Marina Residences 5, Palm Jumeirah
Marina Residences 5 has fourteen storeys. Two-bedroom and three-bedroom homes sit below four-bedroom penthouses. That is the whole shape of Marina Residences 5. You will not find a studio or a one-bedroom here, and that shapes who this page is for. It is a building for families and groups who want rooms of their own, with the penthouses at the top of the stack.
Two couples can split a two-bedroom for a week. A family of five fits in a three-bedroom. A group of friends can take a penthouse and share the four bedrooms. 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.
Storeys
14
Units
2-3BR + 4BR penthouses
On this page
- Lengths of the pool before the family wakes
- An afternoon on the roof and the play area
- The reception desk once the sun has gone
- Who should pick a neighbour instead
- Tram, monorail and the one road
- Landing and the road in
- Out for the day at Aquaventure or the deck
- Doctors and the school run
- Around the building: the mall and the big shop
- A running track, Al Ittihad Park and dinner
- If you own here
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
Lengths of the pool before the family wakes
The morning at Marina Residences 5 starts downstairs. The swimming pool is the first stop. You can swim before the day starts and be back at the table by the time the others wake. The gym sits in the same building for the days when you would rather lift than swim. If the group wakes at different times, the pool and the gym give early risers somewhere to be without waking anyone. Parking is set aside for residents. A hire car is a short lift ride away, and a bag of towels never has to cross a hot forecourt.
An afternoon on the roof and the play area
Afternoon belongs to the children and the deck. The play area for children keeps the younger ones busy while the adults sit nearby, and the roof or deck area gives you a place to sit outside once the heat drops. A three-bedroom home puts a sleeping child on the other side of a closed door while you stay out, which is the practical gain of space over a hotel room. Between the play area and the deck, a family can spend the hottest hours without leaving the building at all.
The reception desk once the sun has gone
By evening the building turns to the front door, where the reception desk and the security team with CCTV watch over who comes and goes. When you come back late from the mall, the desk is the first thing you meet. Maintenance services are there for the small failure that always arrives at the wrong moment, such as a stuck blind or a tripped switch. With two or three bedrooms to look after, a quick fix matters more than it would in a studio.
Who should pick a neighbour instead
It suits you less if you travel as a couple or alone, because the smallest home here has two bedrooms and the building has fourteen storeys of other people's doors. It also suits you less if you want a villa with its own beach. Apartment buildings sit mostly on the trunk, while villas and townhouses occupy the fronds, so the two parts of the island suit different stays. A smaller group would leave bedrooms empty, and a larger one would have to split across two homes. If you want a frond villa, Signature Villas has a page of its own. Garden Homes is another.
Tram, monorail and the one road
The Red Line takes you to DMCC or Sobha Realty, where you change to the Dubai Tram, and Palm Gateway is the ninth tram station, between Media City and Knowledge Village. The tram stop is on Al Sufouh Road. A footbridge links it to Gateway Station, the start of the Palm Monorail.
The monorail has four stations: Palm Gateway, Al Ittihad Park, Palm Jumeirah Mall and Atlantis Aquaventure. Bus route 8 runs along Sufouh Road. That is close to the tram stop, but no bus routes run inside the island. The island has no metro either, so a taxi covers the last stretch from any station to the door, and a hire car has its parking space waiting. Take a taxi on the first day and the tram on the later ones if you enjoy trains.
Landing and the road in
DXB is the airport you land at. A taxi from arrivals reaches the island in one leg. A road bridge is how cars get on. The island joins mainland Dubai by a road bridge that connects to Sheikh Zayed Road (E11), and cars drive on and off freely along the trunk. Traffic builds near the entry and exit points during peak hours, so arrivals and departures at rush hour take longer than off-peak. The building has a reception desk, so the door you reach is a staffed one.
Out for the day at Aquaventure or the deck
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. Atlantis Aquaventure is the last monorail stop, with the station next to the waterpark entrance. A family could pair a morning at the waterpark with an afternoon on the roof, and ride the monorail back between the two.
Doctors and the school run
There are no schools on the island, and Dubai College, GEMS Wellington International School and American School of Dubai lie across Sheikh Zayed Road. Blossom Nursery and Redwood Montessori Nursery are near the Palm.
Emirates Hospitals Clinic Palm Jumeirah and Dubai London Clinic are at Nakheel Mall. Medcare Medical Centre at Seven Palm covers general medicine. Knowing where the clinic is before you need it is worth a minute on the first evening, particularly when children travel with you.
Nakheel built Palm Jumeirah, with work beginning in June 2001, and Atlantis The Palm opened at the apex of the island in 2008.
Around the building: the mall and the big shop
Nakheel Mall has more than 350 shops and restaurants. Waitrose operates a supermarket inside it. On a day when the play area downstairs feels small, the mall is the bigger change of scene. It also covers the large shop before a week in a three-bedroom.
A running track, Al Ittihad Park and dinner
Al Ittihad Park has a running track, room for picnics and yoga, and a welcome for dogs. A running track on the trunk between Shoreline and Golden Mile has play areas and exercise machines along it. Both are a bigger version of the play area in the tower, for the children who have outgrown it.
For dinner, Nakheel Mall has Cheesefarm and Gatsby Dubai. Frevo and Zest are two more names for dining on the Palm. If you would rather eat out and then finish the evening on the deck, the roof makes the plan easy.
The boardwalk and beaches along the Palm are used for jogging and yoga by the water. Palm West Beach has swimming and dog walking. The sea is the reason to go to the beach, and the building pool covers the quick dip without the trip.
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. Our overview of Palm Jumeirah homes covers the rest.
Sources
Sources: Gulf News, Bayut area guide, Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Online, Palm Monorail, dubizzle blog, dubizzle Property blog, The National, Nakheel, What's On, Wikipedia, Property Finder blog, Bayut.
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