Wired directly into the world's most-visited shopping mall, Address Dubai Mall puts the heart of Downtown within a few steps. The luxury hotel connects straight to The Dubai Mall and looks out over the Burj Khalifa and the Dubai Fountain, placing guests at the very centre of the city's glittering core. Its dining line-up spans Mediterranean and modern Greek restaurants, casual cafes and stylish lounges. Many of its rooms and venues frame head-on views of the world's tallest building. A signat.....

On the second level of the Dubai Mall opposite Galeries Lafayette in the heart of downtown Dubai, ARTE MUSEUM DUBAI is the largest immersive media-art experience in the broader Middle East region and the seventh permanent venue in the rapidly expanding international ARTE MUSEUM chain operated by the South Korean media-art studio d'strict. The 30,000-square-foot complex opened on 27 April 2024, joining the chain's existing venues in Seoul, Jeju, Busan, Gangneung, Las Vegas and Chengdu. The ARTE .....

One of the highest restaurants in the world, At.mosphere occupies the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa, more than 440 metres above Downtown Dubai. Opened in 2011, a year after the tower itself, it was created as the building's signature fine-dining destination, reached by a dedicated high-speed lift from the ground floor. The venue is split between a grill restaurant and a lounge, the two sharing floor-to-ceiling windows that frame the city, the coast and the desert far below. The restaurant f.....

BIYIY Electric Bikes is an electric-bike provider based in Dubai, offering battery-assisted bicycles for hire as a way to get around the city and its waterfront and leisure areas. Electric bikes pair a conventional bicycle frame with a small motor and battery that assist the rider when pedalling, making longer distances and warmer conditions more manageable than on a standard cycle. Such services are typically aimed at residents and visitors looking for an active, low-effort alternative to wal.....

BlackOut brings its realistic-horror escape rooms to the Al Quoz district of Dubai, occupying a unit on Al Meydan Road in one of the city's warehouse-and-studio quarters. As at its Abu Dhabi sister venue, the concept centres on themed, locked rooms where small teams hunt for clues and solve linked challenges against the clock. The branch specialises in the scarier end of the genre, using detailed sets, darkness, sound design and, in some games, live actors to unsettle players. Several rooms r.....

On the 6th floor of the Ramee Dream Hotel in Business Bay, Cavo splits its time between restaurant and nightclub — and does both with some conviction. The interiors lean into lush vertical garden walls against sleek, dark finishes, with floor-to-ceiling views across Downtown Dubai providing the backdrop. During the day and into the evening, the kitchen runs an Asian-influenced menu — sushi boards, sharing plates, and a solid cocktails list. The crowd at this point is a mix of after-work diners .....

In the Nad Al Sheba district of inland Dubai about 10 kilometres south-east of the central downtown business district, Deep Dive Dubai is the deepest swimming pool in the world and one of the most technically extraordinary recreational diving facilities ever built. The 60-metre-deep purpose-built pool opened on 27 July 2021 at the NAS Sports Complex, surpassing the previous record-holding Y-40 Deep Joy pool in Padua, Italy (42 metres) by some 18 metres and establishing Dubai as the principal glo.....

Part car showroom and part event venue, the Mercedes-Benz Brand Center sits in the heart of Dubai Design District, the creative quarter known as d3 on the edge of Downtown Dubai. Opened in 2024 and run by the Gargash Group, it was presented as the first facility of its kind in the region, built to reimagine the luxury car showroom as a public, experience-led space. At its core is a central area conceived as a Town Square, surrounded by a shaded courtyard and a reflective pool, designed to host.....

In the heart of the Dubai Mall on the ground floor immediately south of the celebrated Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, the Dubai Ice Rink is the largest indoor ice rink in the United Arab Emirates and the principal indoor figure-skating, ice-hockey and recreational ice-skating facility in the broader downtown Dubai region. The 1,800-square-metre Olympic-standard ice rink opened in November 2009 as part of the broader Dubai Mall complex, providing a substantial year-round indoor ice-skating fa.....

Dubai Mall is not just a shopping centre. It is, by almost any measure, the largest mall on the planet by total area, and one of the most visited destinations in the world, drawing around 100 million visitors a year at its peak, which puts it ahead of many of the world's most famous tourist attractions. Built by Emaar Properties and opened in November 2008, it sits at the base of the Burj Khalifa in the heart of Downtown Dubai, and it has spent the years since opening quietly redefining what a m.....