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If you're looking for stylish boutiques, al fresco dining or simply a leisurely promenade along the waterfront, head to The Walk at Jumeirah Beach Residences. Along this buzzing boulevard, there's plenty of opportunity to satisfy your retail cravings with an array of fashion, home and handicraft shops and boutiques. Boutique 1 is a multi-brand designer paradise that boasts both international and homegrown talent. A highlight is the small outdoor Covent Garden Market, where you can check out stalls offering jewellery, food treats and homewares, as well as take in performances by street entertainers. And don't miss the new shopping area called The Beach and the open-air cinema

Palm Jumeirah, artificial offshore islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the site of private residences and hotels. From the air, the archipelago resembles a stylized palm tree within a circle. Palm Jumeirah was built in the early 21st century. Apartments, retail facilities, and a few hotels are situated on the trunk. Closely spaced villas line the long fronds, while most of the hotels and resorts are located on the crescent. In the second decade of the 21st century, at least 10,000 people lived in Palm Jumeirah; some estimates were much higher. Palm Jumeirah was intended to be the first of three similarly shaped offshore developments in Dubai. The others, Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira, are both much larger than Palm Jumeirah but remain uncompleted because of economic uncertainty. Also incomplete is the World, a grouping of artificial islands that is intended, upon completion, to resemble a map of the world.

Shop, dine and stroll by the sea along the chic waterfront strip known as The Walk at Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR). Along this buzzing beachside boulevard, there’s plenty of opportunity to satisfy your retail cravings with an array of fashion, home and handicraft shops and boutiques. The Walk features shopping attractions such as Sauce-on-sea, a boutique featuring local and regional designers, plus a host of international retailers.

Bringing Burj Khalifa to life required a combination of visionary ideals and solid science. In the process, the project amassed an awe-inspiring number of facts, figures, and statistics. Not only is Burj Khalifa the world’s tallest building, it has also broken two other impressive records: tallest structure, previously held by the KVLY-TV mast in Blanchard, North Dakota, and tallest free-standing structure, previously held by Toronto’s CN Tower. The Chicago-based Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) has established 3 criteria to determine what makes a tall building tall. Burj Khalifa wins by far in all three categories.

The bright, 4-level shopping mall is the perfect complement to the already dazzling Dubai Marina. The Dubai Marina Mall boasts with 390,000 square foot (36,200 m2) space and 130 individual outlets. It is relatively small by Dubai standards, but covers all the shopping mall basics: high street fashion brands, boutique fashion, waterfront dining with many restaurants to choose from, supermarket, beverage outlets, kids playground and the luxurious 6-screen Reel Cinemas.

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Offering Riviera-style living in a modern aesthetic setting, Dubai Marina by Emaar is one of the first and largest of its kind waterfront developments in the region. With a total development area of 50 million sq ft, Dubai Marina has a large canal spanning 3.5 km offering access to the sea from both ends. Dubai Marina features several high-rises with luxury apartments as well as villas set against the backdrop of the Marina. With yachts moored along the Marina and some of the city’s best dining, entertainment and leisure facilities, Dubai Marina is the first choice for the stylish and sophisticated.

One of Dubai’s most famous tourist landmarks, the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah often stands among the top five – if not the absolute peak – of the world’s most iconic hotels. Since its opening in late 1999, the hotel with its distinctive sail-shaped silhouette, has thrust Dubai onto the global luxury tourism landscape. Built on a triangular man-made island reclaimed from the sea, the hotel and its billowing sail-like structure rise 321 metres above the sea, offering panoramic views of the Arabian Gulf.