Al Heera
Al Heera is a suburb in Northern Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, traditionally home to the Al Bu Shamis section of the Na'im tribe.
Al Heera is a suburb in Northern Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates, traditionally home to the Al Bu Shamis section of the Na'im tribe. At one stage declaring its independence from Sharjah, with its own Sheikh, it formally became part of the Emirate of Sharjah in 1942 on the death of its Ruler, Abdulrahman bin Muhammad Al Shamsi. A coastal settlement with a small harbour formerly used by a number of fishermen and pleasure boat owners, its main distinguishing feature today is its police station, converted in 2019 into the 'Al Heera Literature Society' building.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Heera
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.
- 01Russian Orthodox Church, Sharjah
St. Philip the Apostle Russian Orthodox Church is a Russian Orthodox Church located in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
3.5 km · church building in Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 02King Faisal Mosque, Sharjah
The King Faisal Mosque is a mosque in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates. It is named after the former ruler of Saudi Arabia King Faisal of Saudi Arabia.
3.9 km · famous mosque in Sharjah · Wikipedia - 03St. Michael's Catholic Church
St. Michael's Church in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is a Roman Catholic church situated in Halwan Suburb of Al Yarmook area of Sharjah, founded in 1971.
3.5 km · church building in Sharjah Emirate, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 04Sharjah Art Museum
The Sharjah Art Museum is an art museum in the city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. It was housed in Bait Al Serkal in Al Shuwaihean Area.
2.7 km · art museum in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 05Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
The Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization is a museum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The museum, opened in 2008, covers Islamic culture, with more than 5,000 artifacts from the Islamic world.
2.3 km · museum in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 06Sharjah Fort
Sharjah Fort is a double story traditional rock, coral and adobe fortification in the centre of the city of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates. The fort was originally constructed in 1820 by the then Ruler of Sharjah, Sheikh Sultan bin Saqr Al Qasimi, following his accession to the 1820 General Maritime Treaty with the British.
3 km · 19th century fort in the UAE · Wikipedia - 07Sharjah Heritage Museum
Sharjah Heritage Museum is a museum celebrating authentic Emirati culture and tradition, its six galleries featuring a broad variety of objects and displays. Originally established in 2005, the museum opened its doors once more in 2012 in the restored home of Saeed Al Taweel Al Shamsi, a pearl merchant or tawash.
3.2 km · museum in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 08The Flying Saucer, Sharjah
The Flying Saucer in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, is a 1978 building constructed in Brutalist style and originally opened as a café, restaurant, newsstand, gift shop and pharmacy. It was subsequently a Lal's supermarket from 1988 to 1997.
3.3 km · building in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 09Grand Mall Ajman
The Grand Mall Ajman is a shopping mall and apartment complex in the emirate of Ajman, United Arab Emirates, which is owned and operated by the Government of the Ajman Emirate.
3.8 km · shopping mall in Ajman, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 10Al-Islah School Museum
Al-Islah School Museum, is one of the tourist attractions in the city of Sharjah, and a tourist attraction for the first regular school in Sharjah. It explains the history of education in the Emirate of Sharjah and its stages of development.
3.2 km · museum in Sharjah, UAE · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Heera
- Airports
- Sharjah (SHJ), 13 km · Dubai (DXB), 15 km · Al Maktoum (DWC), 59 km
- Dubai(Jebel Ali) → Al Heera55 km · quickest by road, 1h 25m · AED14–20
- Ras Al Khaimah → Al Heera69 km · quickest by road, 1h 33m · AED17–24
- Fujairah → Al Heera98 km · quickest by road, 2h · AED23–32
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al Heera
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 Heera. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get around10 dirhams to Sharja, 40 dirhams to Dubai (best during the peak times.) Look out for shared taxis that wait for 4 people to come and take the taxi, where you pay 10 dirhams to Dubai when 4 people are sharing the taxi.
From Wikivoyage: Ajman, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-08.
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Next door to Al Heera
Al Heera is 5 km from Sharjah, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Al Hazzanahhuman settlement in United Arab Emirates2.1 km
- Al Naba'aharea of the emirate of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates2 km
- Al Shuwaiheyeenhistoric neighbourhood in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates2.7 km