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Abu Hail

Abu Hail is a neighbourhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), located in Deira.

Abu Hail
Abu Hail · Nour Ibrahim
The place

Abu Hail is a neighbourhood in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE), located in Deira. The locality is largely residential and is bordered by the localities of Al Waheda on the east, Hor Al Anz in the south and Al Baraha on the west.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Abu Hail

9 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Rashid Stadium

    Rashid Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for football and rugby matches.

    1.5 km · soccer stadium in Dubai · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Maktoum Bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium

    Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum Stadium is a multi-use stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was named after Sheikh Maktoum bin Rashid Al Maktoum.

    1.6 km · Football Stadium Of Dubai · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Deira City Centre

    City Centre Deira is a mall located in Port Saeed, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and is the original flagship mall in the Majid Al Futtaim Properties portfolio. City Centre Deira opened on 28 November 1995.

    3.1 km · shopping centre in Dubai, arab emirates · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Al Maktoum Bridge

    Al Maktoum Bridge is a bridge that crosses Dubai Creek in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is one of seven crossings of the creek and was the first bridge constructed in Dubai, as well as the first permanent crossing of the creek.

    3.7 km · bridge in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dubai Creek Tower

    Dubai Creek Tower is a building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Located along the Dubai Creek, the Dubai Creek Tower is situated in eastern Dubai, in Deira.

    3.6 km · building in Dubai, 1995 · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Floating Dubai Bridge

    Floating Bridge is a pontoon bridge located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The bridge is the first of its kind in the region and was built to try to reduce traffic congestion on the Al Garhoud and Al Maktoum Bridges.

    3.7 km · bridge in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Waterfront Market

    Waterfront Market is a fish, meat, fruit, and vegetable market in Deira, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The market, which has been functioning since 2017, is recognised as the largest food market in Dubai with over 800 traders trading over 800 tonnes of fresh food everyday.

    2.8 km · Fish, vegetable, and meat market in Deira, Dubai, UAE · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Holy Trinity Church, Dubai

    The Holy Trinity Church is an inter-denominational Christian church in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is part of the Chaplaincy of Dubai, Sharjah and the Northern Emirates.

    2.2 km · church in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Al Ittihad Bridge

    Al Ittihad Bridge, also known as Dubai Smile Bridge and The Seventh Crossing, is a proposed 12-lane bridge across Dubai Creek in Dubai. The bridge is proposed to connect Bur Dubai from near the Dubai Courts and Dubai Creek Park and Deira near Deira City Centre and Dubai Golf Club.

    3.7 km · bridge in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Getting to Abu Hail

Airports
Dubai (DXB), 4 km · Sharjah (SHJ), 18 km · Al Maktoum (DWC), 46 km
Stations
Dubai International Airport, 3.2 km · Union, 3.4 km · Baniyas Square, 3.9 km · Abu Hail (Dubai Metro), 100 m · GGICO, 3.1 km
  • Dubai(Jebel Ali) → Abu Hail
    41 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · AED10–14
  • Ras Al Khaimah → Abu Hail
    83 km · quickest by road, 1h 42m · AED19–27
  • Fujairah → Abu Hail
    104 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · AED23–33
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Abu Hail

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Abu Hail. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inSmall ferries called heritage abra cross the Creek from Bur Dubai.

From Wikivoyage: Dubai/Deira, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,861 km
  2. 02
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,925 km
  3. 03
    Panjakent and the Fann MountainsTJ

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    1,952 km
  4. 04
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    2,021 km
  5. 05
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    2,027 km

If you know how people move in Abu Hail – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Abu Hail

Abu Hail is 4 km from Dayrah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Dubaimost populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai3.7 km
  • Deiraarea in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates3.1 km
  • Al Hamriya Porthuman settlement in United Arab Emirates2.8 km
  • Al Muteenahuman settlement in United Arab Emirates2.4 km
  • Al Mamzarcommunity in Dubai, United Arab Emirates3.7 km
  • Al Nahdahuman settlement in United Arab Emirates3.3 km