Dubai Mall And Burj Khalifa
Sunday - May 5th 2024
Since we arrived in the middle of the night, we didn't get to see a lot of
Dubai or of our hotel. In Dubai we stayed at the
Crowne Plaza Dubai Marina. Our room was very nice and we had a lovely view too, but unfortunately not
at the Marina itself. So when we woke up everything was brand new for us. We
started our day with breakfast on the terrace, because the weather was so nice
and the air condition inside the restaurant was just too cold. Breakfast was
amazing with a large selection of western and oriental food. For 10:00am we
had a reservation for
At The Top of Burj Khalifa
and so right after breakfast we got our rental car and drove to Dubai Mall in
Downtown Dubai. We had purchased our tickets with a designeted time slot
beforehand online and so we were able to skip the line. Soon we were on the
observation deck from where we had a nice view over Dubai. However, we were
not that impressed with Burj Khalifa, because we had already better views from
smaller towers. Once we bought some souvenirs, we took a coffee break at
Starbucks.
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View from our Room |
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| Our Hotel |
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| Breakfast |
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| Burj Khalifa |
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| View from Burj Khalifa |
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| View from Burj Khalifa |
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| View from Burj Khalifa |
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| View from Burj Khalifa |
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| View from Burj Khalifa |
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| Starbucks |
Afterwards we strolled around the man made lake in front of
Dubai Mall. The area was really impressing, but since it was really warm we headed
inside again and checked out the mall. Around noon we got hungry and stopped
at Neat Burgers at the
food court overlooking the ice rink. Claudia got a vegan burger while I
ordered a plant based wrap. The food was delicious and soon we continued our
walk through that huge mall. Of course we checked out the shops as well, but
to be honest, most of the shops are in Europe as well and so there was no
desire for shopping.
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Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Burj Khalifa |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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Burj Khalifa |
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| Dubai Mall |
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| Dubai Mall |
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| Dubai Mall |
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| Dubai Mall |
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| Lunch |
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| Dubai Mall |
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| Dubai Mall |
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| Dubai Mall |
Despite the heat we wanted to see more of the downtown area and so we braced
ourselves for the high temperatures and went outside. First we watched the
fountain show, which was okay, but I'm sure it will be much better in the
evening when the fountains are illuminated. Then we continued our stroll along
the lake always with Burj Khalifa in sight. We enjoyed the area a lot, but it
was just too warm and so we got a coffee at Starbucks before driving back to
our hotel. There we jumped into the pool and relaxed.
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Fountain Show |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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Dubai Opera |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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| Downtown Dubai |
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Downtown Dubai |
In the evening we headed out again and drove to Global Village.
Global Village is a
huge themepark for food and shopping from around the world. Once we were
inside we were impressed how big the park was. The pavilions are themed
after countries and continents and offer food and shopping experiences from
those regions. Our first stop was an Asian food booth, where we shared fried
noodles with vegetables. Later we got Indian dosa, which we also shared, and
the last dish we tried were Emirati doughnut balls with Nutella, but they
were rather disappointing. We really enjoyed Global Village and were happy
to get to experience it, because it closes for summer, but we were lucky and
Global village extended its run for one more week. Back at the hotel we
enjoyed an ice cold beer at the hotel terrace while overlooking the Dubai
Marina.
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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Fried Noodles |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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Indian Dosa |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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Doughnut Balls |
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| Global Village |
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| Global Village |
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Global Village |
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Dubai Marina |
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Dubai Marina |
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Hotel Terrace |
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