12/29/2016 - During the morning we took the metro red line from our hotel, which was close to the Mall of Emirates, till the Union station, taking the intersecting green line till the Al Ras station, which is close to the Gold Souk. This area is full of jewelry stores, mostly gold and precious stones, and is the best in the world to by gold jewelry. This market is highly controlled by the government for quality and origin, so you can buy safely in those stores, but take care: don't buy anything from this guys on the street! They will bother you a lot all along the streets trying to sell fake Chinese clocks and other stuff.
One interesting thing you'll see is the Guinness book gold ring, more than 58 kg of gold. Dubai is known for its 24, 22 and 21 karat gold, but also 18K and others are common. When my wife was already crazy of seeing millions of dollars in gold in all those stores displays, we went back to the hotel like two poor dogs ...
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