A perfect day at Downtown Dubai

The Downtown Dubai is the most amazing place of Dubai because of the tallest Burj Khalifa, Dubai fountain show, The Dubai mall and Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo. 

Dubai Mall, The Downtown Dubai

We reached at The Dubai mall in the morning, the biggest, the huge mall. You actually need a map in your hand (available at information centers), or you will be lost while shopping. After spending few hours exploring the mall, we entered into the most amazing Dubai underwater zoo. The ticket is 75 AED per person. It is one of the best aquariums having lots of marine species, from colorful to transparent fishes, from the smallest to whales and sharks, a wild variety of them. 

Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, Dubai Mall

Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo, Dubai Mall

We spent the afternoon on the other side of the mall, near Souk Al Bahar. This is the best point to capture the magnificent Burj Khalifa, because of the artificial lake and no obstacles in between. 

Souk al Bahar, The Downtown Dubai

Burj Khalifa as seen from Souk-Al-Bahar, The Downtown Dubai

The Address, Downtown Dubai

We joined the queue to go up on 124th floor of the burj in late afternoon, two hours before sunset. We had booked the advance tickets from www.atthetop.ae , as the tickets get costlier if you buy on the same day. We get into the elevator, and zzzzooooom, in just 60 seconds we were touching the sky at 452 meters. 

The Dubai Mall and Dubai Fountain from 124th floor of Burj Khalifa, Dubai

View of Dubai-The City of Skyscrapers from 124th floor of Burj Khalifa

The observation deck gives excellent panoramic views of the Dubai city, the other skyscrapers, the coastline, the world islands and some hints of Palm island, Burj-Al-Arab, Palm Atlantis and the skyscrapers of Dubai Marina. 

View of World Island at Sunset from 124th floor of Burj Khalifa

We enjoyed the sunset, the first and second fountain show from there on the top. 

The Dubai Fountain from 124th floor of Burj Khalifa

Then we descended to the ground, to again enjoy the fountain show standing in between the Burj and the lake. The Fountain show is truly spectacular and gives a perfect end to a day well spent at The Downtown Dubai.

Burj Khalifa at night, The Downtown Dubai