Marina 101
Dubai's second-tallest tower spent years as an unfinished skeleton — it finally opened in September 2024, with a Hard Rock hotel at the base and a restaurant at the very top.
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At 425 m and 101 floors, only the Burj Khalifa stands taller in the UAE. A 5-star Hard Rock hotel fills floors 1-33 with 281 rooms and five restaurants; 498 apartments occupy the middle stretch; six duplex penthouses sit near the crown on floors 97-100; and the 101st floor holds a club lounge, restaurant, and a Rock Shop merchandise store at the summit.
What to look for
- The 101st-floor Rock Shop — a Hard Rock merchandise store at 425 m
- The postmodernist facade, designed by National Engineering Bureau
- The split at floor 34 where hotel gives way to residential — two separate worlds in one tower
The Hard Rock hotel (floors 1-33) is the most accessible entry point; confirm whether the 101st-floor lounge and restaurant require a hotel stay or reservation before visiting.
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More to see in Dubai
- Burj KhalifaHalf a mile of reinforced concrete, straight up — the tallest structure on Earth since 2009.
- Burj al-ArabA hotel shaped like a dhow sail, planted on its own man-made island 280 meters off the beach.
- Dubai MallIn 2023 it drew a record 105 million visitors — up 19 percent year-on-year from the 88 million recorded the year before.
- 23 MarinaFifty-seven swimming pools stacked into one tower — and since 2026, visible war damage on the skyline.
- Palm JumeirahSand and stone stacked on the Persian Gulf to form a palm shape — only legible from the air, and reportedly still sinking 5 mm every year.
- Rose Tower (Rose Rayhaan by Rotana)A 333-metre hotel on Sheikh Zayed Road that actually outreaches the Burj Al Arab — and most people walk past it.