Princess Tower
For three years this 413-metre block of apartments was the tallest place anyone called home on Earth.
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Completed in September 2012 and surpassed only in 2015 by New York's 432 Park Avenue, Princess Tower held a specific world record. Its 97th-floor Observation Deck clears every other tower in the immediate Marina cluster — 23 Marina (395 m), Elite Residence (380.5 m), Almas Tower (363 m), and the twin JW Marriott Marquis towers (355 m) are all shorter.
What to look for
- Observation Deck on the 97th floor, fitted with Wi-Fi — the highest public vantage point in the building
- The Marina tower cluster below and around you: four named neighbors all fall short of Princess Tower's 413.4 m
- The scale of what's underground: 957 parking bays across six basement floors beneath 763 apartments
Located in Dubai's Marina district. The building is described as residential-only — confirm Observation Deck public access and hours before making the trip.
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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.