Émirats arabes unis
Charjah
Half a day of museums, the old quarter on foot and the creek front.
- Séjour type: 1 à 2 jours
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Pourquoi Charjah ?
A city of museums
More museums than anywhere else in the country.
The old quarter
A restored coral and gypsum old quarter under wind towers.
A half-day walk
Old quarter, museums and creek front in one half-day walk.
Avant de partir
Devise
dirham des Émirats arabes unis
Langue
arabe
Décalage horaire
UTC+4
Se déplacer
VTC
Conduite
À droite
Aéroports
SHJ
Quand partir à Charjah
Novembre à mars
Lieux à Charjah
The Museum of Islamic Civilization
MuséeThe old quarter
MonumentThe museum district
MuséeThe creek and the lagoon
Point de vue
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Programmes pour Charjah
Jour 1
- Museum of Islamic CivilizationOn the creek front, opened in 2008 in a converted market building under a gold dome.
- The old quarter on footThe restored merchant district behind the creek, in coral and gypsum under wind towers.
- The creek frontThe water the old city was built around: a walkable front and a still-working dhow wharf.
Conseils locaux
Conseils d'initiés
Half a day is enough: the old quarter and two museums; four museums is a museum day, not a city.
Do not cross from Dubai after work: the road is one of the country's busiest and can double the journey.
Coutumes et sécurité
Sharjah is noticeably more conservative than Dubai, so dress for it: shoulders, upper arms and knees covered in public.
Between May and September heat and humidity push life indoors and into the night; November to March is pleasant.
Repas et prière
Halal is the ordinary case, with no hotel exception; Sharjah's public rules are the most conservative of the three emirates.
More mosques per street than its neighbour, and prayer rooms in malls, museums and the airport.
Se déplacer à Charjah
VTC
How the city is covered, and how most visitors arrive from Dubai. The fare is settled in the app.
Recommandé
À pied
The old quarter, the museums and the creek front are one continuous walk, which is unusual in this country.
Voiture
The road from Dubai is short and the parking is easy, but the border between the two is one of the busiest roads in the country at rush hour.
Depuis l’aéroport
- SHJ
Aéroport international de Charjah
Taxi et VTC
Que faire à Charjah
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À propos de Charjah
Sharjah and Dubai touch, and from a car you would not know where one ends. On the ground they are different: Sharjah keeps a more conservative public register, and it has put its money into museums where its neighbour put it into towers.
The part a visitor wants is small and continuous: the old quarter, the museums around it and the creek front are one walk, which makes it a half-day rather than a logistics exercise.
Photo credits
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