Construction work on Aladdin City, a set of fantasy towers in Dubai Creek, the UAE, will begin next year, a report said adding that the total budget for the project has not been revealed.

Based on the tales of Aladdin and Sindbad, the 4,000-acre Aladdin City development will feature six towers, including three of 34 storeys, and with a total built-up area of 110,000 sq m, as well as an additional three towers at 26 and 25 storeys, added Inhabitat.

The project will include hotel and commercial space, along with residential units to accommodate 160,000 people.

 The towers, along with parking lots for 900 cars, will be interconnected by air-conditioned moving walkways designed to represent the form of “exotic marine life such as dragon and snakes,” Inhabitat reported quoting Emirates 24/7.

“The symbolic content of the architectural form of the project buildings was inspired by the ancient legends from the 11th century, where vessels were sailed from Dubai Creek to the coast of East Africa, India and China,” Hussain Nasser Lootah, director General of Dubai Municipality, was quoted as telling Dubai Events.

“It may have been here where the tales of Sindbad and Aladdin came from,” he added.