Dubai Gold Souk, Traditional marketplace in Deira district, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Dubai Gold Souk is a traditional market in Deira's Al Ras locality, with over 380 retailers, most of them jewellery traders. Its covered arcade runs beneath dark red-brown wooden beams and planks on posts, shopfronts on both sides glowing with displayed gold jewellery, and a pale tiled walkway between them. Signs overhead and on the shopfronts carry Arabic script and the word "Jewellery".
The market began in the 1940s as a small trading post and grew into one of the Middle East's largest gold centers. This growth was tied to the region's expansion as a major trading hub.
The market reflects how gold shopping is woven into local traditions, where haggling over prices is an expected and valued part of the buying experience. People from across the region come here as much for the social ritual as for the jewelry itself.
The souk is easy to reach by metro at Al Ras station or by buses in the area. It operates daily from 9 AM to 9 PM, and while there is plenty of ground to cover, it can get crowded during peak hours.
The souk entered the Guinness World Records with a gold ring weighing 64 kg (141 lb), owned by the Dubai-based company Taiba. During the COVID-19 closure the market shut and reopened in April 2020 by decision of Dubai's Supreme Committee of Crisis and Disaster Management.
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