Aura, Tilal Al Ghaf
Aura is a gated villa neighbourhood within Tilal Al Ghaf, Dubai, developed by Majid Al Futtaim. The community's typical product is three- and four-bedroom twin villas with distinctive rooftop "sky suites," built in a sleek, contemporary geometric style. Royale Stays manages the setup, pricing and guest side of listing a property here for a fee starting from 15%.
Developer
Majid Al Futtaim
Type
Twin villas with rooftop sky suites (3-4BR)
Sizes
Roughly 2,150 to 2,900+ sq ft (varies by unit/plot)
Status
Delivered, among Tilal Al Ghaf's established communities
Location
Tilal Al Ghaf master community, near Lagoon Al Ghaf
About Aura
Aura is a gated sub-community within Tilal Al Ghaf, Dubai's lagoon-centred master community developed by Majid Al Futtaim. Unlike a single tower, Aura comprises twin villas arranged in a contemporary, geometric architectural style, with three- and four-bedroom configurations, each including a signature rooftop "sky suite" terrace.
Bayut, which tracks live listings data for the community, places Aura among the top four communities for both buying and renting villas in Tilal Al Ghaf, alongside Harmony, Aura Gardens and Elan, based on real transaction and rental-listing activity. This puts Aura among the community's established, delivered neighbourhoods rather than its still-under-construction phases; Bayut's own list of Tilal Al Ghaf projects still under construction, Plagette 32, Lanai Islands, Bo Monde, Alaya Beach and Serenity Mansions, each with a stated 2026 to 2027 completion date, does not include Aura.
Aura should not be confused with Aura Gardens, a separately named sub-community elsewhere within Tilal Al Ghaf, or with Aura by Azizi, an unrelated project by a different developer. See the Questions section below for full disambiguation.
Location & Nearby Landmarks
Aura sits within the wider Tilal Al Ghaf master community, within walking distance of Lagoon Al Ghaf and the community's retail area. The already-covered Elysian Mansions, Elan and Alaya neighbourhoods sit elsewhere within the same master plan.
By car, Tilal Al Ghaf is roughly 15 minutes from Mall of the Emirates, 17 minutes from Dubai Expo City, 20 minutes from Downtown Dubai, 25 minutes from Al Maktoum International Airport and 29 minutes from Dubai International Airport.
Drive times are approximate, based on typical traffic conditions from the wider Tilal Al Ghaf community rather than Aura specifically, and will vary by time of day.
Unit Types
Aura's typical product is three- and four-bedroom twin villas with rooftop sky suites, built in a sleek, geometric contemporary style with expansive plot sizes. Individual listings observed range more widely, from three-bed to five-bed configurations and roughly 2,150 to 2,900 or more square feet, likely reflecting extended or corner-plot resale units alongside the base product.
Amenities
Aura residents share the wider Tilal Al Ghaf community's amenities: Lagoon Al Ghaf, a 70,000 square metre recreational lagoon with sandy beaches and water sports, landscaped parks, jogging and cycling trails, retail options and an on-site international school.
Transportation & Access
Aura has no Metro station of its own, in common with the rest of Tilal Al Ghaf. Residents rely primarily on private cars, reaching the rest of Dubai via the community's connections to Hessa Street and Sheikh Zayed Bin Hamdan Al Nahyan Street.
Rental & Price Trends
Bayut-sourced listings data puts a three-bedroom villa sale in Aura at around AED 4.33 million and a four-bedroom at around AED 5.44 million. Asking annual rents run around AED 226,000 for a three-bedroom and AED 267,000 for a four-bedroom.
Figures are Bayut's own listings-data trends, not independently cross-verified beyond that source this session.
Airbnb / Short-Term Rental Income Potential
Majid Al Futtaim is a standard freehold master developer, not a hotel brand or serviced-apartment operator, so a DTCM holiday home permit from the Department of Economy and Tourism is applied for directly, the same routing that applies elsewhere in Tilal Al Ghaf. No independently confirmed Airbnb or Booking.com listing specifically in Aura was found this session, distinct from Aura Gardens, a different sub-community where the Tilal Al Ghaf area guide already cites active listings.
Royale Stays' confirmed villa-management markets today are Mag City, MBR City and DAMAC Hills/DAMAC Hills 2, and Aura sits outside those confirmed markets, so no Aura-specific earnings figure is quoted here. Read more in Royale Stays' holiday home permit guide. Royale Stays' Airbnb management services, furnishing, photography, dynamic pricing, guest communications, check-in and maintenance coordination, are available from a management fee starting at 15%. Owners ready to move forward can submit their property for a free assessment.
Royale Stays does not currently manage a property in Aura. The company's real Dubai villa short-term rental track record comes from a managed villa in Mag City, part of the MBR City masterplan, plus villas in DAMAC Hills and DAMAC Hills 2; Aura-specific performance data is not available.
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