Dubai’s ‘Falconcity Of Wonders’: How To See All The Wonders Of The World In Just One Day

February 5th, 2008 by Pia Taylor

Falconcity Of WondersIt doesn’t get much cheesier than this…

The only thing worse than the recent announcement of the voted-in-by-internet Seven New Wonders of the World, is our recent discovery that Dubai is creating a city (suburb?) in which “larger than life” (huh?) replicas of almost all the wonders of the world (ancient and modern) are being built.

It’s called ‘Falconcity of Wonders‘: four hundred hectares bursting at the seams with replicated world wonders – the Great Wall of China, the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Pyramids of Giza… to name but a few.

And for what purpose, you might ask? Well – if their uber-cheesy (cringe-inducing) promo video is anything to go by – so that visitors/residents can call home and gleefully announce that they’ve just had dinner at the Taj Mahal (right next to the Eiffel Tower, just down the street from the Hanging Gardens of Babylon).

And the name? Well, Falconcity is shaped like a, erm, falcon (the emblem of the United Arab Emirates), of course:

Where the head of the falcon is a shopping mall, the wings and body of the falcon is distributed into residential villas with different styles and themes. The legs are a collection of 4-6 story buildings with different themes ranging from Happy Yemen, Lebanon down town Solider, India Taj Mahal, Rome’s Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italian Gondola boats of Venice, and London’s Big Ben. The Falconcity includes multi-purpose/ residential buildings, Eiffel Tower (taller than original), Taj Mahal (bigger than the original), Hanging Gardens of Babylon that have never been seen before, Great Wall of China, and the Pyramids of Giza. (link)

Hmmmm, how exciting… Who needs to travel the world when you can simply take a whistlestop tour of all the wonders of the world in just one day?

Ahem, yeah. Or not. Do yourself a favour and have a good long laugh at the promo video, posted on Vagabondish – it’s definitely worth the watch.

(Via)

Related entries:
‘Why Backpackers Don’t Need The New Seven Wonders Of The World‘
‘The World’s New Seven Natural Wonders: Yet Another Tourist Checklist?‘

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