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Al Bastakiya

Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood is a historic district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Al Bastakiya
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The place

Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood is a historic district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Al Bastakiya

10 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
    Dubai Museum

    Dubai Museum is the main museum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located in the Al Fahidi Fort, built in 1787 and is the oldest existing building in Dubai.

    300 m · main museum of Dubai · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Dubai Frame

    The Dubai Frame is an observatory, museum and monument in Zabeel Park, Dubai. It holds the record for the largest frame in the world.

    3.2 km · architectural landmark in Dubai · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Al-Maktoum Stadium

    Al-Maktoum Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Oud Metha, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of both Al Nasr SC and United FC. The stadium holds roughly 15,000 people.

    3 km · multi-purpose stadium in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Grand Mosque

    The Grand Mosque is a mosque in Dubai, Emirate of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located between the textile souk and the Dubai Museum close to a small stream in the Bur Dubai area.

    300 m · mosque in Dubai · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Dubai Spice Souk

    Dubai Spice Souk or the Old Souk is a traditional market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The Spice Souk is located in Deira, in eastern Dubai, and is adjacent to the Dubai Gold Souk.

    500 m · traditional market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Iranian Mosque, Bur Dubai

    The Iranian Mosque Hosainia is a Twelver Shia hosainia located near the old Textile Souk in the Bur Dubai district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Built in 1979, the mosque is also known as Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque, in honor of Ali Ibn Abi Talib, the central figure of Shiism.

    600 m · mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    BurJuman

    BurJuman is one of the oldest shopping malls in Dubai, in the residential area of Bur Dubai, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is developed and owned by Al Ghurair Group.

    1.2 km · shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Zabeel Park

    Zabeel Park is an urban public park located in the Zabeel district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is bounded by Sheikh Rashid Road to the north, the Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Road to the northwest, while the Sheikh Zayed Road cuts through the south.

    3.2 km · urban public park, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Hindu Temple, Dubai

    The Dubai Hindu Temple is a place of worship for Hindus in Jebel Ali, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The temple caters to the large Hindu community in the UAE. The temple complex, initially established in 1958 in Bur Dubai, comprised the Shiva Mandir, Krishna Mandir, and Gurudwara.

    300 m · temple in Dubai, UAE · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    3.5 km · shopping centre in Dubai, 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 Al Bastakiya

Airports
Dubai (DXB), 7 km · Sharjah (SHJ), 23 km · Al Maktoum (DWC), 43 km
Stations
Union, 1.4 km · Baniyas Square, 1 km · Oud Metha (Dubai Metro), 2.8 km · ADCB, 2.2 km · Salah Al Din, 2.2 km
  • Dubai(Jebel Ali) → Al Bastakiya
    38 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · AED10–13
  • Ras Al Khaimah → Al Bastakiya
    87 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · AED21–29
  • Fujairah → Al Bastakiya
    106 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · AED24–34
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Al Bastakiya

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 Al Bastakiya. 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 Deira.

From Wikivoyage: Dubai/Bur Dubai, 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

    1,860 km
  2. 02
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,924 km
  3. 03
    Panjakent and the Fann MountainsTJ

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    1,955 km
  4. 04
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    2,017 km
  5. 05
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    2,026 km

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Around it

Next door to Al Bastakiya

  • Dubaimost populous city in the United Arab Emirates and the capital of the Emirate of Dubai1.2 km
  • Bur Dubaihistoric district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates400 m
  • Deiraarea in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates1.7 km
  • Port Rashidhuman settlement in United Arab Emirates1.6 km
  • Al Shindaghahuman settlement in Dubai, United Arab Emirates1.1 km
  • Al Mankhoolhuman settlement in United Arab Emirates2.1 km