The Dubai Fountain
Water climbs 500 feet above Burj Khalifa Lake, choreographed to Arabic and world music under 6,600 lights.
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At 275 meters long, this is the world's largest choreographed fountain—built for $218 million by WET Design, the California firm that created the Bellagio fountains in Las Vegas. The same engineering here is set to a completely different playlist: classical to contemporary Arabic and world music.
What to look for
- The five circles of different sizes and two arcs that give each show its structural shape
- 25 colored projectors shifting hues across the spray in sync with the music
- Water robots — a WET Design invention — that make individual jets sway as if alive
Viewable from the Burj Khalifa Lake promenade in Downtown Dubai; the light beam carries over 20 miles on a clear night.
The Dubai Fountain is one of 33 sights worth the detour in Dubai, all bundled offline in Voyage GO — download the Dubai pack and it sits on your map with no signal, filling your travel passport the moment you walk past.
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.