10 Things to Do at Dubai Mall (Other than Shop), Dubai, United Arab Emirates
The shopping malls in Asia never fail to impress me. I鈥檝e written before about those in聽Singapore聽but, like most things, Dubai takes it up a notch and there鈥檚 everything from skiing to theme parks and dinosaurs!
Being known for its extravagance,聽it may not surprise you to hear that Dubai doesn鈥檛 just have the world鈥檚 tallest building, it also has the world鈥檚 largest shopping mall (by gross area). In fact, its around the same size as 50 football fields! It鈥檚 appropriately named聽Dubai Mall聽and you could easily go there and do absolutely no shopping at all. It is particularly good for children!
I couldn鈥檛 get over how impressive this huge waterfall is. Cascading through the four levels of Dubai mall, it has fibreglass human divers leaping out. It actually reminded me of a similar structure from Take That鈥檚 Progress tour 鈥� anyone there remember that? Outside the mall there is also the Dubai Fountain which puts on quite a performance.
I have written before about Dubai being a bit fake,聽so when I saw a rather understated sign saying there was a dinosaur in the mall, I obviously assumed it wasn鈥檛 real . But, knowing how much my daughter likes the prehistoric creatures, we went in search of it. You can imagine my shock when we found it and discovered it was the REAL bones of a Diplodocus! I had to check with the ladies working there to make sure. A shopping mall seemed a strange place to have such a historic structure. Discovered in Wyoming in the USA in 2008, the only part which is not real are the tiny bones at the end of its tail. Very impressive!聽 ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Being known for its extravagance,聽it may not surprise you to hear that Dubai doesn鈥檛 just have the world鈥檚 tallest building, it also has the world鈥檚 largest shopping mall (by gross area). In fact, its around the same size as 50 football fields! It鈥檚 appropriately named聽Dubai Mall聽and you could easily go there and do absolutely no shopping at all. It is particularly good for children!
I couldn鈥檛 get over how impressive this huge waterfall is. Cascading through the four levels of Dubai mall, it has fibreglass human divers leaping out. It actually reminded me of a similar structure from Take That鈥檚 Progress tour 鈥� anyone there remember that? Outside the mall there is also the Dubai Fountain which puts on quite a performance.
I have written before about Dubai being a bit fake,聽so when I saw a rather understated sign saying there was a dinosaur in the mall, I obviously assumed it wasn鈥檛 real . But, knowing how much my daughter likes the prehistoric creatures, we went in search of it. You can imagine my shock when we found it and discovered it was the REAL bones of a Diplodocus! I had to check with the ladies working there to make sure. A shopping mall seemed a strange place to have such a historic structure. Discovered in Wyoming in the USA in 2008, the only part which is not real are the tiny bones at the end of its tail. Very impressive!聽 ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: 10 Things to Do at Dubai Mall (Other than Shop)
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