Al Warqa, sometimes spelled Al Warqaa, is a residential district in the east of Dubai, best known to visitors for its large and well-kept community park. The leafy, low-rise area offers a quieter side of the city away from the towers. The district is chiefly a quiet suburb of villas and family homes, set back from the busy heart of the city. It has a calm, residential character. Its chief draw for visitors is a great community park, one of the larger green spaces in the city, opened in recent .....

In the Mushrif neighbourhood about 30 minutes drive south-east of central Dubai, Dubai Crocodile Park is the first dedicated crocodile-themed wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates and one of the largest crocodilian-focused zoological facilities in the broader Middle East. The 20,000-square-metre park opened in May 2023 as a joint venture between Dubai Municipality and the celebrated South African Crocoworld Conservation Centre, providing the broader Dubai region with a major dedicated crocod.....

In the Al Warqa 5 district of inland Dubai about 25 minutes south-east of central downtown along the broader Dubai-Al Ain road corridor, Dubai Safari Park is the largest dedicated wildlife park in the United Arab Emirates and one of the largest open-style safari parks in the broader Middle East. The 119-hectare park opened in December 2017 as the principal replacement for the historic Dubai Zoo (which had operated since 1967 in the central Jumeirah area), with the new much larger park providing .....

On the third floor of the City Centre Mirdif shopping complex in the Mirdif district of inland Dubai about 20 minutes east of central downtown, iFly Dubai is the only operating indoor skydiving venue in the broader United Arab Emirates and the first iFLY-branded indoor skydiving facility opened anywhere in the broader Middle East region. The facility opened in November 2010 as part of the broader Play Nation family-entertainment district at City Centre Mirdif, joining what is now a global networ.....

Anchored by a hypermarket on the eastern side of Dubai, Mirdif City Centre is a large shopping mall in the residential Mirdif district, off Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Road. It is one of the Majid Al Futtaim group's family of City Centre malls. The mall opened in 2010 to serve the suburbs of eastern Dubai, an area of villa communities away from the towers of the coast. Its position makes it the main shopping and leisure hub for the surrounding neighbourhoods. It holds several hundred shops acros.....

Visitors pay to smash old crockery, electronics and furniture with bats and hammers at The Smash Room, a stress-relief venue, or rage room, in the Al Quoz industrial area of Dubai. The concept is simple: a controlled space, protective gear and a pile of breakable objects to destroy however the customer sees fit. The business sits on Umm Suqeim Street among the warehouses of Al Quoz, the district that has become home to much of the city's indoor entertainment. It has operated for several years a.....