But for six months from October 13 – April 20, visits to the park become all the more special because of the 'The Ripe Market' it hosts. Today Ripe Organic retails fresh, organic produce through four shops in Dubai as well as weekend Ripe Markets (in Dubai and Abu Dhabi) that also promote arts and crafts, since 2011. But while all of Ripe Organic's produce is, as the name suggests, fully organic, not everything in the market necessarily is. "Ripe Markets are focused towards supporting the community, small businesses and products that are local/natural/handmade/organic/arts and crafts/creative," explains Rachel Panaino, The Ripe Market's marketing and communications manager. Of all that the tourism board exposed us to, besides The Ripe Market, a favourite was Etisalat Beach Canteen, set up on Jumeirah Beach.

Source: dna April 15, 2018 01:47 UTC