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Al Murar

Al Murar, commonly called Freej Al Murar , is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Al Murar
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The place

Al Murar, commonly called Freej Al Murar , is a locality in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Al Murar is located in eastern Dubai in Deira and is bordered by the Deira Corniche in the north, Naif in the south, Ayil Nasir to the west and Al Baraha to the east.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Al Murar

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.

    2.1 km · main museum of Dubai · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    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.

    2 km · mosque in Dubai · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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.

    1.7 km · traditional market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    2.2 km · mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    2.9 km · shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    3.7 km · shopping centre in Dubai, arab emirates · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    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.

    1.9 km · temple in Dubai, UAE · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    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.

    3.1 km · bridge in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    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.

    2 km · building in Dubai, 1995 · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Saeed Al Maktoum House

    Sheikh Saeed Al Maktoum House is a historic building and former residential quarters of Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, former ruler of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The building is located along the Dubai Creek in the locality of Al Shindagha area.

    2.2 km · building 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.

Go there

Getting to Al Murar

Airports
Dubai (DXB), 7 km · Sharjah (SHJ), 22 km · Al Maktoum (DWC), 45 km
Stations
Union, 1.4 km · Baniyas Square, 1 km · Abu Hail (Dubai Metro), 3.7 km · Oud Metha (Dubai Metro), 3.8 km · Salah Al Din, 1.4 km
  • Dubai(Jebel Ali) → Al Murar
    40 km · quickest by road, 1h 8m · AED10–14
  • Ras Al Khaimah → Al Murar
    85 km · quickest by road, 1h 50m · AED20–28
  • Fujairah → Al Murar
    105 km · quickest by road, 2h 7m · AED24–33
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Al Murar

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 Murar. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inDubai is a trading hub for dhows from around the Indian Ocean.
  • Get inMost of the dhows sail to Iran; some also head to Yemen and Somalia.
  • Get inEmulating Michael Palin and heading to India on a dhow is difficult-to-impossible.
  • Get aroundAn easy way of crossing Dubai Creek is by abra, a small ferry.
  • Get aroundThe Creek is also the home of many boats offering more comfortable (and correspondingly more expensive) tours, often in boats designed to resemble dhows.

From Wikivoyage: 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

    1,923 km
  3. 03
    Panjakent and the Fann MountainsTJ

    11 ways of moving, 16 sources

    1,953 km
  4. 04
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    2,017 km
  5. 05
    GyumriAM

    12 ways of moving, 47 sources

    2,025 km

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

Around it

Next door to Al Murar

Al Murar is 1 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 Dubai900 m
  • Bur Dubaihistoric district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates2.2 km
  • Deiraarea in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates1.4 km
  • Port Rashidhuman settlement in United Arab Emirates2 km
  • Al Shindaghahuman settlement in Dubai, United Arab Emirates2.2 km
  • Al Hamriya Porthuman settlement in United Arab Emirates3.4 km