Those of you who are familiar with the ancient story of King Midas know he wished he could turn everything he touches into gold. At first, he enjoyed the newfound riches, but that’s also what made him starve to death as all the food he touched turned to gold too, which he obviously couldn’t eat. Well, apparently Midas has never visited the Scoopi Café in Dubai.
Scoopi Café serves gold ice cream, which is the most expensive ice cream in the world. This luxurious dessert is served in a Versace bowl and consumed with the help of a gold spoon.
Zippity-Doo!
Extreme sports fans are probably familiar with base jumping, paragliding, or bouldering in distant corners of the earth. As it turns out, Dubai has a little something for everyone, even adrenaline junkies. We are talking about the longest urban zip-line in the world.
It is a 1.7-mile-long zip line (that's longer than the Golden Gate Bridge!), and those who venture it can almost fly above the Dubai marina at 90mph.
Sleeping With the Fish
When planning a trip, one of the first things you want to take care of is accommodation. And we believe that about halfway through going over this list, you made sure that Dubai is on your personal bucket list. If you feel like splurging on your trip to Dubai and guarantee that your hotel room has an ocean view, consider staying at one of the Atlantis underwater suites.
Atlantis has two suites (Neptune and Poseidon) that are completely submerged under the water of the Persian Gulf, meaning you can sleep with thousands of marine creatures swimming in your walls.
Golden Facials Are Real
Luxury spa treatments are nothing new. It seems like wherever you look people are trying to harness the power of the earth's flora and fauna to preserve their youth. One such trend is using a golden mask in facial treatments.
You might think you can get some gold-colored beauty masks at any beauty product store, but the percentage of actual gold in that mask would be minimal to non-existent. In Dubai, however, they don't settle for anything less than 24K of the real thing. The Jumeirah Zabeel Saray spa offers a full facial with a 24K gold mask.
You Can Get a Lava Shells Massage
Lava shells are the latest trend in massage therapy. Unlike the regular hot stones sometimes used in massage therapy, the lava shells can emit heat for up to an hour, which makes for an out-of-this-world session of massage therapy.
The shells go through a special process through which they absorb heat and minerals, which later help the patient with pain and stress relief. You can't just get such treatment at any spa, but in Dubai, these aren't hard to come by as long as you don't mind paying up to 200 dollars for them.