Dubai Creek
The saltwater inlet the city grew up around, running about 14 kilometres inland and long its port for trade. Wooden abras still ferry people across between Deira and Bur Dubai, past dhows loading cargo along the wharves.
- Where
- Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Grade
- Heritage site
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site, plus 3 for its grade
- Coordinates
- 25.2558, 55.3167
Get the Dubai Creek stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Dubai Creek. It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Dubai volume with your photos and a note.
Near Dubai Creek
Deira Clocktower 1.0 km
A clock tower on a roundabout in Deira, raised in the 1960s when Dubai was a far smaller city. It was first called the Dubai Clock Tower and remains one of the city's earliest modern landmarks.
Al Seef 1.7 km
A 1.8 km promenade along the bank of Dubai Creek beside the Al Fahidi quarter. Its lanes of rebuilt old-style houses, cafés and shops face the abra boats crossing the water.
Dubai Coffee Museum 1.8 km
A small museum of coffee in an old house in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood. It traces the history of the drink and the culture around it, and the lives of the people who work on the plantations.
Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood 1.9 km
The old merchants' quarter of Bur Dubai, a maze of sand-coloured lanes and courtyard houses topped with wind towers. Its old name, Bastakiya, comes from traders from Bastak in Persia, and the houses now hold small museums, galleries and cafés.
Grand Mosque, Bur Dubai 2.2 km
The mosque at the heart of old Bur Dubai, between the textile souk and the Dubai Museum. First built in 1900, it was rebuilt in 1960 and again in 1998, and now holds up to 1,200 worshippers.
Dubai Spice Souk 2.4 km
A few narrow lanes in Deira, beside the Gold Souk, where open sacks of saffron, cardamom, dried lemons and frankincense spill out of the shopfronts. It sits by the Old Souk abra station, so a boat ride across the creek is part of getting there.
Iranian Mosque 2.4 km
A Shia hosainia near the old Textile Souk in Bur Dubai, built in 1979 and known for its façade and domes covered in blue Persian tilework. It is also called the Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque.
Dubai Gold Souk 2.5 km
A covered market in Deira with more than 380 shops, nearly all of them jewellers, their windows packed with gold necklaces and bangles. Platinum, silver, bullion and loose diamonds are traded here too, a few steps from the Spice Souk.
Questions
Where is Dubai Creek?
Dubai Creek is in Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Deira Clocktower (1.0 km), Al Seef (1.7 km), Dubai Coffee Museum (1.8 km).
How do I get the Dubai Creek stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Dubai Creek and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Dubai volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Dubai Creek before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Dubai volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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