Half-Day Souks, Food & Culture Walking Tour

Cover the Old Dubai 'must-do's' - the spice souk, abra ride, textile souk and food tastings in Fahidi - along a well-paced 4.5 hour route. Experience Old Dubai like our friends would, only the stuff you have to see and eat rather than a standard touristy checklist.

Start off with a popular old timer’s treat in the souk’s back alleys and then play a round of our fun and educational spice game, SPINGO.* Once our SPINGO champ is crowned, bob across the Dubai creek in a traditional wooden abra and then experience religious tolerance at its best in the alleys of Bur Dubai’s textile souk.

With the souks behind us, transition into a “food walk” mode with a 3-stop tasting that includes: sweet Emirati dumplings doused with date molasses, Indian sweet-spicy “water balloons” and Iranian dill-scented soup and succulent kebabs.

Morning and evening routes and foods vary.
*SPINGO is replaced with a “Dates (the fruit)” quiz during Ramadan though we still walk through the Spice Souk briefly.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Dubai Spice Souk, Sikkat Al Khail Road Al Ras, Dubai 75157 United Arab Emirates

Taste a local snack and play our proprietary spice game, "SPINGO" in the souk!

(SPINGO is replaced with another activity during Ramadan)

Duration: 1 hour

Pass By: Textile Souk, Bur Dubai Near Bur Dubai Abra Station, Dubai 75157 United Arab Emirates

Enjoy a leisurely abra ride across the Creek to the Textile souk.

Stop At: Al Fahidi Historical Neighbourhood, Dubai United Arab Emirates

Taste Emirati snacks in the courtyard of one of our favourite restaurants.

Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Meena Bazaar, close to Khalid Bin Waleed Street Bur Dubai, Dubai United Arab Emirates

Sample a beloved Indian street food.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Al Fahidi Souk, Al Fahidi Area, Bur Dubai - Dubai - United Arab Emirates

Savour kebabs at one of the oldest Iranian restaurants in Bur Dubai.

Duration: 45 minutes