Visit Dubai Spice Souk (Spice Market)

With a mix of time-honored traditions and futuristic ultra-modern glass towers Dubai is a truly a city of contrasts. If you are planning your shopping tour to Dubai, go to The Old Souk (or Dubai Spice Souk) which is located in eastern Dubai, in Deira is close to the famous Dubai Gold Souk for the ultimate shopping experience.
They say The Spice Market, located on Sikkat Al Khail Road is a shadow of its former self but it is still one of the many charms to the city. There are some open, but mostly closed-roof stores and they sell a variety of spices and fragrances from the many herbs used in Arabic and South Asian food to shisha and frankincense, also, some incense, rugs and several textitles.

Due to the growth larger stores and supermarkets, the quantity of trade as well as the number of stores trading spices in the Old Souk have been significantly reduced in recent years, but still a majority of the traiding occurs through haggling.
As you traverse bustling streets and crammed shops, this place of flavours and scents will captivate your senses. Follow the aroma of cinnamons, dried fruits, cloves and cardamoms through the filled with various Arabic fragrances narrow lanes of Dubai Spice Souk.


Shopkeepers are more than willing to offer their help and guide tourists on Dubai tours in the Dubai Spice Souk. They are always ready to introduce their rare and unknown types of spices to customers. You can buy spices imported from all over the Middle East – another reason to say that Dubai Spice Souk is one of the best places for shopping in Dubai.
Considered to be some of the best buys in Dubai, those dried fruits and spices of a high quality are kept out in the open in huge sacks, so you could smell the aroma and will allow you to have a foretaste of the special flavor that they will add to your cuisine with gastronomical delights.Or if you don't like the spicy food, you can make a gift for your dear ones.