From the creekside Al Seef promenade into the wind-tower lanes of Al Fahidi, past Dubai's oldest fort, the Grand Mosque and the 1958 Hindu temple, ending in the Textile Souk.
Best time: Morning (Grand Mosque tours Sun-Thu 09:00-11:30). October-April; in summer (May-September) Dubai is extremely hot and humid, so walk early morning or after sunset and use the indoor stops.
Two floors on coffee history: roasting and brewing styles, antique grinders and a restored majlis showing Emirati coffee service downstairs, and a library of coffee books and…
Wind-tower house; check tours and Emirati meals. 10 min
A non-profit in a traditional wind-tower house that explains Emirati culture to visitors through heritage tours, Emirati food, Gulf-dialect Arabic classes and Ramadan iftars…
Wind-tower houses and narrow lanes built from the 1890s by Persian merchants from Bastak; the surviving half was saved from demolition in 1989 after a campaign by architect…
Dubai's oldest building; check it has reopened. 45 min
Built from about 1787, the fort is described as Dubai's oldest existing building; the museum opened in 1971 and its underground galleries hold life-size dioramas of the pre-oil…
A Hindu temple allowed by Sheikh Rashid in 1958 on the first floor above a warren of shops in the Bur Dubai Old Souk; the Krishna Mandir still operates here after the Shiva…
Bur Dubai's old cloth market on the creek, facing the Spice and Gold souks across the water; once the hub of the textile trade, now mixed with tourist stalls and tailors.
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Iranian Mosque (Ali Ibn Abi Talib Mosque)
Look at the Persian tilework facade from the street. 5 min
