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Dubai World
3
Trade Centre
MAP E5 • Sheikh Zayed Rd
• 04 332 1000 • www.dwtc.
com
Hard to believe today when
you see it dwarfed by the
skyscrapers of Sheikh
Zayed Rd, but back in 1979
the DWTC was the tallest
building in the city, opened
with great pomp by Sheikh
Rashid and Queen Elizabeth
II of England. It has played
an important role in the
Dubai Fountain puts on a display city’s develop ment, a fact
reflected by the continued use of its
Dubai Fountain
2 image on the AED 100 note. Today,
MAP C6 • Displays daily every
it also comprises 14 huge exhibition
30 min at 6–11pm, plus 1pm & halls. The Dubai International
1:30pm (except Fri) Convention Centre next door can
Filling the space between the Burj accommodate more than 10,000.
Khalifa, Dubai Mall and Souk al
DIFC and the Gate
Bahar is the spectacular Dubai 4
Fountain, the world’s largest, MAP D6 • Sheikh Zayed Rd
featuring an extraordinary array of • 04 362 2222
jets illuminated with 6,000 lights Behind Emirates Towers is the Gate,
and capable of firing plumes of the striking 15-storey architectural
water 150 m (492 ft) into the air. signature of the Dubai International
Set in the middle of a lake, the Financial Centre (DIFC). This “city
fountain puts on an amazing show within a city” is now a global financial
after dusk when colourful sprays of hub with its own civil and commercial
water erupt dancing in time to an laws. The Gate is shaped like a bridge –
accompanying musical soundtrack. DIFC is designed to bridge the gap
between the financial centres of
SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD AND DOWNTOWN DUBAI London and New York in the West
and Hong Kong and Tokyo in the
308 ROAD
AL WASLAL WASL 30D30D AL SATWAAL SATWA 308 ROAD 308 ROAD East. The attached Gate Village is
308 ROAD
48 48 50 50 83B 83B 73B 73B 34A 34A FairmontFairmont stuffed with upmarket galleries.
34B 34B
10 10 HotelHotel
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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
58B 58B S H EI K H Towers CentreCentre
AL SAFA ST
AL SAFA ST
AL ALBAANY STREET
AL ALBAANY STREET DIFC and the Gate
TRADE CENTRE BRIDGE
FinancialFinancial
SHEIKH ZAYE D ROAD OAD
SHEIKH ZAYE D R
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
INTERNATIONALINTERNATIONAL
AL SA'ADA STREET
AL SA'ADA STREET
AL SA'ADA STREET
AL SA'ADA STREET
BUSINESS B
(DIFC)(DIFC)
BURJ KHALIFA BOULEVARD BURJ KHALIFA BOULEVARD Burj KhalifaBurj Khalifa FI N AN CI AL C EN TR E ROA Area of main mapArea of main map OUD METHA RD E66 E66
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 ParkPark 312 312 DOWNTOWNDOWNTOWN CENTRE RD FINANCIAL CENTRE RD FINANCIAL DowntownDowntown
A L S A ’ A D A S T R E E T
BurjBurj
AL ABRA J S T
AL ABRA J S T REET REET
LakeLake
OUD METHA RD
A L K HAIL ROA D
A L K HAIL ROA D
Dubai
Dubai
OLD TOWN
MeydanMeydan
OLD TOWN
AVENUE
AVENUE
WildlifeWildlife
OLD OLD
FI N AN CI AL C EN TR E ROA
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID BLVD EMAAR BLVD D
SHEIKH MOHAMMED BIN RASHID BLVD EMAAR BLVD D
SanctuarySanctuary
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