The Ibn Battuta Mall

The Ibn Battuta Mall is a large shopping mall on the Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai close to Interchange 6 for Jebel Ali Village. It is named after famous traveller and explorer Ibn Battuta. The names of the six courts of the mall are named after the countries to which Ibn Battuta travelled. the mall is divided into six courts each based on the areas he visited on his travels: China, India, Egypt, Tunisia, Persia and Andalusia.

Each Court is decorated to resemble each of these areas of the world and it certainly makes for an interesting walk around with many beautifully decorated ceilings, sculptures, boats and mini displays.

The shopping in the mall has a good mixture of well known brand names and individual retailers, which might mean you will find some things you can´t in any of the other malls. The China court houses a 21 screen cinema including UAE´s very first IMAX theatre. The major food court can be found in Tunisia Court, however there are a couple of restaurants in China Court and many other pit stops dotted around the rest of the mall.

The mall when viewed from the outside seems to run forever, spread across a huge area of land with a total of ten different car parks. Because of its design walking through the mall means you have to double back on yourself to get back to your car but it´s not as big as it looks fortunately and there´s always something to grab your eye that you may have missed first time through.

P.O. Box 261177
Sheikh Zayed Road
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Tel: 3621900
Fax: 3685140
Email: info@ibnbattutamall.com
Website: http://www.ibnbattutamall.com/
Location: Click here to view the map.