--- description: Find out why One Za'abeel is on TIME’s list of the World’s Greatest Places 2024. title: One Za'abeel: World's Greatest Places 2024 image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938406c2d295810f/698a5924096a9480666b0c1b/worlds-greatest-places-one-zaabeel-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Jul 25, 2024 # One Za'abeel Dubai by [Sarah Khan](/author/sarah-khan/) ## Sarah Khan Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close  Interior of a room at One Za’abeel Interior of a room at One Za’abeelNatelee Cocks/Siro One Za’abeel Even in a city with no shortage of gravity- (and logic-) defying skyscrapers, the new [One Za’abeel](https://onezaabeel.com/ "undefined") development by Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei is a head turner. The complex’s dual towers rise from either side of a busy highway, and are bridged improbably by a horizontal structure hovering 300 feet in the air that’s nearly as long as the buildings are high. This three-story cantilever, which overtook [Marina Bay Sands](https://www.marinabaysands.com/ "undefined") in Singapore as the world’s longest, is simply called [The Link](https://www.thelinkdubai.com/ "undefined"), and does just that, stretching across the road far below to connect two of Dubai’s splashiest new hotel openings this year: [One&Only’s first urban resort,](https://www.oneandonlyresorts.com/one-zaabeel "undefined") a sumptuous sanctuary offering a fresh vantage point overlooking the Burj Khalifa, and [SIRO](https://www.sirohotels.com/dubai/one-zaabeel "undefined"), a brand-new fitness-themed brand. Inside, the Link doubles as a glassed-in boulevard lined with a dizzying array of restaurants and bars flowing into each other, many of them helmed by Michelin-anointed chefs: stroll through [Arrazuna](https://www.arrazunadubai.com/ "undefined"), a sprawling Turkish food hall by Mehmet Gurs; an outpost of Anne-Sophie Pic’s [La Dame de Pic](https://www.thelinkdubai.com/ladamedepic "undefined"); Tetsuya Wakuda’s modern Japanese [Sagetsu](https://www.thelinkdubai.com/sagetsu "undefined"); Spanish gastronomical maestro Pablo Morales’ [Qabu](https://www.thelinkdubai.com/qabu "undefined"); and [DuangDy](https://www.thelinkdubai.com/duangdy "undefined"), from Bo Songvisava and Dylan Jones, the husband-and-wife duo behind Bangkok’s [Bo.Lan](https://www.bolan.co.th/?lang=en "undefined"). But the crown jewel presiding over it all is [Tapasake](https://www.thelinkdubai.com/tapasake "undefined"), which spans the length of the Link on its rooftop. There, in the shadow of both towers, looms a sexy pool club where Nikkei cuisine is served alongside the longest suspended infinity pool in the UAE. _Buy your copy of the World's Greatest Places issue_ [_here_](https://magazineshop.us/TIMEWGP24 "undefined") One Za'abeel: World’s Greatest Places 2024 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992288/one-zaabeel/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992288/one-zaabeel/"},"headline":"One Za'abeel","datePublished":"2024-07-25T11:03:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-03T00:33:29.582Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992288/one-zaabeel/","keywords":["World's Greatest Places","franchise"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938406c2d295810f/698a5924096a9480666b0c1b/worlds-greatest-places-one-zaabeel-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Sarah Khan","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/sarah-khan/"}],"creator":"Sarah Khan","articleSection":"World","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt938406c2d295810f/698a5924096a9480666b0c1b/worlds-greatest-places-one-zaabeel-2024.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/worlds-greatest-places/","name":"World's Greatest Places"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/worlds-greatest-places-2024/6992288/one-zaabeel/","name":"One Za'abeel"}}]}] ```