Neighborhood in Dubai, UAE

Al Bastakiya

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

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Every way there

Dubai(Jebel Ali) → Al Bastakiya
38 km · quickest by road, 1h 3m · AED10–13
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Ras Al Khaimah → Al Bastakiya
87 km · quickest by road, 1h 54m · AED21–29
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Fujairah → Al Bastakiya
106 km · quickest by road, 2h 11m · AED24–34
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Al Bastakiya, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

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What Al Bastakiya has

YScheduled flightsDubai (DXB), 7 km
NTrains and coachesno timetable feed known for this country
YFerriesDeira Old Souk, 0 km; sailings estimated
YDriving and taxiOpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
NBike and scooter shareno share feed known
NCruisesno open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known. Nearest place with more: Hawr al ‘Anz, 4 km.

25.264°, 55.300°

How locals move

Getting around Al Bastakiya the local way

Get inSmall ferries called heritage abra cross the creek from Deira.

From Wikivoyage: Dubai/Bur Dubai, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Phil6007 (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.