Gold Souk Dubai

Family day out to Atlantis Aquarium & Old Souk.. Drive towards the Palm Island, road goes under the water and when up pop up again you are on the Palm Island. Drive past pretty big houses, green grass, palm trees. but dont realise you are on the man made island (which I recently learnt was designed by a New Zealander living in Queensland). …

Entry containing 114 photos titled: Flying into Dubai, Just a few satelite dishes, Souk at Dubai Creek, Spices!, On Dubai Creek, Jumierah Mosque, Starbucks!, Burj Khalifa, Lamborghini, Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Madinat Jumeirah the Arabian Resort, Fur at Souk Madinat Jumeirah, Heading towards Atlantis

Haven't mentioned thus far just how hot it was - only to be expected of course in Dubai in July - it was at least 40oC every day but at least a very dry heat rather than the humidity we're used to in Queensland.

So we slept like babes the previous night and woke refreshed and ready to explore the delights of Dubai. But first a cook up - …

Our first 24 hours was exhausting to say the least! The flight was great in that the food and service was fantastic but we didn't get too much sleep so arrived feeling very tired. Our first day it was over 40C after leaving 13C in Melbourne. We had a couple of hours sleep at our apartment after arriving at 5:30am and then hit the tourist tril. …

Today was the day to venture out into the city (under the watchful eye of Arabian Adventures tour guide Anwar) and see the new and old parts of the city. We visited the late Sheik's Summer House of the 1950's, the Dubai Heritage Village, Dubai Museum, taxied across Dubai Creek on an 'abra' (water taxi) , and last but not least, made our way through …

Dubai was definitely not on our list, we decided to come only as it was a good stop-over on our way to Kenya. We booked our room at the XVA gallery as it seemed arty, and special. They arranged the pick-up at the airport, which was a great idea, as you cannot reach the hotel by car because it is in the old town. The rooms were like in 1001 nights, …

Very slow start to the day today, taking full advantage of my last day on holiday. I spent the morning catching up on reviewing all my photos lunching in my room before heading out for the City of Merchants tour.

The tour gave me an insight into Dubai's history. Our first stop was a for photos at the Burj Al Arab. We didn't actually get …

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Dag nummer 1 van de 90. Na een korte nacht met ongeveer 5 uurtjes slapen, ben ik na een karig ontbijt (weinig trek) het oude deel van Dubai gaan bekijken. Ik ging bij buitenkomt meteen de Burj Khalifa in de lucht zoeken, maar die was nog nergens te bekennen. Mijn hotel bevindt zich in Deira, de wijk waar ook de Gold Souk is. 'Souk' isnhet Arabische …

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After a nice relaxing morning at our hotel, we had our driver from yesterday drive us to some traditional Souks. Souk is an Arabic word, literally translated it means "the market, or place where any kinds of goods are bought or exchanged". I wanted to come and check this out, to experience the traditional shopping and atmosphere that …

... across the creek for only 1 dirham, which is about 25 cents.  This was the cheapest thing we did in Dubai!  We went to the Gold Souk, and wow, the amount of gold jewelry was amazing.  Some of the pieces were huge with elaborate ...

... and forth all day and it's dirt cheap at only 1 dirham per journey. Once over in Deira was decided to head to the Gold Souk area. This whole area of town reminded me of a miniature version of Hong Kong, with less hassles. Sure you get people trying ...

... we're going to adjust back to a normal work schedule...but ohh well. We decided to head to the souks (Arabic for bazaar). The gold souk is really famous for its gold jewelry, who would have thought, so we decided to start there. The cab took us there ...

... will shoot you uphill. The Deira region of Dubai is dotted with Souks (markets) that are well worth wandering around. The Gold Souk has gold literally draped in the windows, the place to go if you have a lady to impress and deep pockets! Follow ...

... started at 3 dirham (60p) Our final fare came to 29 dirham (£5.80) The following morning we decided to take a visit to the gold souk. Only a few kilometres north of the port on the other side of the creek in the old part of the city. Feeling confident, ...

... and wanted to charge her ala cart pricing. Val ended up with some McDonald yes they are everywhere. We went to the gold souk in the Dubai Mall and did some more window shopping. Val did buy a beautiful pendant and got such a great deal on it. We ...

... me. They soon appeared rather monotonous to me. As we were walking back towards the creek, we found ourselves standing across the infamous Gold Souk! This is where people from all over the world visit to buy relatively cheap gold. We took a stroll in the ...

... Dubai. It was a great experience and the kids luv it. After arriving on Diera side, we asked our way around to the Gold Souk. Unfortunately, we kept receiving conflicting inputs on its wereabouts. My eldest son had to have a leak, but theres no public ...

... for dead!! Took a cruise on the Dubai Creek in a traditional wooden water taxi which was eye opening and also visited the gold souk (shop) full of every type of gold jewellery you can imagine. Dubai is of course tax free so goods are generally cheaper ...

... tour of the area of the old creek where Dubai first grew as a trading port specializing in pearls and gold. We checked out the gold souk and bought the required mosque alarm clock. It was a nice walk but it turns out the best way to see Dubai is to get ...