miss b loves ........ Safa Park, Dubai and a very special café!

I mentioned a couple of weeks ago in a previous post here that we had enjoyed a stroll around the beautiful Safa Park in Dubai but it really does deserve its own post. Home to over 200 species of birds and almost 17000 trees and bushes, the wide open spaces are so peaceful and the grass incredibly healthy and green especially when you consider that Dubai is in the desert!

It's just three dhirams (about 50 pence) to enter and well worth it as there are a range of amenities including barbecue stations, a children's train and rides.  The park is so clean, immaculately maintained with colourful floral displays.....

 ..... water features....

.... and views of the stunning skyline....on the left the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world and on the right the two towers of the JW Marriott Marquis, the world's tallest hotel......

Seeing the date palms was a reminder that we were in Dubai (and of course the perfect temperature was a clue too!)...

There's even a soft rubberised jogging track around the park, about 3.5 kilometres long and apparently there's a popular flea market on the first Saturday of the month.

Finally I had read about the new café...The Archive...and it certainly lived up to our expectations.....

We opted for the all day breakfast ....a healthy version.... poached eggs, grilled tomato and avocado. The wholemeal toast and jam both tasted deliciously home-made too.

More than a café, this is a community space with so many interesting and varied events organised.........

.... and it's also a contemporary library focused on art, culture, design ..... specialising in Middle Eastern and North African art literature........

When people think of Dubai it's usually the sun, sand and skyscrapers but there really is much more to this fascinating city!
                 

           

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