Best Shopping in Dubai

• Best Boutique Mall: Emirates Towers Boulevard. The elegant Boulevard features two floors of stylish shops, restaurants, and bars. It’s smaller and more exclusive than Dubai’s other shopping centers. • Best Shopping Center: Mall of the Emirates. The largest shopping center outside North America offers world-class department stores and retail outlets, extensive dining and entertainment options, and Ski Dubai, the incredible indoor ski resort. Shop and ski, as they say. • Best Modern Souk: Souk Madinat Jumeirah. This idyllic re-creation of an Arabian souk in the sprawling Madinat Jumeirah complex features boutiques selling Arabian art, sweets, jewelry, and upscale souvenirs. • Best Traditional Souk: Gold Souk. The enormous gold souk features every size, shape, color, and quality of gold you can imagine. Jewelry is sold by rows and rows of vendors, and bargaining is an important component of the shopping experience. • Best Persian Carpets: Persian Carpet House. This trusted dealer sells high-quality carpets from Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, and elsewhere in the region.