Joanna James
Tourists vacationing in Dubai – take a break from all the luxury shopping, ultramodern architecture, and lively nightlife the city is renowned for and explore its clutch of magnificent aquariums for a change. Discover a fascinating underwater world awaiting you amidst the vast golden deserts.
Holding more than 10 million litres of water, Dubai Aquarium and Underwater Zoo is the largest aquarium in the entire UAE as well as the largest suspended aquarium in the whole wide world. The spellbinding aquarium set on the ground floor of the ritzy Dubai Mall rises to 3 floors high and is home to over a whopping 650,000 marine creatures of 140+ species. It is, without a doubt, a world-class aquatic exhibit that treats you to a kaleidoscopic underwater experience.
Al Mahara seafood restaurant in Burj Al Arab is like any other swanky fine dining restaurant in the futuristic city of Dubai, but with a gigantic aquarium right in the middle of the restaurant floor. In fact, the opulent restaurant has not one but two tanks, the main lobby tank and a secondary predator tank, with a capacity of 500,000 litres and 300,000 litres respectively. Treat both your taste buds as well as your eyes as you indulge in an immersive underwater dining experience like you've never had before.
Travel back in time to The Lost City of Atlantis by making your way to The Lost Chambers Aquarium. The unreal underwater assembly is set to replicate the ancient mythological Greek city with underwater halls and tunnels and loses you in a world of imagination and magic. Vacationing tourists could also find some fine Sheikh Zayed Road Dubai hotels in the vicinity, including the likes of Avani Ibn Battuta Hotel Dubai.
Take a break from exploring seemingly unreal underwater aquariums and make your way to Dubai Dolphinarium for some amusing action of playful sea creatures. Spreading over an area of 5,000 square metres, Dubai Dolphinarium is the first-ever fully air-conditioned indoor dolphinarium in the entire Middle East, providing refuge for a clutch of dolphins and seals. The one-of-a-kind aquarium hosts live shows and photo sessions daily for tourists to watch and interact with these high-spirited creatures.
Last but not least, add some turtles to your tour of aquariums in Dubai by visiting the Mina A'Salam Turtle Enclosure. It might not be as swanky as the rest of the aquariums on this list but is the best place in Dubai for any animal lover to get up close and personal with meek shelly turtles.
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