You must have heard of Dubai Gold Souk, the gold market. Dubai gold souk is situated in Al Dhagaya at the center of eastern Dubai’s business district Deira.
When you are in Dubai, walk through Dubai gold souk. There are over 300 gold and diamond retailers lining the Dubai gold souk. Every shop showcases an exquisite range of artfully and luxuriously crafted gold and diamond jewelry. At Dubai gold souk every shop, big or small, will maintain surprisingly equal level of operations.
It is said that the total stocks at the Dubai gold souk will exceed 10 tons at any point of time. Dubai’s free trade policy has encouraged gold and jewelry traders from India and Iran to open shops in the Dubai gold souk since 1940′s. Dubai gold souk is known to offer the cheapest prices in the world.
You need to know a few little secrets when you shop at Dubai gold souk. Visit the souk in the evenings and enjoy the glitter. Keep a lot of time to move from shop to shop. Find what you want, ask for prices. But do not buy. Return to the souk next day in daylight. Take another look at your choices and ask for the prices. Quite likely you will see the difference in the looks of the material or the prices. The evening’s lights can deceive.
Feel free to bargain. In most places you can haggle and get discounts as neat as 20%. You should know that the shops there are very keen on matching the competition’s prices. So you stand to gain. That is the golden world of Dubai Gold Souk.
