Golden Mile 2, Palm Jumeirah
IFA Hotel & Resorts developed Golden Mile 2, an 11-storey building on Palm Jumeirah with Spinneys 0.13 km from the building. For a stay where the milk and the bread come from one short trip, that count of floors and that distance make a tidy pair.
The homes range from one-bedroom apartments to three-bedrooms and penthouses. Cafes or restaurants on site mean the ground floor is part of the stay and not only the way out to the street.
Developer
IFA Hotel & Resorts
Storeys
11
Units
1-3BR + penthouses
On this page
- How long you stay changes the building
- What each home is for
- Where children fit
- Up on the roof, then down to the lounge
- A run in the morning and a soak at night
- The drive in from DXB
- The tram and the water bus
- The bus route and the metro on the map
- Spinneys and the daily shop
- The park and the sand
- Coffee first, then a film
- Up high on the Palm
- Doctors and the nearest hospital
- The pharmacy and the school gate
- When the Palm cools and when it does not
- What the island looks like from the trunk
- How the island came to carry towers
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
How long you stay changes the building
A weekend here rewards doing very little. The swimming pool is there for the morning, and the jacuzzi and the sauna answer the evening. You can finish a short break without a single taxi.
Stay a week and the routine needs more. The gym in the building covers the early hours, and the retail units and cafes or restaurants on site cover the small errands that pile up by Wednesday.
Stay a month and the practical parts matter most. A business or meeting room gives a laptop a table that is not the sofa. Parking for residents suits a hire car, a reception desk handles arrivals, and maintenance services are provided at the building when something stops working. The weekly shop is a short trip to Spinneys, so a month here does not need a car every day.
It suits you less if you want a tower with a skyline of its own. Eleven storeys is a mid-rise scale. Security and CCTV cover are the only reminders that the building is a shared one.
What each home is for
A one-bedroom suits a couple who want a base and not a showpiece. The two-bedroom suits two couples sharing, or a family with one child. The three-bedroom and the penthouse are the homes for a larger party, and the children's play area makes those homes easier to live in when younger travellers are part of the group. You pick the size by the number of beds you need, because the facilities are the same for every home.
The business or meeting room is your quiet table if you work during the stay. The cafes or restaurants on site supply the coffee. You keep the whole working day inside one building, and the evening starts the moment you close the laptop.
Where children fit
Families get a play area and a swimming pool in the building, and landscaped gardens for the hours between the two. The three-bedroom homes give parents a separate room once the children are asleep. You can plan a whole day around the building and still have somewhere to go in the evening.
Up on the roof, then down to the lounge
The building has a roof or deck area, and landscaped gardens sit alongside it. You can start the day in one and end it in the other. The residents' lounge or function room covers the evenings when the whole group is in and the weather is not. On a mild winter night, the barbecue area turns the deck into the dinner table.
A run in the morning and a soak at night
You can run the track on the trunk between Shoreline and Golden Mile, which has play areas and exercise machines along it, then come back to the gym and the jacuzzi. Monty's Rowing School lies 2.14 km from the building if you want to try the water instead.
The drive in from DXB
Dubai International (DXB) lies 35.4 km from the building, about 33 minutes by road. Cars can drive on and off the island freely along the trunk. Sheikh Zayed Road and Hessa Street are the links to the city. From the airport, one taxi leg brings you to the door with no change of vehicle.
The tram and the water bus
The Palm tram stop lies 1.13 km from the building, and the Marina Walk water bus stop lies 2.3 km away. The Dubai Tram has eleven stops in all, and the water bus gives you a second way off the island. There is no metro on the island itself, and no bus routes run inside it.
The bus route and the metro on the map
Bus route 8 links Deira Bus Station and Ibn Battuta Metro Station and runs along Sufouh Road, close to the Palm's tram stop. The nearest metro entry on the map, Al Fardan Exchange, lies 2.15 km from the building, and Dubai Marina lies 2.92 km away.
Spinneys and the daily shop
Spinneys lies 0.13 km away. The daily run needs no car. Choithrams Palm Shoreline and Spinneys Golden Mile serve daily shopping, with Allday Fresh Market for specialty groceries.
The park and the sand
A park lies 0.16 km from the building. The beach lies 0.38 km away. The boardwalk and beaches along the Palm are used for jogging and yoga by the water. Palm West Beach has swimming and beachside eateries.
Coffee first, then a film
Golden Mile Galleria has Caffe Nero and Bakerist among its cafes and restaurants. Palm Jumeirah Mall lies 1.33 km from the building. Vox Cinema lies 1.41 km away. Nakheel Mall has five levels of shops, restaurants and attractions and a 15-screen Vox Cinemas complex. A film then dinner makes a fair Friday.
Up high on the Palm
Aura Skypool lies 1.22 km away. An afternoon on the observation side of the Palm needs no long drive. The View at The Palm is a deck on level 52 of Palm Tower, and Aquaventure at Atlantis has more than 105 slides and attractions.
Doctors and the nearest hospital
Al Das Medical Clinic lies 1.13 km away. Welcare Hospital lies 1.36 km from the building.
The pharmacy and the school gate
New Super Care pharmacy lies 1.5 km from the building, and ICCA Dubai lies 1.4 km away for families with school-age children.
Abdulrahman Siddik Mosque and Tecom Masjid are both on the Palm, so Friday prayers do not mean leaving the island. Atlantis and FIVE Palm Jumeirah are among the island's hotels, so you share the Palm with visitors as well as residents.
When the Palm cools and when it does not
Winters in Dubai are mild to warm, with January highs around 24 C and lows around 14 C, the season for boardwalk walks and beach days. Outside those months you will lean on the pool and the lounge.
What the island looks like from the trunk
The island is a trunk, a spine, fronds and a crescent, and each frond villa has its own beach. Palm Jumeirah is calm, with waterfront views, running and cycling along the sea, and a view of Atlantis The Palm. Apartment buildings on the trunk, like this one, are where you find the island's flats, since the fronds belong to villas.
How the island came to carry towers
Construction of Palm Jumeirah began in June 2001. Nakheel is the developer and Van Oord was the dredging contractor. Apartment buildings sit mostly on the trunk, while villas and townhouses occupy the fronds, which is why the two parts of the island suit different kinds of stay. Azure Residences and Garden Homes are two other Palm guides to read alongside this one, and Fairmont The Residence North guide is a third.
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. Owners weighing the whole island can start with our Palm Jumeirah ownership page.
Sources
Sources: The National, Roads and Transport Authority, dubizzle Property blog, dubizzle blog, Bayut, Bayut area guide, Gulf News, Property Finder blog, Nakheel, Wikipedia, Property Finder, Propsearch.
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