Creek Rise, Dubai Creek Harbour
The Dubai Creek Harbour Marina is eight minutes from Creek Rise on foot, and a small park sits three minutes from the door. After a flight, the first morning is already planned: walk to the water, then find breakfast.
Creek Rise is a pair of towers in Dubai Creek Harbour, built by Emaar through its subsidiary The Lagoons Phase One. Below is a week there, and what it means if you own one of the apartments.
- Developer: Emaar Properties, through The Lagoons Phase One
- Towers: two, of 36 storeys and 46 storeys
- Completed: October 2024
- Mix: apartments from one to three bedrooms
- Supermarket: 5 minutes on foot
- Dubai International: 12.9 km by road, about 16 minutes in free-flowing traffic
Developer
Emaar Properties
Towers
2 (36 & 46 storeys)
Location
Al Khairan First, Dubai Creek Harbour
Status
Completed, ready to move in
On this page
- The towers
- The first morning
- Breakfast and dinner
- The first errand
- The master plan
- Arriving from Dubai International
- Water taxis and buses
- Parks and play
- The malls
- Schools and nurseries
- The district
- What is on in the city
- Faith and everyday life
- A week at Creek Rise
- What the register shows
- What owners get from us
- Sources
- Frequently Asked Questions
The towers
Creek Rise has apartments of one bedroom up to three, split between the two towers. Most residential buildings in the district have a pool and a gym, and the towers sit inside a community laid out around parks and the water.
The two towers rise to different heights. One has 36 storeys and the other 46, which gives the pair a staggered profile above the marina.
The first morning
Start with the park, because a small green space sits three minutes from the door and you can reach another in eight, which is a gentler way to wake up than any taxi queue. Then the marina, eight minutes on foot, where the water opens out and the promenade begins. You can have coffee on the way back.
The Harbour Promenade is a long waterfront walkway along the creek's edge, lined with public art. It has views to Downtown and the Burj Khalifa, with cycle paths and a marina beside it, and you can follow it for as long as your legs allow.
Breakfast and dinner
Three restaurants fall within 500 metres: Batoni, Le Flamant Rose and Next Door Kitchen. Batoni serves Georgian food.
Mondoux and Soulgreen are further names on the list, as is The Courtyard. LaLoge Cafe and Pavlova Cafe suit a slow coffee, and Eggspectation suits breakfast.
Dining and entertainment sit on the marina and the promenade on one side of the district. Play areas, parks and children's activities fill the other.
The first errand
The nearest supermarket is a five-minute walk. You will manage milk and bread without a car. The store sits in Harbour Views Tower 1, and a Geant Express in Dubai Creek Residences South Tower 3 is the second choice. W Mart Supermarket is a third.
Lulu Hypermarket is a longer walk of twenty-three minutes. Carrefour takes twenty-nine, so you will want a car or a taxi for a big shop, and the nearer store for everything else.
For a clinic, Mediclinic is nine minutes away on foot.
The master plan
Emaar is the developer of Dubai Creek Harbour, and the master plan has nine districts. Island and Canal are two of them, Central Park and Urban Core two more. The Island District sits at the centre, Creek Beach has swimmable lagoons, and Creek Marina holds restaurants and yachts.
The quieter Central Park, North Park and Sanctuary areas sit beyond. Central Park lies at the core. Its calm layout and outdoor play spaces make it popular with young families. Singles and couples lean toward the marina-side towers.
Creek Island holds Address Harbour Point and Vida Residences, along with Creek Residences and Palace Residences.
Arriving from Dubai International
From Dubai International it is 12.9 kilometres, around 16 minutes when traffic flows. At rush hour you will wait longer still. Ras Al Khor Road (E44) and Nad Al Hamar Road (D62) are the main roads.
Water taxis and buses
An abra crosses the creek from Dubai Festival City at weekends and from Al Jaddaf on weekdays, for AED 2. The Al Jadaf ferry stop is fifteen minutes away on foot.
The Green Line ends at Creek, after Al Jadaf and Dubai Healthcare City, and those are the stations you can use today if you want the metro rather than a car. Most people use a car or a taxi.
Parks and play
Dubai Creek Harbour Park has picnic areas and a children's play space. Creek Play, an outdoor play zone along the promenade, and an indoor Whale and Submarine kids' area complete the list.
The district is traffic-calmed, surrounded by parks, and popular with young families. Residents rate it as a community for families. It is traffic-free and surrounded by parks.
The malls
Dubai Festival City Mall is six minutes away by car and twenty-five on foot, and MMI Festival City is close by. The cinema at VOX is twenty-six minutes on foot.
Dubai Festival City, with its malls and cinemas, and Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary are the places closest to the community.
Schools and nurseries
There are no schools in the district yet, so families drive to campuses such as Deira International School and GEMS Founders School Nad Al Hamar. Swiss International Scientific School is twenty-three minutes away on foot.
Blossom Nursery in Creek Gate Tower 2 and Maple Bear Nursery at Harbour Views cover early years.
Further out, The City School International in Nadd Al Hamar teaches the British curriculum, and Grammar School Dubai in Al Garhoud does the same. Al Mawakeb School and Dubai International School in Al Garhoud teach the American one.
The district
Dubai Creek Harbour is a modern equivalent of Dubai Marina. It is more spacious and less congested, and Burj Khalifa views open from several points on the promenade.
The Viewing Point is a free walkway between the twin towers of Address Grand Creek Harbour, and it opens the view to the Downtown skyline, the Burj Khalifa and the Mohammed Bin Rashid Library for anyone who cares to stop.
Early evening can be crowded when people return from work, because the district has only two entrances at present, so a drive at that hour takes longer than the map suggests. Construction continues, and facilities are fewer than in older districts, which is the trade for the space, the calm and the open water.
Our reading: an apartment with a view of the creek and the Downtown skyline, a promenade outside and abra links to Festival City suits you if you want a quiet waterfront base within reach of the city.
What is on in the city
The Dubai calendar sets the shape of a year. Shopping fills the winter and Ramadan the spring, family entertainment runs through July and August, and fitness takes November.
This autumn the city turns to sport. Dubai Ride closes a stretch of Sheikh Zayed Road for a family route past Dubai Mall and Dubai Opera. The City Half Marathon follows on 8 November, starting at 06:00 in DIFC.
Diwali brings shopping offers and dining deals to the city in early November, and the Dubai Home Festival runs on a design and furniture theme until the first of the month. Exhibitions such as Automechanika and World Art Dubai fill the second half of the month.
Faith and everyday life
Afraa Al Kitbi Mosque, Al Awir Mosque and Osama Bin Zaid Mosque are the nearest mosques.
Ras Al Khor Wildlife Sanctuary lies close to the community, and flamingos gather in the Sanctuary District.
A week at Creek Rise
On Monday you land at Dubai International and take a taxi to the towers. On Tuesday you walk to the marina before breakfast, and on Wednesday you ride the abra to Festival City.
At the weekend you take the children to the park and dine by the water.
What the register shows
The register labels this as a sale. Read the table as a snapshot of a handful of deals, not as a price list.
| Unit type | Sales | Dates | Price (AED) | Size (sq m) | AED per sq m |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Two-bedroom | 2 | 31 Aug 2026 to 8 Sep 2026 | 2,550,000 | 103.01 to 108.55 | 24,123 |
AED per sq m is the median where a row has more than one sale.
What owners get from us
If you own here, we look after the whole stay. Royale Stays handles furnishing and photography. We set the pricing and run check-in. We answer guest messages and handle maintenance. Our management fee is from 15% of booking revenue.
Letting a flat here starts with the Department of Economy and Tourism holiday-home permit in your name, which we file.
Sources
Sources: Property Finder, betterhomes, Bayut, Engel & Voelkers Dubai, dubizzle Property blog, Roads and Transport Authority, Dubai Media Office, The National, Visit Dubai.
Questions