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Downtown is also nice around the Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall but a bit more "city" feeling and no beach, obviously.
Happy to answer any more specific questions if you have them
It's a shortish taxi ride out from the main centre but if you're looking for a relaxing holiday, mostly around the pool and beach I'd highly recommend it. I think they've just finished a referb too.
Cheers
@bobblehat I;m not a fan of Dubai, but won't go on about that, everyone has different tastes.
From my own experience, I stayed at the Sofitel at Jumeirah Beach, not far from the marina. It was average, and expensive. I'd avoid that hotel really - pool area is a bit crap, and the food was very average.
Beach is alright, but its fake sand, so it's a bit coarse and rough. View was of a building site out to sea, though this was Aug 2016 so it may have been finished. Worth checking what is in your view though, if that's important to you.
Don't go in August, or summer - it was super hot and really humid. Too hot to do anything really. 50 degrees hot, and not much cooler at night.
@Stickyfiddle knows the area well, so if you have decided that Dubai is your thing, he will be best places to suggest stuff.
One lasting memory of Dubai was expense. It's not cheap. A bottle of beer in a bar or hotel was 8-9 quid. The most I paid was £18 for a pint of Stella. Only did that once!! Went to the bar at the top of the Burj - is it called The Vault? Highest on in the world I think. That was OK, not as eye wateringly expensive as I thought it would be. Full of massive posers though.
You're right about beer prices. And wine. Cocktails become relatively much cheaper by comparison! But you can get some amazing cheap food if you know where to look, especially Indian & Pakistani fare.
And there are twats *everywhere* but it's no worse than London or most big cities - loads of blokes in their twenties earning a little bit too much and thinking they own the place; you just ignore them and hope they do something stupid that gets them deported
Dubai is a soulless giant shopping Mall on an artificial beach staffed by underpaid and abused Bangladeshi and Indonesian staff ......it's a continual building site full of would be International Playboys renting hyper sports cars and blasting up and down the strip.
1980s Marbella without the culture or charm of Andalusia in the background.
But I'd also suggest that if that's all you see in Dubai you're doing it wrong.
Try and do a Friday Brunch they're pretty cool and you get a lot for your money in terms of food and drink. Don't get drunk and arrested though!
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
will be going in late October so temperature should be ok
The yard is nothing but a fence, the sun just hurts my eyes...
@fx_Munkee cheers, but its not somewhere I can ever seeing me returning to. Plenty of more appealing places round there IMO, such as Muscat as has been mentioned. I think Emirates are either your thing, or they aren't. Plenty of people rave about Dubai, but I didn't get it.
I'm sure there are places I like that others think are rubbish too.
@stickyfiddle - we found a bar, towards Downtown, from JBR, walking distance, big place with a large high roofed warehouse like drinking area, and a restaurant attached to it. On the beach I think. That was relatively cheap by Dubai standards, and was busy with westerners. Seemed fairly easy going place too, but I was always aware that you are only a misplaced swear word, or a matey hug away from being banged up without consular access!
@bobblehat when you go, watch your manners and don't expect to be able to show your wife/girlfriend any affection outdoors. If you are gay, don't even contemplate going there, or anywhere on the Arab peninsula for that matter.
And don't put anything vaguely detrimental about the area or the culture on social media!!
On the face of it, it seems a very relaxed and casual place, but it really isn't.
Its not really my cup of tea but I'm always up for a holiday.
Its my wife's choice and its her birthday so best go along!
End of discussion. Pull your finger out and get it sorted!! Don't wince as you pay the bills.
Sounds wonderful
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai#Human_rights
https://www.theguardian.com/world/dubai