Night Beach

Dubai


Fancy a nighttime swim with the twinkling Burj Al Arab as a backdrop? Since 2017, you can legally take a post-sunset dip along a 125m stretch of beach illuminated by 12m-high wind- and solar-powered floodlights and staffed with lifeguards. Find it about 1km north of the iconic landmark.


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