Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dubai. Show all posts

Thursday, January 16, 2020

IBN BATTUTA MALL – DUBAI



The Ibn Battuta Mall, located on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai is the world’s largest themed shopping mall.

The mall has more than 270 shops, 50 restaurants, a 21-screen cinema and over 4,500 parking spaces. The mall consists of six courts, each of whose designs are inspired by some of the countries visited by the Moroccan Berber explorer, Ibn Battuta: Andalusia Court, China Court, Egypt Court, India Court and Tunisia Court.

Please note: Your humble blogger does not care for shopping malls.


Wednesday, December 18, 2019

GEVORA HOTEL



At a height of 1,168 feet, the Gevora Hotel along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai is the world’s tallest hotel.

The four-star hotel opened in February 2018 after a construction period of twelve years. It has 528 rooms spread over 75 floors and a number of facilities including restaurants and a pool on top of its parking garage building.

Besides being the tallest hotel, Gevora Hotel is also the eighth-tallest completed building in Dubai, the ninth-tallest in the United Arab Emirates, and among the 50 tallest buildings in the world.


The Gevora Hotel as seen from the other side of Sheikh Zayed Road