Historic Old Dubai & Souk Small Group Walking Tour

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Inclusions / Exclusions

Mobile ticket
Offered in: English
Abra Ride
Licensed Guide
Coffee and/or Tea

No meals are provided
Gratuity

Overview

Be picked up from your hotel in an SUV car with a trained driver and be brought to the start of the tour. Journey with us in this two-hour action packed historical walking tour where it all began. We will guide you through the middle east markets, traditional houses, and historic by lanes of the old city. You will go back in time to see what life was like on the sleepy banks of a pearling and fishing village. The tour includes a visit to a Fort, a boat ride across the creek, and visits to the famous textile, spice and gold souks (markets). Along the way, you will hear the story of the men and women who transformed this regional trading outpost into the global juggernaut that it is today. Elements of Emirati culture will be seen up-close as we explained the nuanced ways that the traditions still thrive. Far away from the glass skyscrapers of modern Dubai, this tour will introduce you to the real, and fascinating, heart and soul of the town. You simply cannot miss this side of Dubai!

Meeting points

Please meet your guide outside the Arabian Tea House Restaurant, in the Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, in Bur Dubai 10 minutes before the tour start time.

End point

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The tour ends at a different location, at the entrance of the Gold Souk.

Itinerary

Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood

Bastakiya Coffee Museum Old City Wall

45 minutes
Dubai Museum & Al Fahidi Fort (Pass By)

Dubai Museum is closed for renovation. We will understand the wall of Old Dubai and the Al Fahidi Fort from the outside.
Textile Souk

Walk through textile souk, explore the original pashmina/cashmere scarves

15 minutes
Dubai Creek

Private abra boat ride on the stunning Dubai Creek bringing the past to life - this is the highlight activity of the tour!

15 minutes
Dubai Gold Souk

Ever wondered the difference between white gold, yellow gold and rose gold? Well lets find out together!

15 minutes
Dubai Spice Souk

Walk through Spice Souk

20 minutes

Additional Info

Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Service animals allowed
Public transportation options are available nearby
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Please wear comfortable walking shoes
Please wear face masks

Free Cancellation

February 06100% refund

February 07No refund

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Excellent!!

Published on Jan, 2025

We had the best time on our tour! Our guide, Pri, was fantastic and extremely knowledgeable. She patiently answered our never ending questions. The tour was full of UAE’s history and culture, and shouldn’t be missed!

Fabulous Old Dubai tour!

Published on Dec, 2024

Our guide Pri was fantastic! She was extremely knowledgeable about the history of the UAE as well as everything current, and we enjoyed talking with her. The tour of Old Dubai was very interesting, and Pri provided us with lots of advice on shopping in the Souks. Highly recommend!

Best walking tour of old Dubai with tons of rich, fascinating history!

Published on Nov, 2024

I’ve lived in Dubai two years and finally had a chance to do a proper walking tour when my sister visited from New York. Dubai By Foot with Richard is a fascinating, fun and fabulous experience! He helped connect so many historical dots and the UAE’s place in the world. We loved buying spices, textiles, and art in the narrow lanes of Old Dubai and drinking kahwe at every majlis. Thank you and cannot recommend this tour enough !

Highly recommend

Published on Nov, 2024

Brilliant tour, Ricky was great. So full of knowledge. It was a highlight of the holiday. The Arabian Tea house is lovely so go early and have tea and food, really nice place. Lovely to see the traditional houses and the souks. Loved the abra boat trip to the gold souk. Highly recommend this tour. My 10 year old loved it .

Great way to start your day in Dubai

Published on Nov, 2024

We prefer taking walking tours in all cities that we visit and this one didn't disappoint us. We started the day by meeting our guide in Bastakiya. We were given detailed instructions on where to meet the guide. We are coffee lovers and the Coffee Museum was a highlight for us on this tour. We ended the tour 2 hours later at a different spot (not the one where the tour started) and spent some more time exploring and shopping from the souks after the tour.

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