SHOPPING MALLS

Mall of the Emirates

• The Dubai Mall, www.thedubaimall.com. Sun-Wed: 10:00-20:00, Thu-Sat: 10:00-00:00. is Dubai's Largest Mall, which was opened in November 2008. It has over 900 shops of brand names from all over the world. It is currently the largest mall in the world. Contains an indoor ice rink and indoor aquarium. It is right next door to the Burj Khalifah, the world's tallest building, and the visitors' entrance to the Burj Khalifah is located at the lower ground floor of the Mall.

• Mercato, Jumeirah Beach Rd, (management@mercatotowncentre.com), www.mercatoshoppingmall.com. Mercato, which is Italian for Market, is the only Renaissance-themed shopping mall in the Middle East. It captures Italian, French and Spanish flavors and artistic characteristics playing host to regular fairs and festivals from each country. Mercato provides a unique shopping experience, the best in international entertainment and popular brand names like Virgin Megastore, Top Shop, Mango and Hugo Boss; Mercato is simply The Good Life. Also, Mercato houses a big Spinneys Supermarket, a 7 screen Grand Cinema, a Starbucks, and mouth watering restaurants such as Bella Donna who have a balcony overlooking the sea that cannot be missed.

 

City Center Dubai This shopping center in Dubai is located opposite the Creek Golf and Yacht Club on Beniyas Road. It is open from 10am to midnight on weekdays and 2pm to midnight on Friday. Despite the longer hours in comparison to other shopping centers in Dubai, the Deira City Center is still crowded on every day of the week. The main attraction here is the Carrefour (formerly known as the Continent). This is the Deira City Center's hypermarket and IKEA, the furniture store. Thanks to the ever present 10 Dhs craziness that is attached by vendors to fast moving consumer goods it is hard to visit the Carrfour without witnessing a couple of people rushing around with loaded shopping carts. The mall also features leading names in fashion. It consists of two shopping floors that sit over a covered parking space that can accommodate 2000 cars. There are many stores and they stock a wide variety of goods, including furniture, furnishings, clothing, perfumes, cosmetics, shoes, etc. There are also specialty stores that offer mobile phones, watches, sports gear, and gift items. As if all this were not enough the mall also has a huge entertainment complex including the latest video games, mini golf, and a train ride. Finally, after all that hustling over two floors (well, three if you parked the car yourself) there are the countless nooks offering all sorts of international cuisine along the food courts.
IBN Batuta Mall Ibn Battuta Mall has been consistently busy since opening in April, however, with few attractions open elsewhere even more shoppers took advantage of the mall's diverse tenancy mix which includes 50 new shopping brands to the UAE. The wealth of entertainment and leisure facilities, including Grand Megaplex 21 Screens, a Restaurant Court, and a 16-outlet Food Court also kept visitors entertained as temperatures soared to 39C outside. Extensive parking facilities for around 5000 cars were more than equipped to deal with the additional demand. Lamcy Plaza Shopping Center Wafi City Shopping Mall Mall of the Emirates Mercato Mall