Solitaire Cascades, DubaiLand Residence Complex
Solitaire Cascades has 9 storeys and 64 homes, and the choice runs from one-bedroom apartments up to three-bedrooms. A building this size keeps the lift ride short. It also keeps a pool and a gym under the same roof, with a sauna and a jacuzzi to finish the day. If you plan to stay a week or a season, the building itself does a good share of the work.
Unit mix
1, 2 & 3-bedroom apartments
Units
64 total
On this page
- A mid-rise block among clusters
- From the first length to the last soak
- One bedroom, two or three
- The road in from DXB
- Buses and the missing metro
- The shop at the foot of the street
- Plates within the clusters
- Training beyond the lobby
- Courtyards and a mosque
- Classrooms close and across the road
- Skycourts and the nearest hospital
- Two malls for a wet or hot afternoon
- Across the road in Silicon Oasis
- How the ground got here
- When October opens the outdoors
- If you own here
- Where to start
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
A mid-rise block among clusters
Dubailand Residence Complex is a mixed-use district of mostly mid-rise apartment blocks, with a few high-rise towers, hotels, retail, schools and commercial plots. A 9-storey building fits that pattern, and it sits among towers grouped in clusters rather than around one centre. The streets stay low-density as a result, so the block works as a base of its own more than as a stop on a busy street.
From the first length to the last soak
Morning belongs to the swimming pool and the gym, both inside the building. The sauna and the jacuzzi suit the other end of the day, after the heat outside or a long ride across town. Residents have all four. A day with no plans still has a shape that starts and ends downstairs, from the pool to the sauna.
Your hire car, if you have one, parks in the building's parking for residents. The building also has a reception desk for residents, with security and CCTV cover behind it, which matters if you land late or leave the flat empty for a fortnight.
Long stays lean on the dull services. A laundry service runs at the building, and maintenance services are provided there, so a dripping tap or a week of shirts is dealt with inside the building rather than across town.
One bedroom, two or three
The homes come as one-bedroom, two-bedroom and three-bedroom apartments, 64 in total. The one-bedroom suits a single traveller. It also suits a couple on a month-long stay. A two-bedroom fits two friends sharing, or a couple with a child. The three-bedrooms are where a family or a small group spreads out, and they are the reason to choose this block over a studio tower.
Whichever size you pick, the amenities are shared among all 64 homes. That is useful for a couple in a one-bedroom, who use the pool and the sauna as a second living room, and for a family in a three-bedroom, who get the gym and the jacuzzi without a membership across town.
The road in from DXB
From Dubai International Airport (DXB) the tower is 24.3 km by road. Without traffic that takes about 26 minutes. The building's parking means the car you collect there has somewhere to rest that night.
Dubai-Al Ain Road and Emirates Road run alongside the community and give road access to Academic City and Downtown Dubai as well as DXB. Dubai Silicon Oasis sits directly across Dubai-Al Ain Road, so crossing that road is the link between the two districts.
Buses and the missing metro
The community has no Dubai Metro station of its own. Most journeys are made by car. Feeder bus services link it to nearby metro stations, and RTA Bus 30 serves stops inside the community. It connects onward to Dubai Mall Metro Station. Al Ruwyah Bus Depot, the nearest depot, sits 1.17 km from the tower, so a bus ride is a reasonable plan for a day without the car.
The shop at the foot of the street
Durrah Al Madeena supermarket sits 0.01 km from the tower, which turns the daily shop into a short walk. Shua Al Madina Supermarket trades from Durar 1. West Zone Fresh Supermarket trades from the ground floor of Desert Sun Tower. KP Mart operates at Abidos Hotel Apartments, and Al Ajwa Mini Mart and Blue Mart sit beside the Sondos blocks for smaller top-ups.
Plates within the clusters
Once the laundry is done, dinner is a short hop. Burger King and Texas Chicken anchor a drive-thru strip. The neighbourhood plazas add Chaa Bazaar and Falaknuma, plus Spice N Nice. For a sit-down meal, Four Square Cafe and Restaurant serves international dishes, while Al Fatayir Al Dumashqia serves Middle Eastern food. Kabila Restaurant serves South Asian food.
Training beyond the lobby
If the building gym is not enough, UFC GYM and Nitro Gym both operate across Dubai-Al Ain Road in Dubai Silicon Oasis. UAE SWAT Challenge, a heavier option, sits 1.43 km from the tower.
Courtyards and a mosque
Centro Courtyard 11 sits 0.93 km from the tower and is the nearest of the mapped courtyards, good for a short evening stroll. Circle park, run by Dubai Properties, gives children more room to run. Aysha Um Almommineen is the mosque.
Classrooms close and across the road
GEMS FirstPoint School teaches a British curriculum for ages 3 to 18, and it sits 0.6 km from the tower in The Villa, the neighbouring community. The Aquila School follows a British curriculum adapted to the UAE, with Arabic and Islamic studies. Chubby Cheeks Nursery and Step by Step Nursery are both inside the community, so younger children have a place close to home.
Skycourts and the nearest hospital
Skycourt towers stand 0.41 km from the tower, and Skycourts is a six-tower complex within the community. Ace Medical Centres has a clinic in Skycourts Tower, so a minor ailment does not mean a long drive. The complex is also written up on its own page as Skycourts Towers, if you want to compare the two blocks.
No large hospital sits inside the community. Mediclinic Parkview Hospital in Al Barsha South is the nearest named hospital, and you would drive there.
Two malls for a wet or hot afternoon
Dubai Outlet Mall sits on Dubai-Al Ain Road and has about 240 outlets across two floors, selling discounted fashion and sports brands such as Puma and Edgers London. Silicon Central Mall lies 2.63 km from the tower, beside Dubai Silicon Oasis, with a hypermarket and fashion stores, plus a cinema for the evening.
Across the road in Silicon Oasis
Dubai Silicon Oasis is a free zone with a startup hub, a university campus and gated villa enclaves, unlike the apartment blocks here. The Villa has Spanish-style homes in four clusters. It suits you less if you want a walkable street scene, because neither neighbour supplies one.
How the ground got here
The wider Dubailand project was announced in October 2003, put on hold in 2008 and resumed in mid-2013. Tatweer developed it.
When October opens the outdoors
Global Village and Dubai Miracle Garden both run only from October to May, so their outdoor evenings and flower displays belong to the cooler winter season. Global Village brings together more than 90 cultures through country pavilions, shopping and food stalls.
If you own here
If you own here, the community is a freehold area, so UAE nationals and foreign investors can buy apartments there. Royale Stays manages homes for owners at a management fee from 15%. The service covers furnishing and photography. It also covers pricing and check-in, plus guest communications and maintenance coordination. Our overview of holiday home management in Dubai explains the wider picture.
Where to start
Swim first, then walk to Durrah Al Madeena for the day's shopping. Those two stops cover most of a day in a 64-home block.
Sources
Sources: Bayut area guide, Property Finder area insights, dubizzle blog, The Aquila School official site, Wikipedia, Dubai Outlet Mall official site, Global Village official site, Bayut, Propsearch.
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