Opposite the Jumeirah Beach Residence (JBR) Beach in Dubai lies the Bluewaters Artificial Island, which includes world-class hotel, residential and service facilities, with a total investment of eight billion dirhams.
Yesterday, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, the ruler of Dubai, visited the mixed-use project of Meraas Holding and listened to an explanation from His Excellency Abdullah Al Habbai, Chairman of the “Meraas” group on the level of achievement achieved in “Blue Waters Island” so far with all its housing options A variety of hotels and services are expected to contribute to enhancing the tourism scene in Dubai.
The explanation dealt with the components of the industrial island and the wide range of services and various services facilities with a distinct view of the coasts of Dubai spanning the shore of the Arabian Gulf, including hotel facilities, stores, outlets for sale, restaurants and cafeterias designed to serve the island’s visitors to ensure that they get a unique experience, and what includes Elements where work continued on the island for four years.
The visit included His Highness’s visit to the hotel options included in the island through two hotels overlooking the Gulf Coast, the first includes 178 luxury rooms and the second 301 rooms, while the two hotels combined provide more than 200 hotel apartments varying between one-room apartments and up to four rooms, while the two hotels offer the opportunity For their guests to enjoy a private beach stretching 450 meters on the banks of the Arabian Gulf.
The visit ends with the transformation of His Highness across the island, where he visited the “Eye of Dubai” site that entered the final stages of its implementation and will be completed with the construction of the largest and longest recreational wheel in the world with a height of about 210 meters, to provide a new milestone added to the main tourist attractions scattered in Dubai, where it will integrate with the rest of the components of the vital area adjacent to the project, which is “GBR” and “Dubai Marina” in the formation of an attraction that attracts visitors from inside and outside the country.
“Meraas” revealed the use of one of the anchors for the eye of Dubai as a platform for climbing ropes, which will be the highest of its kind, with a height of about 150 meters, in addition to enhancing the experience of visitors to the recreational wheel, especially for adventure lovers, as this feature will be provided under the supervision of a group of experienced experts in this Area to ensure the highest levels of security and safety of users.
In addition to the tourist and service facilities, the “Blue Waters” island includes 700 housing units within 10 buildings designed with various areas of varying levels and heights and distributed in a manner that takes into account the creation of a distinctive view of these units to ensure a distinct quality of life for all family members, while the island also includes places Generally it includes gyms, swimming pools, gardens and playgrounds as well as areas designated for children. The island also includes 200 stores and restaurants, most of which are concentrated in the shopping area, characterized by its low-rise buildings, while the island provides its visitors and residents with more than 4,500 parking lots on the lower floors of its buildings.
It connects the “Blue Waters” island to the coast, a bridge built by “Meraas” in cooperation with the Roads and Transport Authority and connects the island to Sheikh Zayed Street, while the company invested in the latest technology and mobility solutions where the mass transit service will be activated that allows passengers to move during a trip that takes only four minutes with the system of “vehicles” Self-driving ”linking the island to Ibn Battuta metro station, as well as connecting the island with the tourist area“ The Beach ”pedestrian bridge length of 265 meters.
Find out about the Bluewaters Island that Muhammad Bin Rashid visited recently
Bluewaters .. Unique view of the coastline of Dubai along the shore of the Arabian Gulf
Bluewaters .. hotel and residential facilities and world-class service and leisure facilities
Pivot columns as a platform for climbing ropes in the largest and longest-running recreational wheel in the world
The latest mobility technologies and solutions as the express mass transit service will be activated
