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City Walk

Dubai


This city-centre shopping, dining and entertainment district has the feel of a European town centre with its faux Georgian-style buildings, water features and pavements lined with trees. Along with an ever-increasing number of shops, cafes and restaurants, there is a 10-screen cinema complex and a handful of family-friendly attractions, including the Green Planet biodome and Hub Zero gaming centre.

Keep an eye out for edgy urban art created by top artists as part of the Dubai Walls project. At the time of research, Phase Two had been completed, with Phase Three scheduled to extend the district still further. Check the website for an update.


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Nearby Dubai attractions

1. Dubai Walls

0.27 MILES

More than a dozen hot shots of the international street-art scene, including Aiko, Blek Le Rat, ROA and Nick Walker, have turned new urban-style quarter…

2. Green Planet

0.3 MILES

If you can build a ski slope in the desert, why not a rainforest too? The Green Planet is an indoor tropical paradise intended to 'edutain' about…

3. Hub Zero

0.32 MILES

This high-tech indoor theme park is squarely aimed at serious gamers. Tickets buy access to 18 attractions, including a head-spinning VR experience, 3D…

4. Al Khazzan Park

0.41 MILES

One of Dubai's oldest parks, pocket-sized Al Khazzan has been given a total reboot and is now entirely solar-powered, giving it the right to the title to…

5. Burj Khalifa

1.29 MILES

The Burj Khalifa is a stunning feat of architecture and engineering, with two observation decks on the 124th and 148th floors and a restaurant-bar on the…

6. La Mer

1.39 MILES

With shops, restaurants, a waterpark, a beachfront with hammocks and a huge playpark, La Mer is Dubai’s newest beachfront destination. Opened in 2018 …

7. Dubai International Financial Centre

1.43 MILES

Dubai’s stock exchange and leading international financial institutions are housed in a complex of six buildings surrounding an impressive central 80m…

8. Dubai Fountain

1.45 MILES

This dancing fountain is spectacularly set in the middle of a giant lake against the backdrop of the glittering Burj Khalifa. Water undulates as…