Dubai can be called the Mecca of shoppers worldwide. It has managed to be one of the favorite shopping hot spots for tourists since several years. Thousands of shopaholics throng the city during the huge Dubai Shopping Festival or “Layali Dubai” as it is known in Arabic every year. What began as an attempt to promote Dubai trade in 1996 has grown to be an annual shopping, entertainment and cultural show for people around the globe. You will find great discounts on a wide range of everyday use items in this festival. There is a myriad range of products from jewelry to fashionable clothing, electrical goods and lovely carpets.

The Arabic word souk’ stands for the market place where goods are brought or exchanged. In ancient times, the shipping vessels of Arabia used to bring in cargoes from China, the Far East, India and Ceylon on the docks, which would be traded in the souks near the docks. Now, the Dubai Gold Souk have become multi-storeyed air conditioned shopping malls and the items that come for sale include Ittar (Arabic Perfume), silks, spices and latest gizmos, designer apparels and gold.

Dubai is called the “shopping capital of the Middle East”. Many souks and shopping malls dot this beautiful city and there is no better place to buy products at unbeatable prices during Dubai shopping. Bur Juman is a place that is synonymous with the best retail names in the UAE. Bur Juman is one of the biggest shopping malls in Dubai, which has a wide selection of restaurants, food courts and stores selling branded items. Below is a complete list of Dubai Shopping Malls.

Dubai has an array of jewellery and gold stores spread across the city. The Deira gold souk is the largest gold bazaar in the world and is world famous for shopping in Dubai. The presence of the Deira gold souk was another reason why Dubai is known as the City of Gold. The Bur Dubai streets is also a famous spot for jewellery shopping. Popular brands of jewellery are available in the Al Fahidi street and Meena Bazaar areas of Bur Dubai. Below is a complete list of Jwellery stores in Dubai.

Visit Dubai, a shopper’s haven, where a wide range of manufactured goods, luxury branded items, designer clothes, cosmetics and an overdose of gold and cosmetic jewelry is available for purchase. Travel to Dubai where a superb blend of “exotica” and “extravaganza” spread out over 55 malls in the city awaits the tourist. Listed below are some of the popular malls and markets in Dubai which are renowned for their opulence, retail outlets, restaurants and recreational activities.