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Guide to Dubai Marina

Introduction

Dubai is one of the most awe-inspiring places in the world to visit. From the remarkable location on the edge of the Arabian Gulf and on the edge of the desert, to the rapid development of both the economy and the social structure of the Emirate, to the sheer scale of the building work and development that is transforming the city.

Dubai Marina is a perfect example of this. Anywhere else in the world it could be a small town on its own, and when it is completed it will have over 200 skyscrapers in place. Not only is there a huge building programme going on with the surrounding skyscraper in the area, but the marina itself is being completely man-made.

Dubai Marina will be one of the focus areas of Dubai upon completion, and with the introduction of the new Dubai International Airport in the coming years, it will get even more popular as the nearest major urban area.

The region

Dubai is set out mostly along the expanse of the coastline on the Arabian Gulf, even if you don’t count the vast amounts of new coastline that have been created by the new man-made islands, and the Marina was one of the first part of the ‘new Dubai’ to be inaugurated. Sitting to the south-west of the main part of Dubai, and further along the coast from the Jumeirah district and its magnificent Palm Island, Dubai Marina is along the Sheikh Zayed Road before it reaches the Jebel Ali Port.

As an entirely man-made marina, the engineering feat of the marina itself is impressive, and the 700 berths are set into five irregular shaped bowls. The whole marina is more than 3.5 km long, and has a boardwalk snaking around over 11 km, giving access to the shops and restaurants that line the waterfront.

Dubai Marina is, of course, far more than the water itself, as you might imagine from a place like Dubai. There will be over 200 skyscrapers in the district when they are all completed, some of which will be over 80 stories tall. The resultant space will be used for hotels and residential apartments for the vast majority, along with some commercial space.

However, there will be little office space in the Dubai Marina area as the Internet and Media City complexes are just a short distance away towards Jumeirah. Improvements are constantly being made to the road network in the area to accommodate the traffic to the Palm Jumeirah, and a new monorail that will serve the business and residential districts of Dubai is mooted to have several branch lines planned for the future.

Leisure activities in the immediate vicinity are provided by the Emirates Hills Golf Club, and the Mall of the Emirates which houses the real-snow indoor ski slope.

Climate

Dubai is famed for the hot, dry weather that characterizes the majority of the year, but this doesn’t mean that there are never storms or rain in the area. While it is true that in the summer months it is difficult to be outside for more than a few minutes in the middle of the day, temperatures do drop in the winter, and there is a wind from the sea that can make it feel colder. Snow is also possible, but very rare indeed, and when it does rain, it tends to be in short, sharp downpours.

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