Bordering Dubai Creek, Al Hamriya is site of the family-friendly Museum of Illusions, with its optical tricks and holograms. Waterside Al Seef promenade is built in traditional Arabic style, and offers Lebanese and Indian restaurants plus shopping for embroidered shawls and copper coffee pots at Al Seef by Meraas mall. Inland from the creek, budget hotels sit among apartment buildings in labyrinthine streets.