I wanted to visit the Ibn Battuta Mall because of its Chinese court. Before I show you the photos, let me tell you more about this mall. The Ibn Battuta Mall is on the way from Dubai to Abu Dhabi (Sheikh Zayed Road) past Dubai Internet City. The mall is named after the famous explorer Ibn Battuta. The mall’s theme is based on the countries he visited.
The mall has six courts:
- Andalusia
- Tunisia
- Egypt
- Persia
- India
- China
Our taxi dropped us off at the Andalusia side of the mall.
Taxi Stand at Ibn Battuta Mall
In the background you can see the giant arch entrance of the Ibn Battuta Gate Hotel.
Somebody told me to look up inside all the Dubai malls because the roofs are also decorated. They were right!
Roof decoration Ibn Battuta Mall
The decorations were beautiful. This one reminded me of the Alhambra in Andalusia:
Fountain Andalusia Court
The roof of the Tunisian Court looks like the shopping mall of Caesar's Palace, Las Vegas:
Tunisian Court
Tunisian Food Court
The Egypt Court
Entrance Persia Court
Persia Court
Roof Persia Court
India Court
The India Court holds a special reproduction: The Elephant Clock
This clock is powered by water and weights. Inside the elephant a bucket is slowly filled with water. This takes about 30 minutes. When the bucket is full a system of strings and balls pulls out the bucket and a drum is sounded to indicate a half hour has passed. The clock keeps running when there is enough water and balls available to empty the buckets.
Finally we arrived at the China Court:
China Court
China Court
Roof China Court
The Main China Court holds a Chinese Junk – a sailing vessel:
Chinese Junk at China Court
The mall also houses a Tony Roma’s. Beef ribs are served here, much larger than the regular ribs in the USA:
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