Private Experience featuring Heritage & Culture of Historic Dubai

With a resident local insider, navigate Old Dubai by-lanes on a unique, curated, off-beat track. Our experience is a creative way to journey through a new city with a collection of narratives from immigrants, artists and architects. We share with you stories untold, history unwritten and folklore undiscovered. Come walk through Dubai hidden gems and alleyways, art galleries and cafes, interact with locals and let Dubai appeal to all of your senses. Walk away with an appreciation of how a fishing village transformed itself into a global brand in one generation and have myths about the Middle East debunked. Starting out in historic Al Fahidi neighborhood we will weave in and out of traditional homes, cross the Dubai Creek on a wooden Abra boat, explore Burj Plaza and understand how a city with merely 15% local Emirati population thrives with immigrants from over 120 countries. 

Uncover the little-known treasures of Dubai on this 2-hour walking tour of Old Dubai and its various souks (markets). You will walk with our premium guide through Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, through the perfume, spice, and gold souks which will stimulate your senses. There will be breath-taking views from the abra (traditional boat) ride that will take you back in time. We will understand Dubai from the perspective of its history, people, food, culture and etiquette. This tour is a terrific introduction to Dubai’s story from a desert-to-a-global destination city. Our Old Dubai Tour delves into the city’s heritage and explores what early life was like in this desert trading town.

Details:

The tour begins from the old Al Fahidi Courtyard Houses in the Bastakiya District. You will get to walk through the Coffee Museum, coin, and Dubai Museum. Then you will be guided through the textile souk to arrive at the Dubai Creek and Dhow for breath-taking views.

Abra Ride across the Creek

A traditional boat (abra) will get you across over to the Deira side of Dubai to explore the various souks (markets) like Spice Souk and Gold Souk in the city. Whether you are looking for an inexpensive knickknack or a diamond necklace, you’re guaranteed to find something to suit you here.

Highlights of Old Dubai Tour:

• Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, previously known as Bastakiya.

• Coffee Museum, to learn where and how coffee originated.

• Dubai Museum, to experience the Pearl Diving Industry.

• The Ruler’s Divan, His Highness Ruler’s Court.

• Textile Souk, the old trading centre of Bur Dubai.

• House of Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum, historic building and former residential quarters of Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, former ruler of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

• Al Shindaga Watchtower, one of the three watchtowers used to guard Dubai.

• Gold Souk, to see Dubai as the City of Gold.

• Spice Souk, to take in the beautiful aroma of the spices.

• Traditional Abra Ride (wooden boat) to ride across the creek.

• Dubai Creek, to reach the spice souk.