Dubai Spice Souk is a traditional market for fresh Arabic spices in Dubai that attracts visitors in very large numbers. Next time you are in Dubai put Dubai spice souk on your list of places to visit. Dubai Spice souk is located in the business district of Deira in eastern Dubai, right next to Dubai gold souk.
The souk has several narrow lanes along which you will find arrays of spice shops. These shops sell a variety of gastronomical delights that include spices, dried fruits, nuts fragrances and herbs imported from across the Middle East. Shopping at spice souk gives you a special, fabulous experience of shopping in an open-air market.
As you wade through these lanes, the mixed aroma of cardamom, cinnamon, cloves, incense, nuts, dry fruits and scores of other spices will just ensnare you to buying at least a few of these spices. Once you stop at a shop to buy something, there is a strong likelihood that your will find some rare types of spice that may be unknown to you.
Haggling is a grand highlight of spice souk. So, do not hesitate to dwell on prices when you are shopping in spice souk.
Dubai Spice Souk is a friendly place. The shopkeepers are very welcoming, helpful and accommodating.
You will find these spices as fantastic gift items. You can always have them in your shopping bags as nice, unique give-away for your friends and relatives.
With the onslaught of bigger shops and supermarkets in recent times, the trading volumes in Dubai spice souk have diminished quite significantly. This is a sad but inevitable part of the spice souk story.
