Dubai Diary: The Old Dubai, a total of 4 days experiencing Dubai, the place for bargain hunting.

Discovering the charm of Old Dubai, a clear geographical and cultural divide from New Dubai, had me enthralled.

The city first began to grow around Dubai Creek, where it is still used today for importing and exporting goods to and from different areas. Also, the creek’s waterways are still used as commuter lanes where passengers cheaply cross to and from Bur Dubai to Deira on the brightly decorated wooden dhows.

Dubai Museum, in the Bastkiya area, is located within the city’s oldest building, Al Fahidi Fort, which was erected in 1787.

The house of Sheikh Saeed bin Maktoum Al Maktoum, who ruled Dubai from 1912-1958, is considered to be one of the most important buildings in Dubai as it once housed a ruler.

This is definitely the place for bargain hunting within the souks: the spice souk (be prepared for a surrender of all senses), textile souk (best pashminas ever seen, but the thought of buying one in such heat completely deluded me) and the gold souk.

Abundant food stalls selling tasty finger foods are worth sampling – I couldn’t get enough of the large green spicy capsicum chillies dipped in a light batter; moreish is not the word…

Would you believe that there’s even an authentic British pub called Sherlock Holmes, and is brimming with both locals and tourists? Really!

Oh and even Old Dubai has a Sun City International Hotel…(photo below incase you don’t believe me, saffas.)