Notes for Newbies in Dubai (Supplement)

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From October to April, it is worth seeing the Dubai Miracle Garden (flower park) and DUBAILAND (under construction) nearby. From metro stations number 32-35 you need to take a taxi. Maybe there are buses going there.

Creek park. If you are with kids, be sure to go. Entrance - 5 AED. Near the Dolphinarium (show at 11.00; 18.00; on Friday and Saturday also at 15.00 the price is from 100Dx (children 50Dx). On Sunday there is no show. Cable car. Swings. Embankment and views of Creek Bay, yachts and golf clubs. Ride the green line metro station number 28. You can drive up by bus (#22.42, C7) or taxi (10 Dx), or on foot. From this metro station, just in the other direction of Wafi center (you will see the pyramid).


Wafi (metro station 28 green. walking distance from it) - this shopping center is very beautiful, made in the Egyptian style, inside there is a courtyard with a fountain, very nicely decorated, the most important thing is that there is a light and sound laser show every evening - 18:30.19:30 and 20:30. A film is projected on the walls of the shopping center to beautiful music, you are inside.

This shopping center has a grocery supermarket, it is located somewhere on the side, not from the main entrance, where you can buy fruits, various pastries, as well as ready-made food by weight.

MALLS. Opening hours 10.00-22.00.

Dubai Mall is the largest shopping center in the world! We get off at the Dubai Mall station. When exiting the subway, follow the people at the pedestrian crossing (long). You get to level 2 (according to our 4th floor). To get to the fountains, you need to go to the right and go down to the 1st floor. There is an aquarium in the mall, the cost of which is from 80 Dx (then they will give a gift for 20 Dx (some kind of keychain) from the cost of your ticket in the store), do not forget about the discount that can be found in your hotel. We buy tickets to climb the Burj Khalifa panorama - $35 at 5:30 pm to catch the fountains Once you enter the Mall, turn right and go to the bookstore, enter it and go straight through the store to the elevator, go down to the lowest floor.

There you will see how people stand in line and everywhere this Arab tower is drawn. If you have already bought tickets online https://tickets. atthetop. ae/etiquetting/homepage. aspx, then look at the terminal near the queue, dial the operation number on it (this number will be sent to you by e-mail after buying a ticket) and your last name. If you enter everything correctly, the terminal will issue tickets. Singing fountains from 18:00. We were at lunchtime at 13.30, the fountains also worked. It is very beautiful to walk and take pictures around the Souk Al Bahar building, which is located across the picturesque bridge from the Dubai Mall. Everything is done in oriental style. And I like to watch fountains there. WE ADVISE you to see the fountains from the FRIDAYS restaurant located on the 3rd floor of the mall.

Ibn Battuta mall (metro station 39 red) - a beauty (one-story). More relaxed for shopping. There is a bowling alley.


Emirates Mall, where Sky Dubai is located, a snowy slope - where you can ride.

Festival City Mall (Emirates Metro Station No. 12 red, then bus F08 to the mall) invites visitors to stroll around 200.000 square meters of its area, as well as through the most beautiful places in the Dubai Festival City area, adjacent to the mall. Whoever has hotels in Deira, then go there in the evening to have dinner, take a walk, and the children have swings, and yachts, and the bay. Here is the largest Marks & Spencer store outside of Britain, as well as the famous huge IKEA hypermarket. Of the giants, Hyper Panda, the Sephora perfume store and the branded Villa Moda can also be noted.

Dubai has a new water bus line that will provide tourists with easy access to the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary, famous for its pink flamingos.

New water bus route to the reserve starts from the harbor of Festival City Station

The short cruise takes about 30 minutes, and the ship slows down in several places so that passengers can take photos against the backdrop of scenic views.

The water bus runs from Saturday to Thursday and departs at 10:00 and 11:00, and then from 14:00 to 18:00 every hour. On Fridays, the bus operates in a reduced mode - from 14:00. The round trip will cost one passenger 25 dirhams ($6.8), tickets can be purchased directly on board. Water buses plying the Dubai Creek are equipped with comfortable chairs and LCD monitors.

Madinat Jumeirah (Dubai Venice) to the left of the Parus hotel. At the reception there is a map of this market. Very beautiful. Emirates Mall metro station. Caught a taxi 20 Dx. If the weather permits, you can walk. You can get from another metro station by bus number 8. Boat ride on the canals - 70 Dx adult and 40 Dx children's ticket. Lots of restaurants serving alcohol. Come at such a time to walk for 1-2 hours during the day, stay for dinner, then take a walk in the evening (very beautiful) and you will see the Illuminated Sail.

Next will be the Sail Hotel - Burj Al Arab. You won't be able to get close.


Water park Wild Wadi, which is located on the same site in front of the hotel. A ticket to the water park for the whole day will cost you 225 dirhams (~62 $). Do not forget about discounts, look for in your hotel.

Hotel Atlantis (water park) (metro station No. 35, red line). Ask a taxi driver to take you to the monorail metro station, the route of which is laid along the "trunk" of a palm tree. On the monorail train we reach the "top" of the Palm Jumeirah. Buy a one-way ticket for this monorail train. Ticket price - 15 Dx (one way, 25 Dx - in both directions). Walked, went inside to the aquarium and water park. AT THE ENTRY, TAKE A PAPER MAP IMMEDIATELY - IT IS EASIER TO ORIENT, AND THAT WOULD NOT MISS ANYTHING! ! ! take a TOWEL WITH YOU (it costs 40 Dx there).

Ticket price: water park + aquarium 275 dirhams (~ $ 75). Water park - 225 dirhams (~ 62 $).

just an aquarium 100 dirhams-(~27 $).

The territory is huge with a park and access to the sea, a lot of sun loungers, the rides themselves are good, there is a large children's complex, a lot of pools, canals. Wild Wadi is smaller, they say more extreme. Eating is cheap.

By taxi we get to the nearest metro station - 20 Dx. Or stop by the Dubai Marina area. Walk there, have dinner.

If you decide to explore the Gold Market and the Spice Market yourself, go to metro station number 23 (green line). You will see shops with jewelry on display, the market itself is a little to the left inland (ask for Gold souk and they will show you). Walked up looking for the Spice market, almost by smell. It will be closer to the bay. I ate nuts there until I chose cashews for myself. Eat, don't be shy and bargain. Don't give up, leave. If you want to go to the fish market, then you need to go from the metro station along the bay, so that it is on your left side, and they will show you there. If you are not tired, then from the Spice Market to the Dubai Creek boat pier.

Entry to the ethnic village is free. It is quite small, inside, and on the waterfront on the approaches to it, you can beautifully take pictures.


For gold lovers: on this side of Creek Bay, if you drive from the AL Ghubaiba bus station on the road to Jumeirah, on the left side there is a NEW GOLD MARKET - this is a building about 4 floors with blue windows, it says New gold Souq.

We returned to Old Souq Marine Station and from it we already sailed in the opposite direction, only to Al Sabkha Marine Transport Station - from it we will walk and there will be Nasser Square - the trading heart of Dubai. It is here that shop-tourists mainly buy their goods. Opening hours 9.00-13.00 and 16.00-23.00. Souvenirs in the Day to day chain of stores are cheaper than in the market.

If you swim to Baniyas Marine Transport Station, then go straight to the Etisalat Tower (the building with the ball on the roof), and then to the Union metro station.

I went to look for fake bags. They ask for $70-80 for them, and if made of leather, then $120. Well, I liked one for $120 and a bag-suitcase for $120. I tell the seller that I will buy a suitcase for $50 at home.

After 3 minutes of persuasion, he agreed. Well, I tell him that I'll take a small one for $50. After 2 minutes, he packed them for me and told me to take two for $120. I gave $100 saying that I don't have $20, and we left with the purchase. Bargain. Maybe it could have been less, it's a pity we didn't try it. The bags are not bad.

Thank you all for your attention!

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