Dubai Festival City Mall

Dubai Festival City Mall is one of Dubai’s most exciting retail, dining and leisure precincts. Located only five minutes from Dubai International Airport, it is also a popular vantage point for spectacular sunsets and an evening light show over the surrounding water. Bordering Dubai Creek, Festival City also offers a selection of world-class hotels like the InterContinental, Holiday Inn and Crowne Plaza.

The mall, which is open from 10am-10pm Mon-Thu and 10am-1am Fri-Sun, offers over 350 stores at your disposal, including mega-department stores such as Ikea Dubai and Marks & Spencer. You’ll also find brands such as H&M, DKNY, Charles & Keith and so many more. Add to that a variety of dining options including cafes, bakeries and a large food court.

Things to do at Dubai Festival City Mall

This spacious lifestyle hub is a great spot for little ones, with dedicated entertainment venues like Fabyland and the LEGO-based Bricobilandia. The young at heart can join in on the fun at BOUNCE-X, for trampoline and freestyle sessions. Meanwhile, film enthusiasts will be spoilt for choice with myriad blockbuster showings at the VOX Cinemas multiplex.

Visitors will love IMAGINE, the record-setting water, light and laser projection show that takes place daily after sunset at Festival Bay. They can continue an enjoyable evening on a serene dhow boat ride, and end with an al fresco dinner by the water, or dine inside the mall at one of many restaurants including Al Fanar, Famous Dave's, P.F. Chang's and more.

How to get to Dubai Festival City Mall

You can easily get to Dubai Festival City Mall using the following public transportation options:

• Dubai Metro: The closest metro stations to Dubai Festival City Mall are Emirates Metro Station on the Red Line or Creek Metro Station on the Green Line. If you alight at Emirates Metro station, hail an RTA taxi to reach the mall. From Creek Metro Station you can either take a free shuttle bus to Dubai Festival City Mall or a water taxi for a scenic ride.
  
  
• Bus: RTA bus routes that stop at Dubai Festival City include F58, 53, 64A, 44, 24 and 103. If you are taking an RTA bus, the nearest stop is the Festival Centre Station, from where Dubai Festival City Mall is a short 15-minute walk.

Please visit rta.ae for detailed public transportation schedules.

Alternatively, If you're driving, you can park in the free covered parking at Dubai Festival City Mall. Get a preview of your entire trip on Google Maps.

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