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70 ❯❯ Dubai and Abu Dhabi Area by Area

Sheikh Zayed Road

and Downtown Dubai

Dubai’s key artery, Sheikh Zayed Road, is a defining symbol of the
city’s meteoric development, flanked with a giddying array of soaring
skyscrapers of every imaginable shape and size. Even Sheikh Zayed
Road’s futuristic skyline, however, is eclipsed by the record-breaking
Downtown Dubai development just to the south. Here you’ll find
some of the city’s most ambitious modern mega-developments,
including the world’s largest mall, its biggest fountain, and the Burj
Khalifa, the tallest building on the planet.

Emirates Towers
1
MAP D6 • Sheikh Zayed Rd
• 04 319 8999
Two triangular twin towers, clad in
aluminium and silver glass, soar
into the Sheikh Zayed Road‘s skyline:
the Jumeirah Emirates Towers.
The taller is an office block, where
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin
Rashid Al Maktoum has his office,
and the other a 400-bedroom luxury
hotel joined by a central podium
con taining a shopping boulevard.
The hotel and boulevard have a
great choice of restaurants and
bars. Shopping options include
international fashion from top
The gleaming Emirates Tower designers, jewellery and antiques.
SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD AND DOWNTOWN DUBAI
308 ROAD
AL WASLAL WASL 30D30D AL SATWAAL SATWA 308 ROAD 308 ROAD
308 ROAD
48 48 50 50 83B 83B 73B 73B 34A 34A FairmontFairmont
34B 34B
10 10 HotelHotel
13
13
23
23
17
17
308 ROAD
52 52 5 5 308 ROAD
Towers Z AYE D R
35 35 EmiratesEmirates World TradeWorld Trade
45 45 S H EI K H Z AYE D R OA D OA D
AL SAFA ST
58B 58B S H EI K H Towers CentreCentre
AL SAFA ST
AL ALBAANY STREET
AL ALBAANY STREET
TRADE CENTRE BRIDGE
FinancialFinancial
SHEIKH ZAYED R
SHEIKH ZAYE D ROAD OAD
Burj Khalifa/Burj Khalifa/ 7 7 CentreCentre TRADE CENTRE BRIDGE
AL TEJARI 1 STREET
Dubai MallDubai Mall
Business BayBusiness Bay
DUBAIDUBAI
AL KHALEEJ AL TEJARI 1 STREET AL KHALEEJ BUSINESS BAYAY DOWNTOWN DUBAIDOWNTOWN DUBAI 83A 83A FINANCIAL CENTREFINANCIAL CENTRE 23 23
AL SA'ADA STREET
INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL
AL SA'ADA STREET
AL SA'ADA STREET
AL SA'ADA STREET
BUSINESS B
(DIFC)(DIFC)
M E TRO L INK
M E TRO L INK
South ofSouth of
D ubai Creek
D ubai Creek
A L S A ’ A D A S T R E E T
A L S A ’ A D A S T R E E T BurjBurj 312 312 DOWNTOWNDOWNTOWN CENTRE RD FINANCIAL CENTRE RD FINANCIAL DowntownDowntown
AL ABRA J S T
AL ABRA J S T REET REET
ParkPark
Top 10 Sights BURJ KHALIFA BOULEVARD BURJ KHALIFA BOULEVARD Burj KhalifaBurj Khalifa Area of main mapArea of main map
LakeLake
see pp70–73 SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID BLVD EMAAR BLVD D E66 E66
OUD METHA RD
Restaurants A L K HAIL ROA D
A L K HAIL ROA D
see p75 MeydanMeydan OUD METHA RD Dubai
Dubai
Creek Creek
Bars OLD TOWN AVENUE OLD TOWN AVENUE OLD OLD 0 metres0 metres 800800 Stable TourStable Tour Ras Al KhorRas Al Khor
WildlifeWildlife
FI N AN CI AL C EN TR E ROA
FI N AN CI AL C EN TR E ROA
see p74 TOWN SanctuarySanctuary
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID BLVD EMAAR BLVD D
TOWN
0 yards0 yards 800800 0 km 0 km 2 2
0 miles
0 miles 2 2 RAS AL KHORRAS AL KHOR
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