Do you love to shop? Hmmm Let me see what's in my shopping bag, I bought an amazing painting from Africa, then pieces of clothing from China, colorful home decors from Spain and Thailand, a woven neck warmer from India, and some giveaways from Egypt. Then went food tripping, a hearty snack from Philippines, enjoyed some famous Syrian sweets and a taste of famous coffee from Vietnam. And believe me I am not even half way done!
Well, I am talking about Global Village in Dubai. They offer 29 pavilions from over 42 countries like Iran, Europe, Sri Lanka , Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand, Vietnam, Afghanistan, Morocco, Tunisia, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Egypt, India, UAE, Saudi Arabia, Africa, Spain, China, and more! Aside from that they also have live performances by international artists, Dancing Water Fountain, A Fun Fair for the whole family with 38 rides and games, an Abra ride and after all that shopping and walking in their 17.2M sq ft land area is a chance to eat around the world with around 25 restaurants and cafes.
Few of the Pavilions:
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Pavilion from Syria:
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China and Afghanistan:
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Jordan and Iraq:
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The Abra roaming around the village
One of the many live performances:
The Fun Fair
The Dancing Fountain
Global Village has been operating for 15 years with around 6M yearly guests from all over the world. They are open for just a few months in a year, recently from November 1,2011 to March 31,2012 which is very timely for my trip.
For this year they are now accepting applicants for lease opportunities, here's their contact details:
you can call Global Village Call Centre on 043624114
or contact via sales@globalvillage.ae
For us shoppers, for the meantime all we can do is wait for their next season, here's their main website for more info: http://www.globalvillage.ae
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Are the items there expensive? So nice to be able to shop in several countries at once!
ReplyDeleteHi Aleah, not really expensive and the best thing about it is you can haggle the prices! ;)
Deleteso nice to go there even just once, hehe
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wow.I want to go there soon :D
ReplyDeleteWow. AS always, I envy you. I am so happy to see loads of photos here on your blog. It feels like somehow, you take me with you when you travel.
ReplyDeleteI have always dreamed of visiting Dubai even for a week. Maybe soon. I hope :)
Thanks Maxi! Yeah you should visit Dubai there's so much to see! ;)
DeleteLooks like you had a round the world shopping! Love the abra village! Nice live performance with costumes! :)
ReplyDeleteWow! This is a must-visit place in Dubai. I would love to shop and eat here :D
ReplyDeletecool! this place is interesting!! i wanna go here too! :)
ReplyDeleteIt's like Shenzhen's Window of the World park, only that it's been created to cater to any individual's shopping needs! Grabe, I really want to visit Dubai na.
ReplyDeletereally love your blogposts.. parang sa sobrang ganda nang pics feeling ko andyan din ako kasama mo
ReplyDeleteIts like a one-time world tour without getting on a plane. I think I wanted to be here as well.
ReplyDeleteyou really visited a lot of places in Dubai in just one week...went there 4 yrs back ;)
ReplyDeleteWow, shopping meca for shopaholics! would love to go there myself someday.:)
ReplyDeleteyou are so lucky to travel and get a souvenir in every places
ReplyDeleteWow, you shopped around the world in just one day! :) Interesting international fair. Nice way to promote our country and products in that part of the world. Oh, but if I were there, I'd prolly just eat. I'm not a big shopping fan. :))
ReplyDeleteWell, I guess there is not much to do there except shop, just like in Singapore. I am not a shopping person, so I'll probably pass this place. You look very pretty in the pictures, Violy...take care!
ReplyDeleteAyos ah! Parang nakapag around the world ka na rin!
ReplyDeleteim already imagining myself going there lol
ReplyDeletewish i could go there someday :)
what an amazing place! wish we could go there someday, thanks for posting
ReplyDeleteIt's like shopping around the world in one location. I love how clean the place is! Thank you for sharing your photos on this trip parang nakapunta na din ako~
ReplyDeletewow! i'd love to shop on one of these places someday!
ReplyDeleteDubai seems to be one enchanting place. Not sure if I will get the opportunity to visit that place. Maybe someday.
ReplyDeleteThese photos show
ReplyDeletethat you really have enjoyed
touring the place with
shopping on the side.
amazing!! would love to visit dubai's global village too!!!!
ReplyDeleteWow! That's around the world in a few minutes ^_^
ReplyDeleteThat looked like a pretty awesome place, would love to see the dancing fountains :D
ReplyDeleteWith your photos alone I feel like in wonderland how much more if given the chance to be there myself... WOW !!! :D
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