31 May 2016

The Gorgeous Dubai


DUBAI







Dubai is the most beautiful place in this world (that's my opinion)^^ Well, as we know this city is the most expensive city in the world and also in Middle East. It is located on the southeast coast of the Persian Gulf and is one of the seven emirates that make up the country. Many theories have been proposed as to the origin of the word "Dubai". One theory suggests the word was used to describe the souq, which was similar to the souq in Ba. Another theory states that the name came from a word meaning "money", as people from Dubai were commonly believed to be rich due to the thriving trading center of the location. An Arabic proverb says "Daba Dubai", meaning "they came with a lot of money."

It's a city that some people I know adore just as much as myself. Personally, I've been blinded by the lights of Dubai and have a rosy-attitude towards the place despite the construction work and sweltering heat. You might fall head over heels for Dubai

This is why I love Dubai and you guys should love too :


1. Souk (Market)

    Dubai has 3 souks. There are Gold Souk (Gold Market), Spice Souk (Herbs Market), and Textile Souk (Textile Market). You can visit one by one but trust me, you have to bring a lot of money if you want to go there. Because i'm so sure you will buy of the things that are so great. Well, lets talk about one by one.
         
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    The pictures on above are The Gold Souk. Gold Souk is a traditional market in Dubai. The sellers here consist of over 300 retailers that trade exclusively in jewellery. The souk is located in Dubai's commercial district, Deira. 

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    So lets continue to another one is Spice Souk. Its also a traditional in Dubai where sells a variety of fragrances and spices from frankincense and shisha to the many herbs used in Arabic and South Asian food. In addition, several household, textiles, incense, rugs, and artifacts are also sold in the Spice Souk. It is located in eastern Dubai, in Deira and is next to the Gold Souk. Spice Souk, situated on Baniyas Street, is in locality of Al Ras. The Souk comprises several narrow lanes which are lined with open and closed-roof stores. 

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    The third is Old Souk or we can also say Textile Souk. Here, you will find a lot of silks, fabrics, shoes, etc. In my opinion, it is also the one with the most beautiful buildings of all Dubai souks. 


2. Burj Al-Arab and Burj Khalifa

    You have no idea how attractive Dubai is. There are 2 most beautiful buildings here in Dubai. As we know Dubai has the tallest building in the world. Let me tell you about the buildings.
The Burj is probably the most iconic building of modern Dubai and on the list of many visitors to Dubai. My guess, however is that unless you have flown in on your private jet, you will not be staying at this 7-star hotel.

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1. The Burj Al Arab


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    The Burj Al Arab is a hotel located in Jumeirah Beach Road, Dubai. It is the 3rd tallest hotel in the world, however 39% of its height is made up of non-occupiable space. Burj Al Arab stands on an artificial island 280 m (920 ft) from Jumeirah beach and is connected to the mainland by a private curving bridge. The shape of the structure is designed to mimic the sail of a ship. It has helipad near the roof at a height of 210 m (689 ft) above ground. The beachfront area where Burj Al Arab and Jumeirah Beach Hotel are located was previously called Chicago Beach. 



The Most Expensive Room

Burj Al Arab holds only 28 double-story floors which accommodate 202 bedroom suites. The Royal Suite, billed at US$24.000 per night. The price of the room made Royal Suite as the most expensive room in this hotel. Lets look inside the $24.000 room.

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The Royal Suite has very large and very fancy dining room and the most magnificent bathroom.


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It has also very luxury lounge and private library.

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The Restaurant

Inside The Burj Al Arab there are 2 restaurants. 

First is Al Muntaha restaurant. It is served European cuisine. It is located on 27th floor inside Burj Al Arab. You can see the ambience is very very cozy. You can see the skyview from the top.

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Second is Al Mahara restaurant. Al Mahara which is accessed via a simulated submarine voyage, features a large seawater aquarium. It is served all variants seafood. While you eat, you can also see the view of seawater aquarium. 

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2. Burj Khalifa 

 
Burj Khalifa

    Burj Khalifa, known as Burj Dubai before its inauguration, is a megatall skyscraper in Dubai. It is the tallest structure in the world, standing at 829.8 m (2,722 ft). It is located in 1 Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Boulevard, Dubai. The construction started in 6 January 2004 and finished in 31 December 2009 and officially opened in 4 January 2010. 


3. Dubai Miracle Garden


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The Dubai Miracle Garden is a flower garden located in the district of Dubailand, Dubai. The garden was launched on valentine's day in 2013. The garden spread over 72.000 square meters making it the world's largest natural flower garden featuring over 109 million flowers planted here. Dubai's Miracle Garden recently celebrated the inauguration of the Dubai Butterfly Garden, the world's largest and the region's first indoor butterfly garden and sanctuary for over 15,000 butterflies from 26 species.



4. Palm Islands


            


      Palm Islands are two artificial islands, Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali, on the coast of Dubai. As of November 2014, only Palm Jumeirah has been completed. The island takes the form of a palm tree, topped by a crescent. After settlement, Palm Jebel Ali will take a similar shape, both islands will be host to a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centers. A third island was planned and construction started, but this project was later remodelled and renamed to Deira Island. 


Palm Deira

The Palm Deira is the largest island of the three Palm Islands (Palm Deira, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Jumeirah). It is located on the Deira coastal area of the UAE. The unique man-made palm-shaped island will consist of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that will form a water-breaker. The Palm Deira was not initially intended to be developed, but in October 2014. the announcement of its development was issued. The Palm Deira will cover, 14 kilometers (8.7 miles) in length and 8.5 kilometers (5.3 miles) in width and have an area of 80 square kilometers (861 million square feet). It will consist of residential property, marinas, shopping malls, sports facilities, and clubs.



Palm Jebel Ali

The Palm Jebel Ali is the middle-sized island of the three Palm Islands (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Deira). It is located on the Jebel Ali coastal area of the emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The unique man-made palm-shaped island will consist of a trunk, a crown with 17 fronds, and a surrounding crescent island that will form a water-breaker. The Palm Jebel Ali is more of an entertainment destination for both adults and children, which caters to both residents and tourists. The island will also 50% larger than the Palm Jumeirah and will include six marinas, a 'Sea Village', a water theme park and water homes built on stills between the fronds and the crescent.


Palm Jumeirah

The Palm Jumeirah is the smallest of the three Palm Islands (Palm Jebel Ali, Palm Jumeirah, and Palm Deira). It is located on the Jumeirah coastal area of the emirate of Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The island is built in the shape of a date palm tree and consists of a trunk, a crown with 17 fronds and a surrounding crescent island that will form a water-breaker. The Palm Jumeirah is primarily a retreat and residential area for living, relaxation, and leisure. It will contain themed boutique, hotels, three types of villas (Signature Villas, Garden Homes, and Canal Cove Town Homes), shoreline apartment buildings, beaches, marinas, restaurants, cafes, and a variety of retail outlets. 



5. Ski Dubai


      Ski Dubai is the first indoor ski center in Middle East with 22.500 square meters of indoor ski area. It is a part of the Mall of the Emirates, one of the largest shopping malls in the world, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Ski Dubai is also the world's third largest indoor ski slope. Ski Dubai is offering snowboarding, ski lessons, children's play are, and cafe.

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6. Mall in Dubai

         Dubai Mall

      The Dubai Mall is a shopping mall in Dubai and the largest mall in the world. Located in Downtown U.A.E., Dubai, UAE. It is part of the 20-billion-dollar Downtown complex and includes 1.200 shops. 






        Mall of the Emirates

     
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        Mall of the Emirates is a shopping mall in Dubai, UAE. It opened in November 2005 and is located at interchange four on Sheikh Zayed road. The multi level shopping mall currently features more than 630 retail outlets, 7900 parking spaces, over 100 restaurants & cafes, 80 luxury stores and 250 flagship stores. It has total gross leasable area of 255.489 square meters. It also hosts family leisure activities including Ski Dubai (the Middle East's first indoor ski resort and snow park), the 500-seat capacity Dubai Community Theatre and Arts Centre and Magic Planet, one of the largest indoor family entertainment centres in Dubai.



7. Al Bastakiya


       Al Bastakiya was constructed back in 1690s. It was consisted of 60 housing units in its prime time and most of them were owned by rich persian merchants. Traditional narrow lanes and wind towers were used to separate houses. However, all of this changed when oil was discovered in the region and most of families moved to new and modern city of Dubai. 

8. Dubai Police Super Car       


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        The Dubai police vehicles are painted with a white and dark green colour scheme, with all blue emergency lights. Every Dubai police vehicle has the force's website and email addresses printed on it. The Dubai police fleet has series of super cars including: a Bugatti Veyron SS, a Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG, a Ferrari FF, a BMW i8, an Audi R8, a McLaren MP4-12C, a Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4, a Nissan GTR, a limited edition Aston Martin One-77, and a Brabus G 700 which are to be used for patrolling tourist areas. In addition to cars, the force also employs motorcycles, helicopters, and boats. General duties and patrols are carried by Chevrolet, Toyota, Mazda, and Nissan vehicles. In 2013, the force saw the arrival of new eco-friendly vehicles, which are one seaters but can carry an additional passenger.


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9. Jumeirah Beach Residence Walk and Dubai Marina

        The Walk is one of Dubai's outdoor and tourist attractions, with activities such as street painting, recycled art displays, comedy shows, sand sculptures, photography displays, and booths selling fashion accessories and crafts. It is located next to Hilton Dubai Jumeirah Resort and Hilton Dubai The Walk, which opened their doors in October 2000, introducing Dubai's 'Golden Mile' in Jumeirah to the signature service and quintessential hospitality associated with the Hilton Worldwide Resort brand.

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        Built in the last few years, Dubai Marina crowds with spectacular twisting skyscrapers, while just next door is the effortless glamour of Jumeirah Beach Residence walk (or JBR walk -- if you want to sound like a local). Like a city within a city, this area owns some prime people-watching cafes, sociable bars and some of the best restaurant in Dubai. During the day, you will see plenty of joggers taking advantage of the marina views and behind the Address Hotel, you can take the Dubai ferry out to sea, which passes the Atlantis Hotel, its famous arch standing like a gateaway to the leaf-shaped island of Palm Jumeirah.


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Dubai Metro


        The Dubai Metro is a driverless, fully automated metro rail network in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Red Line and Green Line are operational, with three further lines planned. These first two lines run underground in the city centre and on elevated viaducts elsewhere (elevated railway). All trains and stations are air conditioned with platform edge doors to make this possible. Architecture firm Aedas designed the metro's 45 stations, two depots and operational control centres. The Al Ghurair Investment group were the metro's builders.
       
          Dubai Marina has been connected through the Dubai's Metro's red line to the other places of Dubai. Dubai Marina is rapid transit station on the Red Line of the Dubai Metro in Dubai. It opened in 30 April 2010 as part of an extension to Ibn Battuta. Dubai Marina station is located near interchange 5 of Sheikh Zayed Road, around 20 kilometers (12 miles) southwest of Downtown Dubai. It lies to the east of the northern half of the Dubai Marina and to the west of the northern portion of Jumeirah Lake Towers.
     

10. Skydive Dubai

          Soar like a bird over one of the most amazing 'drop zones' in the world with Skydive Dubai, the leading diving company in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Step out of a plane at an altitude of almost 4.000 meters and enjoy the rush of the wind. The whole experience is a full-scale immersion of the senses. With instructors who have collectively logged well over 220.000 jumps, you will be in good hands -- and harnesses -- as you jump above this iconic city. To make sure you remember the experience forever, Skydive Dubai also has a cameraman documents to snap the fun.
           The free lasts around a minute before your instructor pops the chute and you begin leisurely five-minute descent. This is the time to take in the incredible views as you swoop over the Palm Jumeirah towards the landing turf. If you want to skydive above the dunes, Skydive Dubai has a second 'drop zone' in the desert, with a campus that is located about 35 kilometers outside the city.



11. Dubai Cuisines

Dubai is the best place to sample all types of Gulf and Middle Eastern cuisine, including Iranian, Lebanese, and Arabian food. The most salient foods here are starters and salads. The other main foods here are Machboos or Kabsa, Esh asaraya, Hummus, Ghuzi, Tabbouleh, Mehalabiya, etc.


Machboos or Kabsa


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Kabsa is a family of mixed rice dishes that originates from Yemen and Saudi Arabia, where it is commonly regarded as a national dish. Though Kabsa is believed to be original to Yemen, it is often served in countries such as Saudi Arabia, Palestine, Jordan, Qatar, Oman, United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Iraq, and Kuwait. The dish is also popularly known as Machboos in most Arab states of the Persian Gulf, but is served in the same way.


Esh Asarya


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Esh asarya known as the 'bread of the harem', it is a sort of cheese cake with cream topping. This dessert is originally from Qatar or well-known as Qatari sweet bread with cream. It has a marvelous taste and melting texture and has a special place in the popular desserts in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.


Hummus

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Hummus is a Levantine and Egyptian food dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas or other beans, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt, and garlic. Today, it is popular throughout the Middle East (including Turkey), North Africa (including Morocco). and in Middle Eastern cuisine and around the globe.


Ghuzi


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One of the most popular dishes to be served in restaurant Dubai, United Arab Emirates is Ghuzi, a food is the pride and joy the local Emirates. Ghuzi is originally from Qatar, but in Dubai there are so many restaurant served this dish. The ingredients of this food is a whole entire lamb is roasted and served on a numerous base of rice, vegetables, and flavorful nuts to form an extravagant dish. With all its elements, ghuzi is a complete meal in itself. If you wish to get a true taste of Dubai, you certainly do not want to miss out on ghuzi.


Tabbouleh


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Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern vegetarian dish (sometimes considered as salad) its originally from Syria and Lebanon. This dish is traditionally made of tomatoes, finely chopped parsley, mint, bulgur, and onion, and seasoned with olive oil, lemon juice, and salt. Some variations add garlic or lettuce, or use couscous instead of bulgur. Tabbouleh is traditionally served as part of a mezze in the Arab world. Variations of it are made by Turks and Armenians, and it has become popular ethnic food in Western cultures.


Mehalabiya


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Mehalabiya also known as Muhallabia, Mallabi', Muhallebi, Mahallebi or Mahallepi (in Turkish meaning custard) is a creamy pudding, similar to blancmange -- French sweet dessert --. In the cuisines of Cyprus, Northern Cyprus, and Turkey.
It is served in many versions, e.g. with chopped pistachios sprinkled on top (Lebanese style), date syrup topped with pistachios and walnuts (Israeli style), or with water in place of milk (Turkish: Su muhallebisi). Flavorings such as vanilla, orange water, and rose water may be added to the pudding.
In Israel, Malabi (Hebrew word for Mehalabiya) is made of almond milk instead of cow milk because of kashrut observation. It is called 'Malabi Shekedim'.


Lahm Bi Ajin

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Lahm Bi Ajin or also known as Arabian Pizza and Sfiha is a pizza-like dish originating from the Levant, specifically Baalbek, Lebanon, but it is also known in Turkey as pide. It was introduced in Brazil and Argentina by Levantine immigrants, where it is known as esfiha or esfirra.
In contrast to the modern use of lamb or beef, traditional sfiha are open-faced meat pies made with ground mutton. Historically, sfiha were much like dolma—simply ground lamb, lightly spiced, wrapped in brined grape leaves.
In Brazil, sfihas are street popular food because they're cheap and fast. Sfihas are oven baked, come in two shapes: folded into a triangular pastry like fatayer, and open-faced (4 inches round flat bread); with various toppings, including cheese, curd, lamb, beef or vegetables. The first Brazilian fast food restaurant chain to serve sfihas and other Middle East dishes was Habib's.


Harees


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Harees or harissa is a Middle Eastern dish of boiled, cracked, or coarsely-ground wheat, mixed with meat. Its consistency varies between a porridge and a dumpling. Harees is a popular dish known in the Arab countries of the Persian Gulf, especially in the month of Ramadan.











So, guys that's the attractiveness of Dubai. I guess, if you want to know more about it you can visit Dubai as soon as possible. SO you can explore Dubai.

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