The United Arab Emirates is renowned for its luxury and state-of-the-art attractions, including huge shopping malls. Dubai has long been known as one of the world's premier shopping destinations, with nearly 100 shopping centers offering plenty of family-friendly entertainment and a wealth of traditional souks. We have prepared for you a description of the most profitable and interesting places for shopping.
1.Dubai Mall
The largest shopping and entertainment center in the world, located in Down Town Dubai, you will find absolutely everything here: books, electronics, sweets and fashionable clothes, more than a hundred cafes and restaurants. Fashion Avenue deserves special attention, where the latest collections of couture clothing and accessories are presented. For movie lovers — cinema complex with 22 screens. For sports fans — Olympic size ice skating rink. Among the unique structures located under the roof of the Dubai Mall is the world's largest indoor aquarium, where you can see more than 33,000 fish and marine animals, including sharks and rays.
2.Dubai Marina Mall
Dubai Marina Mall is one of the largest and most popular malls in Dubai. It is located on the shore of the yacht marina. Dubai Marina Mall offers casual family shopping with over 130 different stores. The emphasis here is on inexpensive clothing and beauty salon services. The shopping center has a large selection of restaurants overlooking the bay. For entertainment, Dubai Marina Mall offers a large cinema, ice skating rink, bowling alley and a wide variety of entertainment for children.
3.Dubai Outlet Mall
The mall is half an hour's drive from Dubai but is a must-visit for bargain hunters. Dubai Outlet Mall boasts 240 stores and over 1,200 brands. There are year-round sales of designer brands such as D&G, Lacoste, Ralph Diane von Furstenberg and Marc Jacobs, as well as home goods, electronics and perfumes. At Dubai Outlet Mall, prices are often reduced by 20 to 90 percent.
4.Mall of the Emirates
The Mall of the Emirates has more than 700 stores, 100 restaurants and cafes, including a Carrefour hypermarket, Centrepoint homewares mall, multi-brand clothing department stores Debenhams, Harvey Nichols, Home Centre, Jashanmal and Marks & Spencer and Fashion Dome's designer brands department. The Mall of the Emirates recently opened a new wing featuring an Apple store and a host of luxury boutiques. The mall building houses one of the world's largest indoor ski resorts, Ski Dubai, which is the very first in the Middle East.
5.Ibn Battuta Mall
The Ibn Batuta Mall is a chain of one or two storey buildings, each section of which is dedicated to one of the countries visited by the Moroccan merchant Abu Ibn Battuta 7 centuries ago: Persia, Andalusia, India, Tunisia, Egypt and China. There is a huge number of fashion boutiques and sports stores that regularly offer various entertainment and promotions. The symbol of this mall is a huge thirty-meter ship assembled right in the building, next to it there is a series of small restaurants, an artificial ice skating rink, fountains and a mini-bazaar.
6. Gold market
One of the most famous markets in Deira, which tourists go to no matter where they live, is the world famous Dubai Gold Souk. It attracts gold wholesalers and those who wish to purchase exquisite gold jewelry. You will be able to purchase jewelry masterpieces, precious stones and Arabic jewelry at competitive prices.
7. Dubai Spice Souk
It is here, like nowhere else in Dubai, that you can feel the atmosphere and flavor of a real oriental bazaar. The market greets guests with a riot of aromas. Restaurant chefs and housewives love to shop here. At the Spice Market you can find high quality saffron at local prices, fresh dates and other products. Having made purchases at Dubai Spice Souk, you want to quickly return home and put the purchased spices into jars.
8. Perfume market Dubai Perfume Souk
Until now, the UAE is a major exporter of perfumes and cosmetics around the world. At Dubai Perfume Souk you will find all the scents of the world – from pure perfumes to essential oils, incense and fragrance products. Be sure: the unique rich aromas will certainly turn your head, and you will want to immediately buy all the perfumes in bulk. Experienced perfumers also offer services for creating individual fragrances.
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