Dubai walk tour: Bluewaters Island, JBR The Beach & The Walk

■ BLUEWATERS ISLAND:
It's an artificial island 500m off the Jumeirah Beach Residence coastline, near Dubai Marina, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The project was approved by Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai and unveiled on February 13, 2013. It is built on reclaimed land by Meraas Holding, with dredging work conducted by Van Oord, the Dutch firm known for its work on Palm Jumeirah, at an estimated cost AED 6 billion. Construction was originally due to start in April 2013, but actually began on May 20, 2013. It opened in November 2018. The island includes entertainment, hospitality, residential, and retail zones, and is forecast to attract more than three million visitors annually. The island features two five-star hotels with direct beach access namely, the Caesars Palace and Caesars Hotel and Resort. The Bluewaters Residences is a premium apartment complex offering various dining, shopping and leisure experiences on the island, all while taking in spectacular views of the coast and skyline. Amenities include fitness centres, swimming pools, basketball courts, play areas and scenic outdoor spaces. Bluewaters also has around 200 beverage and retail and food outlets in the ground level of residential buildings and entertainment section of the island. The total number of residential buildings on the island is 10. Each of these is considered mid-rise and features 15 storeys or fewer. Bluewaters Island will feature the AED 1 billion the Ain Dubai, a 210m tall giant Ferris wheel opened to public on October 21, 2021. It is 42.5m taller than the current world's tallest Ferris wheel, the 167.6m High Roller, which opened in Las Vegas in March 2014 and 19.5m taller than the 190.5m New York Wheel planned for Staten Island.

■ JUMEIRAH BEACH RESIDENCE:
It's also known as JBR is a 1.7km long, 2km2 gross floor area waterfront community located on the coast of the Persian Gulf in Dubai Marina in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is a residential development and contains 40 towers: 35 are residential and 5 are hotels. JBR can accommodate about 15,000 people, living in its apartments and hotel rooms. The Project has 6,917 apartments, from 84 m2 studios to 510 m2 penthouses. JBR has a total of six residential blocks, Shams, Amwaj, Rimal, Bahar, Sadaf and Murjan in chronological order from east to west. JBR is within walking distance to Dubai Marina, Dubai Tram and Dubai Metro. The developer, Dubai Properties a subsidiary of Dubai Holding, launched JBR in August 2002. This 6-billion Dirham project was completed in 2010.

□ THE WALK:
Located along Jumeirah Beach Residence is a 1.7km strip on the ground and plaza levels of the complex. It was developed by Dubai Properties, was completed by 2007 and opened officially in August 2008. The Walk is one of Dubai’s outdoor and tourist attractions, with activities such as street painting, recycled art displays, comedy shows, sand sculptures, photography displays, booths selling fashion accessories and crafts. It is located adjacent to Hilton Dubai Jumeirah and Hilton Dubai The Walk, which opened their doors in October 2000, introducing Dubai’s ‘golden mile’ in Jumeirah to the signature service and quintessential hospitality associated with the Hilton Worldwide Resorts brand.

□ THE BEACH:
Located along Jumeirah Beach Residence is a retail complex constructed on the actual beach in front of JBR by Meraas Holding, a company owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai. The development, comprising four distinct plazas, occupies the bulk of the beachfront between the Hilton and Sheraton hotels and houses a number of levels of parking as well as seventy retail and food and beverage outlets, alongside entertainment facilities. The Beach provides a view of the Ain Dubai formerly called the Dubai Eye observation wheel on Bluewater Island, an artificial island.

■ MORE WALK TOUR VIDEOS:
1. JBR The Beach to Bluewaters: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZq7hqvuM1M&t=54s
2. Bluewaters Island to The Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsKYEFj2-OM&t=506s
3. JBR The Beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TVkAvaxNUnQ&t=24s
4. JBR The Beach & The Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r168ECH7pgM&t=484s
5. JBR The Walk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RkQCbcIdN0&t=89s
6. JBR The Walk to DMCC Metro Stn: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rIGwGlA2C44
7. JBR The Walk & The Beach: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=boF068DXhuY&t=24s

■ REFERENCES:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluewaters_Island
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ain_Dubai
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumeirah_Beach_Residence

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