Palme Couture Residences, Palm Jumeirah
Ten storeys, fourteen homes, one developer: Innovate Living developed this building, and the small count is the whole point. A tower with hundreds of flats sends you through busy lobbies and crowded lifts. Here, fourteen front doors share one entrance.
Apartments with three or four bedrooms share the building with duplexes. Penthouses and townhouses complete the mix, so there is no studio to book for a quick weekend. You choose this building when you travel with family or friends and want space more than a hotel-style room count. A Palm apartment pairs a walk to the water with a monorail and a mall on the island, which suits anyone who wants a beach holiday with a kitchen.
Developer
Innovate Living
Storeys
10
Units
14 homes
On this page
- What ten floors do for a stay
- The other end of the island's scale
- Keys, lobby and the first evening
- Three kinds of guest, one building
- Tram, monorail and the one road
- Doctors, nurseries and the school run
- The mall, the park and dinner
- A day away from the pool
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
What ten floors do for a stay
Height changes the stay less here than it would in a skyline tower. Ten storeys put the upper homes above the street without lifting them into the clouds, and the penthouses and duplexes sit at the top of that climb. Palm Jumeirah is calm, with waterfront views, running and cycling along the sea, and a view of Atlantis The Palm from many places on the island. Your window looks out on that scene rather than over a wall of other towers. It suits you less if you travel alone: the smallest home in the building has three bedrooms, and the island is calm rather than lively.
The other end of the island's scale
Shoreline Apartments hold 2,600 apartments in 20 buildings, from one to four bedrooms, which makes fourteen homes the opposite end of the island's scale. For the whole island laid out at once, go up to The View at The Palm. The deck is on level 52 of Palm Tower. It is an outing, not an address.
Keys, lobby and the first evening
DXB is the airport you land at. A taxi from arrivals reaches the island in one leg. The island joins mainland Dubai by a road bridge that connects to Sheikh Zayed Road (E11). Traffic builds near the entry and exit points during peak hours, so a late arrival may take longer than you expect. Someone is at the desk when you reach the door.
You arrive at a reception desk, with security and CCTV covering the building. Parking is there for residents, which helps with luggage. A laundry service handles the first load of travel clothes. The desk is where you collect the keys and ask about the rest.
For the first shop, Choithrams Palm Shoreline and Spinneys Golden Mile serve daily shopping. Allday Fresh Market and Organic Foods and Cafe cover specialty groceries, while Life Pharmacy is one of the pharmacies on the island if the flight left you needing something.
Three kinds of guest, one building
A couple gets the wellness floor of the building. The swimming pool and the gym come first. The spa and the steam room follow, with the jacuzzi saved for the evening. You can do all of it without leaving the block. Nobody needs to book a table or a taxi.
A remote worker needs quiet more than any pool. The residents' lounge or function room is a second place to sit when the home has become a bedroom and an office at once. Maintenance services at the building deal with a faulty switch or a noisy air-conditioning unit, so the working day is not lost to a repair.
A family gets the landscaped gardens, which give children a place to run before dinner, and the barbecue area turns a Friday into an outdoor meal. When the garden is too hot, the mall has indoor play areas for children. Three- and four-bedroom homes, or a townhouse, give each child a door to close at night.
Tram, monorail and the one road
Rail gets you most of the way. From the Red Line you reach DMCC or Sobha Realty, change to the Dubai Tram, and arrive at Palm Gateway as the ninth tram station, between Media City and Knowledge Village, where a footbridge links the tram stop on Al Sufouh Road to Gateway Station. The Red Line itself stops short of the island.
Bus route 8 links Deira Bus Station and Ibn Battuta Metro Station and runs along Sufouh Road, close to the tram stop. The Palm Monorail has four stations. They are Palm Gateway, Al Ittihad Park, Palm Jumeirah Mall and Atlantis Aquaventure. Palm Gateway has public parking, with the first three hours free for monorail ticket holders. Cars drive on and off the island freely along the trunk.
Doctors, nurseries and the school run
Palm Jumeirah has no school of its own. Dubai College is a selective British-curriculum school in Al Sufouh. GEMS Dubai American Academy in Al Barsha teaches the American curriculum. For younger children, Blossom Nursery Palm Jumeirah follows the British EYFS curriculum.
Emirates Hospitals Clinic Palm Jumeirah and Dubai London Clinic are at Nakheel Mall. Medcare Medical Centre at Seven Palm covers general medicine. The clinics mean a minor ailment does not need a trip off the island.
The mall, the park and dinner
The boardwalk and beaches along the Palm are used for jogging and yoga by the water. Palm West Beach has swimming and dog walking. Surf Club and Lucky Fish sit on the sand. The Club at Palm West Beach groups Ayla and Playa for a longer evening.
Saffron and Il Passaggio are among the restaurants on the Palm. Sapori and The Locale are two more. Frevo and Zest are also named for dining. Ossiano is an underwater restaurant. Along with Seafire Steakhouse it sits around Atlantis The Palm, which suits a night out that needs a booking made ahead of the evening.
Nakheel Mall has five levels of shops, restaurants and attractions. It also has a Vox Cinemas complex and its own monorail station. Al Ittihad Park has a running track, room for picnics and yoga, and a welcome for dogs.
A day away from the pool
Atlantis Aquaventure is the last monorail stop, with the station next to the waterpark entrance, so a day out at the resort needs no car at all. The Dubai Balloon at Atlantis and the Leap of Faith are two more attractions at the same resort. Skydive Dubai is a third name in the area, for anyone who wants a day that starts with a jump.
Nakheel built Palm Jumeirah, with work beginning in June 2001, and Atlantis The Palm opened at the apex of the island in 2008.
Tecom Masjid is one mosque near the island. Mosque Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed is another, and both are useful to know on a Friday.
If you own here
Royale Stays manages homes for owners from a management fee of 15%, covering furnishing, photography, pricing, check-in, guest communication and maintenance. A holiday home on the Palm needs Dubai Economy and Tourism (DET) approval before the property can be advertised. A DET permit does not override building rules, so check what the building itself requires. If a larger tower suits you better, Marina Residences 6 is a Palm neighbour with its own page. Fairmont The Residence North is another. Read about managing a Palm Jumeirah home for the rest.
Sources
Sources: Gulf News, Property Finder, The National, Bayut area guide, Bayut, Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Online, dubizzle Property blog, dubizzle blog, Palm Monorail, Nakheel, Dubai Sotheby's International Realty, Wikipedia.
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