The Dubai Creek

A significant historical landmark of Dubai is the Dubai Creek, a silent and intriguing witness to some of the major changes that have played upon the desert landscape that hosts it. If you seeking some welcome apartment accommodation Dubai to host your stay in the emirate, the Ascott Park Place Dubai features gracious interiors and the attentive hospitality that ranks it amongst the best Dubai serviced apartments available. The Dubai Creek once held the honour of being the emirate’s only port and it received vessels from as far away as India and East Africa. It also served as the focal point of the emirate’s pearling industry, during the proliferation of natural pearls prior to the formation of cultured pearls in the early twentieth century. The creek’s shallow waters played host to a wide variety of marine life, which also meant that it served as a prime fishing spot at one point in Dubai’s history. The emirate’s first ever bridge that connected Deira and Bur Dubai, Al Maktoum Bridge, spanned the breadth of the creek, and was constructed in 1963, and the Dubai Creek now boasts several prominent crossing points that include the Al Garhoud Bridge, the Al Shindagha Tunnel, and it will host the “Dubai Smile” in the near future.