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Madinat Jumeirah
8 A DAY BY THE SEA
MAP C2 • Al Sufouh Rd
This vast leisure and entertainment
complex is a major focus of the
Jumeirah area. It has three hotels Jumeirah, Jumeirah
Madinat
linked by waterways navigated by Bahri Bar Beach Park Lime Tree
silent battery-powered abras. There Souk Madinat Jumeirah Café
are more than 45 restaurants, bars TAXI
and cafés, many with waterside Burj Al Arab Jumeirah Jumeirah
Mosque
views, with the seafood restaurant Dar al AL AL
Pierchic (see p81) on a pier that Masyaf MARQADH SATWA
stretches into the Arabian Gulf.
Here also is the Souk Madinat MORNING
Jumeirah (see p80), a reconstruction
of a traditional Arabian bazaar. Start your day with breakfast on
the outdoor terrace of Lime Tree
Café (see p81). Enjoy the gentle
morning sun as you sip on some
coffee or a juice. Then take an
insightful morning tour of the
Jumeirah Mosque (see pp20–21)
for the chance to look inside one
of Dubai’s finest Islamic buildings.
Drive or hire a taxi to Jumeirah
Beach Park, where you can take
a safe swim or laze about on a
sunbed under the palm trees.
AFTERNOON
Leave at lunchtime and head to
Abras at Madinat Jumeirah
Madinat Jumeirah, where you
Mall of the Emirates
9 can enjoy a leisurely late lunch
at a huge choice of restaurants,
MAP C2 • Interchange 4
• 04 409 9000 • www.mallofthe many overlooking the waterways.
Afterwards spend an hour or
emirates.com two window-shopping for
Dubai’s swankiest retail complex has souvenirs or browsing the lovely
more than 500 shops, selling every Arabian-style Souk Madinat
product you can possibly dream of. Jumeirah (see p80) here.
There’s also a Harvey Nichols and As evening approaches, head to
Debenhams. Other attractions one of Dubai’s most beautiful
include a multi-screen cinema and bars, the Bahri Bar (see p81)
kids’ play area Magic Planet (see p42), housed in the luxurious Mina
plus dozens of cafés and restaurants. A’Salam hotel (see p113). From
this beautiful alfresco spot, you
Al Quoz Galleries
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superb views of the Burj Al Arab
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set over the Gulf. There are
avenue.ae Jumeirah and watching the sun
The gritty industrial area of Al Quoz numerous places to eat dinner
is one of Dubai’s more unlikely nearby, but for pure romance
attractions thanks to the cutting- head to the delectable Pai Thai
edge art galleries that have moved (see p81) in the nearby Dar al
into the area. Many local galleries Masyaf hotel. With fine Thai
cuisine in a magical setting which
are relocating into the Alserkal overlooks the meandering water-
Avenue arts centre on Street 8, ways of the Medinat and the Burj,
including leading names like Gallery a meal here is hard to beat. It is
Isabelle van den Eynde and Green recommended to book in advance.
Art Gallery (see pp38–9).
See map on pp76–7
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