Port Rashid
Port Rashid is a man-made cruise terminal in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Port Rashid is a man-made cruise terminal in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It was Dubai's first commercial port; in 2018 cargo operations moved to Jebel Ali Port. It is a seafront coastal destination, tourist cruise destination, and residential area. It is the permanent home of Queen Elizabeth 2.
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Worth seeing in and around Port Rashid
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.
- 01Dubai 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.
1.5 km · main museum of Dubai · Wikipedia - 02Grand 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.
1.3 km · mosque in Dubai · Wikipedia - 03Dubai 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 km · traditional market in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 04Iranian 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.
1.3 km · mosque in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 05BurJuman
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.
2.7 km · shopping mall in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 06Hindu 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.
1.3 km · temple in Dubai, UAE · Wikipedia - 07Saeed 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.
800 m · building in United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 08Dubai 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.
2.9 km · building in Dubai, 1995 · Wikipedia - 09Sheikh Obaid bin Thani House
The Sheikh Obaid bin Thani House is a historic building and former residence of Sheikh Obaid bin Thani, located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The house was built of stone from the sea, gypsum, and mud in 1916.
700 m · building in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia - 10Dubai Coffee Museum
The Dubai Coffee Museum is a museum about coffee located in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It focuses on the history of coffee, coffee culture, and the working conditions of coffee plantation workers.
1.6 km · museum in Dubai, United Arab Emirates · Wikipedia
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Getting to Port Rashid
- Airports
- Dubai (DXB), 9 km · Sharjah (SHJ), 24 km · Al Maktoum (DWC), 44 km
- Stations
- Union, 2.6 km · Baniyas Square, 1.8 km · ADCB, 3.5 km · Gold Souq, 1.1 km · Salah Al Din, 3.1 km
- Dubai(Jebel Ali) → Port Rashid37 km · quickest by road, 1h 7m · AED8–11
- Ras Al Khaimah → Port Rashid89 km · quickest by road, 2h 4m · AED22–31
- Fujairah → Port Rashid110 km · quickest by road, 2h 21m · AED25–35
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No local-transport research exists yet for Port Rashid
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 Port Rashid. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Next door to Port Rashid
Port Rashid 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 Dubai2 km
- Bur Dubaihistoric district in Dubai, United Arab Emirates1.6 km
- Deiraarea in the city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates2.8 km
- Al Shindaghahuman settlement in Dubai, United Arab Emirates800 m
- Al Mankhoolhuman settlement in United Arab Emirates3.2 km
- Al Bastakiyaneighborhood in Dubai, UAE1.6 km