Top Five Places to Visit in Dubai

Dubai is the second largest emirate of UAE that has efficiently transformed itself from small fishing and pearl diving city in to region’s trade, travel and tourism hub. You may already have heard a lot about this city of gold and its glitzy offerings for everyone living and visiting this city. The Emirate has been simultaneously executing double roles and serves as business and trade center as well as shopping capital in the region of Middle East. Moreover, city also offers luxury accommodation options for its visitors. Below I have listed top five places to visit in Dubai that you must not miss to watch either you are on business trip or a leisure trip.

Dubai Beaches

Although, Dubai city has built on desert, it has got beautiful stretch of white sandy beaches. Jumeriah Beach is the largest beach located just a 25 min drive from city center. Whereas, Al Mamzar Beach on Diera side of Dubai Creek and Jebel Ali Beach (40 kilometers away from the main land) are the few must visit beaches. To entertain visitors several hotels, private clubs, play grounds, barbecue sites, food kiosks, sitting and picnic areas for families have been constructed along the beach sides. Other famous seashores you can visit are Kite Beach, Russian Beach and Umm Suqeim. Especially if you are in Dubai in the month of January don’t miss to spend a day on any of the beach spot as the temperature is very pleasant and allow you to enjoy the sunshine on the beach.

Manmade Islands

Palm Islands and World Island are the example of architectural wonders of this city that have been built by Nakheel Properties. Palm Islands have been constructed in the shape of Palm tree and added 520 km of coastal line in city’s shoreline. One can watch it with naked eye from space. Super luxury hotels, shopping malls, spas, health clubs and restaurants have been constructed to attract tourists and holidaymakers. Whereas, World Island is another astonishing project of the same developer, which is a collection of archipelagos 300 islands. Archipelagos have been built in a way to produce the shape of world map. If you take a helicopter tour of city, you will easily observe unique shapes of these manmade islands in Dubai.

Burj Khalifa

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With total height of 828 metres and 160 levels, Burj Khalifa has been enjoying the status of world’s tallest skyscraper. Don’t miss to take a trip to watch breathtaking views of the city by high-tech telescopes to zoom in and out. You can watch shimmering skylines of Dubai if you visit this tower in evening. There is also beautiful, luxurious restaurant in the tower where you can enjoy good food with eye-catching views of the city. If you are fond of photography, Burj Khalifa will be the best place to visit, as you can take good photographs of city’s skyline.

Ski Dubai

Ski Dubai is also must visit place for everyone visiting Dubai. It is the largest indoor ski resort in Middle East with total 22,500 square meters ski area. It is located within the Mall of Emirates. This resort offers various snow fun activities like skiing, tobogganing, snowboarding and snow games for all ages. The finest insulation system is capable to maintain temperature 1 degree Celsius during the day and 6 degree Celsius in night. You can even enjoy direct encounter with Penguins. In short Ski Dubai is a unique place where you can enjoy real snow all year round.

Shopping Malls and Souks

Dubai is world renowned for its shopping malls and souks. If you are in the city don’t miss the chance to visit anyone of the shopping malls in the city like Mall of Emirates, Dubai Mall and Dubai Festival Center. Moreover, traditional souks located in Diera can also be a good trip that allows you to buy everything from gold, spices and perfumes to kitchen items, dresses and jewelry items.

Author Bio:

It’s Angela Davis from Dubai. I ‘m a professional writer. I've written number of articles related to niches like Business, real estate, traveling, shopping, fashion etc.