather in Dubai. 

3. Dubai Marina

 

Dubai Marina is a beautiful artificial city built along a 2 miles stretch of Persian Gulf shoreline. As of 2018, the city has a population of 55,052. It is said that the population of the beautiful place will grow to 120,000 when it will be completely built. People live here in luxury towers and villas that have a stunning canal view. 

The place has a luxury mall named “Dubai Marina Mall“. The Mall has 130 outlets within 390,000 square feet area which has everything a tourist needs. Fashion outlets, a six-screen reel cinema, playground for kids, food and beverage outlets makes it complete as per the visitors’ requirements. 

A Marina walk will be more satisfying when you have to see Dubai Marina closely. The walk is Lined by 69 eateries and 305 shopping outlets to give you complacency. Walking with shopping and eating gives you a complete satisfaction by being in Dubai Marina, a dream place for millions of people. 

4. Global Village 

The village is located at Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. With the culture of 90 countries, it combines the world at one place. The village is known as the world’s largest tourism, leisure, shopping and entertainment project. The village has been designed within the area of 17,200,000 sq ft. It has more than 5 million visitors every year. 

Things to do in Global Village Dubai

• See the world in a single day as the village have combined 90 cultures from the world.
• Watch over 40,000 Shows and Live Concerts.
• Enjoy the Middle East’s first Ripley’s Believe it or Not! Museum
• Fantasy Island and Carnaval is a treat for your family.
• Spectate one of the world’s best fireworks
• Eat the famous Dubai Food
• Shopping should be your favorite thing to  do
• Exciting rides will be the best thing you and kids would like to take
• Witness the circus by world famous talents

5. Dubai Frame

Dubai frame is one of the best architectural landmark located in Zabeel Park, Dubai. The Guardian newspaper has described it as “the biggest picture frame on the planet”. The height of the frame is 150.24 m which is 493 in feet. It is a design selected in ThyssenKrupp Elevator International Award from 926 proposals. Architects from all over the world were invited to participate. Dubai needed an epitome to promote “the new face for Dubai”. 

The frame was visualised by the architect Fernando Donis. It won the first prize from Government of Dubai at ThyssenKrupp Architecture Award in 2009. Fernando says that he didn’t get any credit for the design and never got the money won from the competition. So, The Dubai Frame is the subject of an intellectual property dispute in Dubai.

The Dubai Frame is made of, aluminum, steel,  glass and reinforced concrete. The frame has given the position to see modern Dubai from one side and the older parts of the city from another. 

6. Palm Jumeirah

The Palm Jumeirah is an island in Dubai, known for its luxurious living standard in post apartments, glitzy hotels and upmarket global restaurants. As Dubai is known as the world’s first,  Palm Jumeirah is an impressive example. Its a manmade  island which is shaped like a palm tree. It has the best view from the sky. Palm Jumeirah has the luxury resorts like tlantis The Palm, Jumeirah Zabeel Saray, One&Only The Palm and many more.  All the hotels and restaurants are easily accessible for the visitors as it is a completely developed island with roads, tunnels and public transport. 

Trip can become adventurous as many of the thrill seekers enjoy the sky diving to have the best view of the place from the sky. Its a completely unique and must-take experience. 

Club Vista Mare gives you the best experience for a relaxed evening. Its a row of restaurant built on a pier which stretches out over the water. Palm Bat Dubai, Myrra Restaurant, The Tap House, Ibn AlBahr Seafood Restaurant and Breezee Beach Grill are the available restaurants there to make you feel happy with different types of Sea Food in Arabian style

7. Burj Al Arab

Burj Al Arab is a luxury hotel in  the city of Dubai. The hotel is managed by Jumeirah hotel group. 39% of the height is made up of non-occupiable space. Still, its one of the tallest hotels in the world. The hotel is built on an artificial island which is 280 meters from Jumeirah Beach. It is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The structure of a building resembles the sail of a ship. The hotel has a helipad at a height of 210m from the ground. 

More things to know about Burj Al Arab

• Eiderdown duvets available in the rooms are some of the most exclusive ones in the world

• In the pillow menu, there are 17 types of pillows for guests
• The hotel was built in 5 years
• There are 16 in-house florists 
• The interiors are gilded in 24-carat gold
• It has the largest Swarovski crystal ceiling in the world
• The Terrace of the hotel is the first man-made luxury beach facility of its kind
• The hotel has a turtle hospital inside

8. Dubai Museum

It is the main museum and oldest existing building  in Dubai located in Al Fahidi Fort. The building was built in 1787 and the museum was opened in 1971 by the Ruler of Dubai. The aim of this museum was to present the traditional way of life in Emirates of Dubai. There is a path to galleries from the fort, which represents the culture of the land from 1800s. It displays local antiques and artifacts which was traded with Dubai from African and Asian countries. The total area of the museum is 4,000 sq meters and as of 2013, it has more than 1 million annual visitors. 

In the first gallery of the museum, there are some maps of old Dubai are displayed. After that there’s a gallery of a video room which shows a video of Dubai from before the discovery of oil in 1960s to the current day. The video was last updated in 2007. 

There are many more things can be seen in the museum like Replica food stall with vendor mannequin, Pearl merchant mannequins, Gift shop and Musical instruments – double pipes, lyre, zurna, drums, gheychak etc.