Overlooking the Museum of the Future in central Dubai, 25hours Hotel One Central is a design-led hotel beside the Dubai World Trade Centre and close to the Dubai International Financial Centre. Opened in December 2021, it was the first 25hours hotel in the Middle East and the brand's first property outside Europe, developed and owned by Dubai World Trade Centre and operated by Ennismore. The building's architecture is by Hopkins Architects, with interiors by the design firm Woods Bagot built a.....

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.....

Dating to the 1890s, the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, long known as Al Bastakiya, is one of the oldest surviving districts in Dubai, set along the banks of Dubai Creek in Bur Dubai. It was built largely by Persian merchants drawn to Dubai by the trade opportunities of the time, and the district took its former name from the southern Iranian town of Bastak. The neighbourhood is defined by traditional architecture, with coral-stone and gypsum houses, teak and palm timber, narrow lanes kno.....

In the historic Al Shindagha neighbourhood at the mouth of Dubai Creek immediately north of the Al Fahidi Historical District, the Al Shindagha Museum is the largest and most comprehensive museum dedicated to the cultural history of Dubai and the broader United Arab Emirates. The dramatic museum complex opened in phases beginning in June 2019, occupying some 23 individually restored late-nineteenth-century and early-twentieth-century coral-stone houses arranged along a network of small streets a.....

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 .....

On the 122nd floor of the Burj Khalifa in downtown Dubai, At.mosphere is the highest restaurant in the world and one of the most architecturally distinctive fine-dining venues anywhere on the planet. The 210-seat restaurant occupies a substantial 2,300-square-metre space some 442 metres above ground level, providing diners with panoramic views of the entire central Dubai skyline, the Persian Gulf coastline, the Dubai Marina and (on the clearest days) the distant Hajar Mountains of the United Ara.....

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.....

There are tall buildings, there are very tall buildings, and then there is the Burj Khalifa. Standing at 829.8 meters, just over half a mile, it has been the tallest structure on the planet since its topping out in 2009, surpassing Taipei 101, which had held the record for half a decade. But the raw number only tells part of the story. Dubai built it for a reason. The emirate had been watching its oil reserves dwindle for years and made a calculated bet on tourism and global prestige instead. T.....

Soaring some 220 metres above Downtown on the 54th floor of Address Sky View, Ce La Vi commands one of Dubai's most coveted rooftops. This Michelin Guide-listed venue pairs contemporary Asian cooking with world-class entertainment, all set directly opposite the Burj Khalifa. Far more than a restaurant, it sprawls across an interconnected restaurant, SkyBar, club lounge and pool deck. Its menu of modern Asian dishes is built for sharing, designed to be lingered over through a long lunch or a fu.....

Wrapped in French Renaissance-inspired opulence, Club Boudoir is one of Dubai's longest-running boutique nightclubs. Set within the Dubai Marine Beach Resort & Spa in Jumeirah 1 and established in 2002, it built a reputation as an intimate, exclusive venue for those seeking glamour over scale. The club's lavish interiors, crowned by a dramatic chandelier and bathed in moody lighting, lend it a theatrical, high-luxury feel. Holding around six hundred guests, it centres on a compact dancefloor f.....