Shopping in Dubai
Dubai Shopping remains the most effective in drawing a map to reinvent itself as a major tourist destination. With low import duties and no sales tax, Dubai is home to some of the cheaper and high-tech audio-visual gear in the world - and for many years, which was reason enough to come here.
Other then the air-conditioned shopping malls and duty-free Emporia from the airport, the best shopping should be taken to the souks - the Arab markets - around the city. Here you will find genuine Bedouin utensils, Persian-style carpets and textiles.
Meena Bazaar/Cosmos Lane is an open market shopping area for textiles as well as few gold shops.
Al Fahidi Street is known for the wide range of electronic. Electronics products of All brand is available here.
Karama Market is a place for all kinds of goods it’s a general shopping complex.
A pleasant shopping area is the Bur Dubai Creek side of where you can find textiles, raw silk souvenirs and interesting.
Shops tend to open from 8am to 8pm or even later. Remains close in the day heat between 1pm to 4:30 pm. Malls remain open from 10am to 10pm. Boutiques, galleries and souks usually close on Friday morning.
Here are some of the prominent Shopping Malls in Dubai, although it is fun to explore Dubai on your own, but some information may come in handy. Also there is no need for one to carry a map in Dubai as the transport system in Dubai is well established.
Apart from Dubai being one of the large shopping destination, it also hosts The Dubai Shopping Festival, which attracts tourists from all over the world.
Abraj Center
The Abraj located near Dubai Creek Road in Deira Souk. It is the long-established in Deira Souk area has become host to a new, modern commercial innovation. An elaborate and futuristic finish gives the new building an imposing modernist feel with a variety of retail outlets, the three floors, a food court, and spacious offices with panoramic views, and 24-hour security and maintenance.
P.O. Box 1034
Dubai
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 2211479
Fax: 2223688
Email: info@abrajcenter.com
Website: http://www.abrajcenter.com
Mall Hours: Sat-Thurs - 10am-10pm; Fri - 4pm-10pm
Location: Click here to view the map.
Al Bustan Centre
Al Bustan Centre located in Al Nahda Road near Al Ahli Club. Complex comprises of 640 suites a comprehensive shopping mall with over 80 outlets having the luxurious residential, shopping and entertainment and one of the biggest indoor amusement arcades in the United Arab Emirates.
P.O. Box 20107
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 2630000
Fax: 2630005
Email: albustan@emirates.net.ae
Website: http://www.al-bustan.com
Mall Hours: Sat-Thurs - 10am-10pm and Fri - 4pm-10pm
Al Ghurair Centre
In Dubai Al Ghurair Centre, located at Riqqa Road in Deira is the first purpose-built shopping mall. With more then 250 shops on two levels and mall sells reasonably priced goods when compared to other specialty and designer clothes stores in other malls
Contact details:
P.O. Box 6999 Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 2232333 Fax: +971 4 2285356
Email: info@agc.co.ae
Mall Hours: Sat-Thurs - 10am-10pm and Fri - 4pm-10pm
Al Khaleej Centre
Al Khaleej Centre located in Bur Dubai opposite to the Ramada Hotel offers a wide range of products for both men as well as women. From fashionable jeans to designer jeans there are plenty of jeans stores in the mall.
Contact details:
P.O. Box 170, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 3555550 Fax: +971 4 3558635
Email: khaleejc@emirates.net.ae
Mall Hours: Sat-Fri - 10am-10pm
Al Maydan Shopping Centre
Al Maydan Shopping Centre, a unique building, both on the outside and on the inside built only 2 years ago by the prestigious company Nasser bin Abdullatif Al Serkal Establishment is situated in the centre of Dubai's trade area Nasser Square"Baniyas Square". This mall is The Omani-style architecture gives this building its uniqueness among other more modern-style buildings in the area. On the inside, you will find a beautiful example of Arabic interior. There is a selection of different shops, offering a complete shopping spree for the real shoppers. Fur, leather, jewellery, shoes, clothes, handbags, cosmetics, lingerie, beauty salon and barber, carpets, electronics and mobile phone shops is a selection of what you will find in Al Maydan Shopping Centre.
Al-Mulla Plaza
Al-Mulla Plaza, located on the Dubai - Sharjah highway is usually patronized by the locals and Arabs. The mall has recently been extensive internal renovations, the conversion of the existing window displays, floor tiles, etc. The mall also offers a new fountain that goes along the spirit of the 21st Century.
Contact details:
P.O. Box: 59, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 2988999 Fax: +971 4 2988438
Email: mulaplza@emirates.net.ae
Mall Hours: Sat-Thurs - 10am-1pm, 4.30pm-10.30pm, Fri - 4.30pm-11pm
Burjuman Center
Burjuman Center, is located in Bur Dubai, is a large and modern shopping center. Many of Dubai's haute couture outlets can be found here as well as popular American and European brands such as Bally, Calvin Klein, Escada, Guess, Mexx, Rivoli, Tiffany & Co, etc. The mall has unique fountain distance several meters apart, that precise shoot jets of water into each other.BurJuman has 180 stores including the renowned fashion designers such as Donna Karan, DKNY, Calvin Klein, Cartier, Rodeo Drive, Bally, Stuart Weitzman, Polo Ralph Lauren, Escada, Christian Lacroix, Louis Vuitton, Ines de la Fressange, Aigner, MaxMara, as well as popular ready-to-wear clothing from NEXT, Agnes B, JC Penney, Guess and Morgan.
Contact details:
P.O. Box 945, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 3527755 Fax: +971 4 3526375
Email: info@burjuman.co.ae
Mall Hours: Sat-Thurs - 10am-10pm, Fri - 2pm-10pm
Deira City Centre
Deira City Centre is one of Majid Al Futtaim's City Centre mall chains with a very large range of products offers - antiques, jewellery, carpets, watches, electronic goods. . It is a popular shopping, entertainment and leisure complex with 2 levels. . It has over 1.2 million sq. ft. of retail selling space, with more then 300 shops and free parking space for 6,000 cars. Similar to all of the City Center chains, Deira City Center houses the popular hypermaket Carrefour (previously known as Continent). It also houses an 11-screen Cinestar Cinemas, Lexus and Toyota showrooms, 11-storey office tower, Magic Planet (leisure family complex), and the Sofitel City Centre Hotel and Residence.
Timings - Sat-Thurs - 10am-10pm and Fri - 2pm-10pm
Location - Near the Dnata Intersection.
Address - P.O. Box 60772, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Contact Tel - 04 295-4545 - Email - dcc@deiracitycentre.com
Popular Retail Outlets - Debenhams, Plug-ins, Ikea, Westwood, Woolworths, JCPenny, Paris Gallery, and Virgin Megastore.
Lamcy Plaza
Lamcy Plaza is a theme mall with the theme of Tower Of London. A dummy of a clown permanently climbs up and down a rope tied to the ceiling. It was opened in 1997 and it houses 150 retail outlets, along with a hypermarket, and a Lamcy Cinema, which covers an area of 400,000 sq.ft. It opens at 9am daily to cater to the large number of early shoppers, and that all of its shops are members of the Air Miles rewards program, Free valet parking are its unique features.
Contact details:
P.O. Box 33500, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 3359999 Fax: +971 4 3359996
Email: lamcy@emirates.net.ae
Mall Hours: 10am-10pm
Wafi Shopping Mall
Wafi Shopping Mall is the shopping-mall part of the Wafi City complex and is considered one of the most elegant shopping malls in Dubai, with individual pyramidal atrium roofs. It was opened in 2001 and has more than 200 stores, 60 international brand retail shops, restaurants and two floors covered parking. It houses a popular family entertainment center, Encounter Zone, has a Roller Blading natural ice rink, virtual-reality simulators, a 3D Motion Theater, and crystal maze. It also has the link that links the mall to the Pyramids complex, and is the useful venue for various exhibitions and fashion shows.
Contact details:
P.O. Box 721, Dubai, U.A.E.
Tel: +971 4 3244555 Fax: +971 4 3241212
Email: info@wafimall.com
Mall Hours: Sat-Thurs - 10am-10pm and Fri - 4.30pm-10pm
Gold Souk
Gold Souk in Sikkat al-Khali Street is the most famous bazaar in Dubai. Gold Souk is a vibrant centre for gold-loving buyers and sellers. Countless shops and stalls selling gold jewelry in any form possible. The negotiations are expected and the price determined by weight. It is serious business in this part of the world; there are plenty of designs to choose from. The most popular are 24-carat, you can also get 18, 21 and 22 carat gold.
Food Souk is located side-by-side in large hangar-like space by the creek is the fish market and the food and vegetable market. Bustle it with over-enthusiastic people who force their goods on you and buyers who haggle fiercely. The production is wonderfully fresh, and there are no fish, fruit or vegetables for odd Souk this.
The Iranian operations in the Spice Souk camp only on the Spice you might think. The thin streets of the souk are Fragranced by the sharp spices to inform the suppliers. Big barrels of cumin, dried lemon and coriander seed surround you on all sides and lives for space alongside baskets of the star anise, cinnamon sticks, and stacks of vast quantities of incense. This place is really a paradise for lovers of food.
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