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Bur Dubai

This bustling part of the city is packed with hotels, office blocks and
residential developments, yet over a century ago it was a sandy area
filled with barasti (palm frond houses) and windtower
houses around the creek. To get a sense of old Bur
Dubai visit the historical Al Fahidi neighbour hood
(formerly Al Bastakiya), where the charming
courtyard houses have been restored beside the
creek. This atmospheric district is a quiet oasis
amidst the city’s hustle and bustle. Here too
is the Al Fahidi Fort, now the Dubai Museum.
The Shindagha heritage area, right at the creek
mouth, is where Dubai’s role as an enterprising
Panel detail, and cosmopolitan trading city really began.
Architecture
Museum The souks of Bur Dubai are evidence of this.
BUR DUBAI

AL KHOR ST
Top 10 Sights Al Fahidi
Al Ras AHM A D I YA S T
see pp65–7 AL MI N A RD BANIYAS R D AL R AS 10TH ST
Restaurants and Cafés A L S O U K
see p69 AL AL R A S ROAD
Places to Shop D u b a i C r e e k B A N I YA S R O A D
see p68 HERITAGE
VILLAGE
Al Ghubaiba
3A STREET
AL SUQ ST ALI BIN ABI TALEB ST
AL NA HDA ST
See inset map AL FAHIDI 0 metres 250
A L FA H I D I S T R E E T
Al Ghubaiba 0 yards 250
Al Rigga
AL SEEF ROAD
18 AL MAKTOU M ROAD 28A
KHALID BIN AL WALEED RD
AL MINA Al Fahidi 16 3 D u b a i C r e e k
10A AL ROLLARD AL HAMRIYA
AL MINA ROAD 16A 20B 19 24B 7 18 18 BIN AL WALEED RD 8 MARSA BA N IYA S R D S AEED
PORT
KHALID
AL SEE
Bridge
AL R AFFA 12C 29 27 B UR DUB AI Burjuman KHALID BIN AL Al Maktoum Deira City
11B
Centre
24C 12A 11 WALEED ROAD
R O A D 35A 10C K U WA I T R D Floating
37 AL KAR AMA
Bridge
AL MINA RD 7 5 8B SHEIKH RASHID ROAD 4C 29 25 18 ZA´ABEEL ROAD O U Oud A L RIYAD H ST
MANKHOOL
ADBC
(Al Karama)
Metha
6B 3 0 6 M A N K H O O L 22 36 SHEIKH KHALIFA BIN ZAYED STREET 43A 16 20B U M M H UR A IR R OA D 10 D M E T 12 Creekside
23A
Park
11
19
AL JAFILIYA
AL NASR H A R D
Al Jafiliya 52 Z a´abeel 15 19 14 UMM HUR AIR
AL SATWA RD SHEIKH ZAYED ROAD SHEIKH RASHID RD OUD METHA RD Wafi 15 Care City AL RIYADH ST
Health
12B
Mall
2ND DECEMBER ST
0 metres 1000 P ark Z A’ABEEL (2) 13 26
0 yards 1000 11 28 9
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