Dubai, the Pearl of Gulf is famous for its great shopping possibilities and many of the Dubai programs are in fact built on shopping and shoppers. There are dozens of shopping malls in Dubai of every size and in almost every district. Hereby we introduce you with some of the most notable Dubai malls in the city.
Dubai Mall
Dubai Mall is the largest mall of Dubai and in the whole world. Dubai Mall hosts the greatest shops in Dubai, when it comes to brands and not only that, we will be able to walk in and out of huge shopping centres within the Dubai Mall. The Mall is famous for its Bloomingdales, its Debenhams and of the largest Marks and Spencer in the UAE: Dubai Mall hosts the Dubai Underwater Zoo, the beautiful Aquarium and the Sega Universe, which is the biggest virtual playground in Dubai. Dubai Mall takes some days to walk through and its real fun especially during the hot summer days. The huge mall makes a triumvirate together with the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building and the Dubai Fountain, the largest fountain network in the world designed by the same company that designed the notable fountain network of the Bellagio in Las Vegas. Dubai Mall has the largest covered Gold Souk in the world and most of the deluxe jewellery brands are located here.
Mall of the Emirates
The huge mall used to be the largest {shopping} mall in Dubai until the arrival of the Dubai Mall but till today it’s a sure favourite among the Dubai Malls. The Mall of the Emirates is a giant and superb shopping mall with hundreds of shops and great variety. The Mall of the Emirates is famous for its large number of furniture stores, it hosts the Harrods shopping mall and its especially famous for the one and only place in the Middle East where you can ski: the Ski Dubai, which you can see also straight from the mall. Dubai Ski has two adjoining luxury hotels build next to it.
BurJuman Mall
BurJuman Shopping Mall is one of the newest Dubai malls located in Bur Dubai and famous for housing America’s Saks Fifth Avenue. The shopping mall has a strong variety in terms of jewellery and international fashion.
Deira City Centre
This mall is among the most well known shopping places located in Deira, which is a very busy district full of stores and famous for hosting Dubai’s only traditional souk quarter. Deira City Centre has a great variety of stores and it is also famous for having the largest Carrefour in town.
Mirdif City Centre
Midriff’s own shopping mall the Mirdif City Centre houses lots of fun programs for example the iFly where you can really learn how to fly and a great Dolby Surround cinema complex as well.
Dubai Festival City
Dubai Festival City is among the newest Dubai malls and its famous for housing the one and only IKEA of Dubai. The shopping mall is also famous for its large number of jewellery stores.
Apart from these most notable malls, there are at least twice as many Dubai shopping centres to see and to look around in them. As you walk in Dubai, you will see how huge the variety is when it comes to shopping centres and shopping possibilities.
