Dubai International City | Country Themed Residences | Walking Tour

Dubai International City is a country-themed collection of residences, businesses, and tourist attractions. Spreading over an area of 800 hectares (8 million square meters), the arrangement of the city is inspired by the traditional carpets of the Middle East.

The International City residential district is planned to have numerous country-specific and themed residential developments and retail outlets. The plans include ten country-specific districts (or "clusters"):
China; England mirroring traditional London architecture
France district featuring residential blocks characterized by long French windows, red and grey bricks, and pilasters or half-columns
Persia district situated in the heart of the residential district
Greece district; Russia district, the northernmost residential district; Spain district featuring three- and four-storey buildings designed according to traditional stucco exterior finish
Morocco district; Italy district; Emirates district.
The Central District includes building security, pools, private parking, gyms, parks, and shopping areas. Other areas include the Lake District.

Inspired by the Forbidden City of Beijing, China, a shopping mall covering an area of 240,000 square metres with parking facilities for 2,000 cars has been constructed to the north of the China Cluster.
Chinamex's DragonMart, developed by Nakheel Properties, is a large mall for wholesale purchase of Chinese products. The mall has been a commercial success and a second mall has been constructed ("Dragon Mart 2"), adjacent to the original Dragon Mart 1, that has 175,000 square metres of space and 4,500 parking spaces. The project was completed in December 2015.

Launched in 2013, Warsan Village is located at the periphery of International City. This enclave within International City features 942 townhouses and 250 apartments. Construction was finished in Q3 2019.

There are a number of hospitals and medical clinics in the vicinity. For driving license-related (Road & Transport Authority Dubai) eye testing and medical tests for commercial taxi drivers or new drivers can be completed from Apple International Polyclinic. Recent[ regulations implemented by the Municipality of Dubai will greatly address the prevalence of Shisha [Tobacco] parlors housed in many buildings.