Dubai's free beaches are the most popular during the tourist season. The coasts with free access are a place of attraction not only for tourists, but also for locals. Most of these beaches are adequately equipped with everything you need: there are changing cabins, toilets, rent chairs and umbrellas.
For those who prefer an active holiday there are all kinds of facilities in rent, and the length of the beaches can comfortably accommodate those who prefer privacy. There are a lot of mini-cafes, stores, foodtracks, and even beach libraries. You can also read some beach vacation tips for relaxing on the beaches of Dubai.
Also among the free a lot of wild and unequipped beaches. They have no facilities and infrastructure, but such beaches are still suitable for comfortable swimming, even for the smallest vacationers.
Jumeirah Open Beach
Jumeirah Open Beach has unofficially been dubbed "Russian Beach" because it is there, as well as the second free beach Jumeirah Beach Residents (JBR) where you can often hear Russian speech.
The beach is wide, equipped with a "basic set" for a comfortable stay. The only disadvantage of the beach - there are always a lot of tourists, and on weekends to the number of holidaymakers are added to the number of locals.
You do not need to pay to enter the beach. The beach is a great place for a holiday with children. The beach entrance is shallow and does not have any rocks, while the shoal stretches for a few meters.
JBR Beach
Jumeirah Beach Residents Free Beach or JBR is one of the most popular beaches in Dubai, not only among visitors, but also among locals. During the high tourist season, the coast can be quite crowded.
Although entry to the beach is free, renting sun loungers will have to be paid for separately. If you wish, you can sit on the green lawns. Also on the beach JBR is a water transport rental, all sorts of entertainment, children's and sports fields.
The beach stretches for a couple of kilometers in the fashionable area of the same name near the Dubai Marina. On the waterfront along the beach stretches a pedestrian promenade with numerous restaurants, shopping centers, fountains, etc.
Sufukh Beach
A more secluded time will be spent at another city beach that has a double name, Al Sufuh, or Sanset. It is called "semi-wild" and even "secret", there are almost no facilities and entertainment on the shore, but it has a convenient location - near Palm Jumeirah and the Burj Al Arab Jumeirah Hotel (in the form of a sail), so you can hear another version of the name - the beach at the hotel-sail in Dubai.
There is no entrance fee to Sanset beach. Of the minuses - there are no toilets, changing rooms, lifeguards. Stores where you can buy drinking water and snacks are some distance away.
The beach is perfect for lovers of secluded recreation away from the noise of the metropolis and the crowds of tourists. Given the lack of equipment, the number of tourists is much less. Sufuh, as well as the other beaches in Dubai, is suitable for recreation with small children, but it's worth to be prepared beforehand and to take a sun umbrella and a beach mat.
La Mer Beach
La Mer public beach in Dubai - La Mer at Jumeirah-1. This beach has a good entertainment area, cafes and stores. Admission is free. The beach is conventionally divided into two parts, which are separated by a small peninsula, where the water park "Laguna" is located.
The beach infrastructure is developed as well as possible - there are cafes, sanitary areas, deck chairs and water transport, playground, lifeguards. Open showers on the beach are free, but you have to pay extra for shower cabins.