Another part of Dubai that we didn’t know before is Dubai Creek Harbour. In the top sights of Dubai, it appears more and more often. So we wanted to see for ourselves and one morning we made our way to the new harbour district at Dubai Creek.
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The Dubai Creek Harbour
Dubai Creek Harbour is a new, gigantic city and port district in Dubai about 10 minutes drive from Downtown Dubai or Dubai International Airport. As far as we know, there is no proper connection to public transport. That’s why we took a taxi from Downtown Dubai and paid 35 AED (approx. 8 €).
The location of Dubai Creek Harbour
The construction around the harbour area is already relatively advanced. The promenade at the Creek, for example, is already finished and invites you to take a walk. There are also some nice photo spots here. Once completed, the project will cover more than six square kilometres, twice the area of Downtown Dubai. The centrepiece will be the Dubai Creek Tower, a skyscraper that, when completed at more than 1,000 metres, is said to be even higher than the Burj Khalifa. A little southeast of Dubai Creek is the Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary with over 450 species of animals, including the famous pink flamingos.
Photo spots at Dubai Creek Harbour
Our first stop was the World Flower Tree. The flower tree created by the artist Choi Jeong Hwa symbolizes the relationship between the natural world and the man-made realm. The artwork, specially commissioned for Emaar, features local flowers arranged in the artist’s unmistakable style.
The Dubai Flower Tree
Another well-known photo motif are the large flamingo statues along the promenade.
The Flamingo Statues in Dubai Creek Harbour
The round archways on the waterfront are also a very popular Instagram motif. The nice thing is that you can see through it the skyline of Dubai. For a perfect photo, however, it is rather the late afternoon at sunset, then the arches also shine in a special light. We were here in the early morning and there the whole thing looks rather unspectacular.
The round archways on the waterfront
In general, if the weather plays along, Dubai Creek Harbour has a great view of the Dubai skyline. Here, too, the 840-metre-high Burj Khalifa towers over all other buildings.
Dubai Skyline from Dubai Creek Harbour
There are a few more photo spots such as the lighthouse and many other sculptures.
Is it worth visiting Dubai Creek Harbour?
At the moment we would say that a visit to Dubai Creek Harbour is not really worth it yet. There are some nice photo spots, but otherwise everything still seems very unfinished and inanimate. That (as you know Dubai) will certainly change at some point, but there’s not really much going on there at the moment. This is also noticeable by the fact that Vida Creek Harbour is just one hotel in the area.
Eine Karte mit allen Sehenswürdigkeiten in Dubai
Auf folgender Google MyMaps Karte haben wir alle wichtigen Sehenswürdigkeiten und Attraktionen in Dubai eingezeichnet.
Eine Karte der Sehenswürdigkeiten in Dubai
Unsere Reiseberichte aus Dubai
Dubai ist eine wahnsinnig vielseitige Stadt und hat einiges an Attraktionen zu bieten. In unseren vorherigen Urlauben hatten wir die Stadt nur als klassisches “Stopover Ziel” kennengelernt. Dabei hatten wir nicht wirklich viel Zeit, die vielen Sehenswürdigkeiten der Stadt zu erkunden. Und die Wüstenmetropole ist ein wahres Foto- und Instagram-Paradies. Ein Motiv ist schöner und spektakulärer als das andere. Das höchste Gebäude der Welt (Burj Khalifa), das größte Gebäude der Welt in Form eines Bilderrahmens (Dubai Frame), das größte Einkaufszentrum (Dubai Mall), das größte Riesenrad (Ain Dubai), der größte Blumengarten (Dubai Miracle Garden), das höchste Hotelatrium (Burj Al Arab) bis hin zum größten Springbrunnensystem der Welt (The Plam Fountain) und vielen weiteren.
Zudem hat sich Dubai in den letzten Jahren so rasant weiterentwickelt, so dass wir durch einen längeren Urlaub jetzt genügend Zeit hatten, die Wüstenmetropole am Persischen Golf etwas besser zu erkunden. Hier findet Ihr unsere Reiseberichte über die Stadt der Superlative.
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