Why go
- Capital of the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
- Served by Abu Musa Island Airport (AEU).
History
Sharjah is a major port city and the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi. It is the capital of the Emirate of Sharjah and forms part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area. The emirate shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates of the UAE within a federal framework. Each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civil law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Sharjah has been ruled by the Al Qasimi dynasty since the 18th century.
Restaurants & places to go
Burger, Restaurant · Al Baik Restaurant and Drive Thru Opening hours: 10:00-03:00 · albaik.com
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 Features: takeaway · King Faisal Street, Sharjah · mcdelivery.ae
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 Features: takeaway, delivery, air conditioning · Bukhara Street · mcdonalds.com
Coffee Shop, Cafe · Opening hours: Mo-Su 08:00-00:00 Features: takeaway · arabicacoffee.ae
Burger, Fast Food · Opening hours: 24/7 Features: takeaway · uae.hardees.me
Pizza, Restaurant · Opening hours: 24/7 Features: outdoor seating · pizzahut.ae
Indian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-We,Su 10:00-24:00; Sa 10:30-24:00; Th-Fr 10:00-01:00 · biryaniwallaandco.com
Chinese, Indian, Restaurant · Opening hours: Mo-Su,PH 06:00-00:00,00:00-02:00 Features: outdoor seating, halal · شارع سمرقند · desifirangi.me
292 more places in the Ultimate edition. See the Ultimate edition →
Airports
Dubai International Airport (DXB) 12 km to the centre
Dubai, DU, AE — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 83 airlines (Emirates, Fly Dubai, Qantas, Iran Aseman Airlines…) · direct flights to 188 destinations incl. Delhi, Jeddah, Kabul, London, Singapore… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 83 airlines, 188 direct destinations
- Emirates EK (777-300ER, A330-200, A380, 777-300, 777-200, 777-200LR…) · 120 routes: Accra, Addis Ababa, Adelaide, Ahmedabad, Algier, Amman, Amsterdam, Athens, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangalore, Bangkok, Barcelona, Basrah, Beijing, Beirut, Birmingham, Boston, Brisbane, Cairo, Calicut, Cape Town, Casablanca, Colombo, Copenhagen, Dakar, Dallas-Fort Worth, Dammam, Dar Es Salaam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Dublin, Duesseldorf, Durban, Entebbe, Erbil, Frankfurt, Geneva, Glasgow … +80 more
- Fly Dubai FZ (737-800) · 50 routes: Abha, Addis Ababa, Alexandria, Amman, Ashkhabad, Baghdad, Bahrain, Baku, Basrah, Belgrade, Bishkek, Bucharest, Dammam, Dhaka, Djibouti, Doha, Dushanbe, Erbil, Gassim, Hail, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Jeddah, Juba, Kabul, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kharkov, Khartoum, Krasnodar, Kuwait, Lucknow, Madinah, Mineralnye Vody, Multan, Muscat, Najaf, Port Sudan, Rostov, Salalah … +10 more
- Qantas QF (777-300ER, A380, A330-200, 777-200, 777-300, 777-200LR) · 33 routes: Adelaide*, Amman*, Bahrain*, Bangkok*, Birmingham*, Brisbane*, Copenhagen*, Dammam*, Dublin*, Duesseldorf*, Frankfurt*, Geneva*, Glasgow*, Hamburg*, Istanbul*, Jeddah*, Kuala Lumpur*, London*, London, Manchester*, Melbourne, Munich*, Muscat*, Nairobi*, Newcastle*, Perth*, Prague*, Riyadh*, Singapore*, Stockholm*, Sydney, Warsaw*, Zurich*
- Iran Aseman Airlines EP (Fokker 100, ATR 72, A340-300) · 11 routes: Bandar Abbas, Bandar Lengeh, Bushehr, Chah Bahar, Lamerd, Lar, Mashhad, Shiraz, Tabriz, Tehran, Zahedan
- JetBlue Airways B6 (777-300ER, A380, 777-200LR) · 9 routes: Boston, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Los Angeles, Milano, New York, San Francisco, Seattle, Washington
- IndiGo Airlines 6E (A320) · 6 routes: Delhi, Hyderabad, Kochi, Madras, Mumbai, Trivandrum
- Shaheen Air International NL (A320, 734) · 5 routes: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar
- Yemenia IY (330, 310, A320) · 5 routes: Aden, Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Mukalla, Sanaa
- Air India Express IX (737-800) · 4 routes: Calicut, Kochi, Mangalore, Trivandrum
- Air India Limited AI (A321, A319, 787-8) · 4 routes: Calicut, Delhi, Goa, Mumbai
- Iran Air IR (A320, Fokker 100) · 4 routes: Ahwaz, Bandar Abbas, Esfahan, Tehran
- Saudi Arabian Airlines SV (A320, A321, A330-300, 777-300, 777) · 4 routes: Dammam, Jeddah, Madinah, Riyadh
- Ural Airlines U6 (A320) · 4 routes: Krasnodar, Mineralnye Vody, Samara, Yekaterinburg
- Japan Airlines Domestic JL (777-300, 777-200) · 3 routes: Osaka*, Tokyo*, Tokyo*
- Jet Airways 9W (737-800) · 3 routes: Delhi, Mangalore, Mumbai
- Pakistan International Airlines PK (737-800, 310, 737) · 3 routes: Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore
- South African Airways SA (777-300ER) · 3 routes: Cape Town*, Durban*, Johannesburg*
- Spicejet SG (737) · 3 routes: Ahmedabad, Delhi, Kochi
- Alitalia AZ (777, 777-300ER) · 2 routes: Amsterdam*, Paris*
- Ariana Afghan Airlines FG (734) · 2 routes: Kabul, Kandahar
- Biman Bangladesh Airlines BG (313) · 2 routes: Chittagong, Sylhet Osmani
- Egyptair MS (A330-300, 777-300) · 2 routes: Cairo, Singapore*
- Ethiopian Airlines ET (A330-300, 737-800, 767-300, 787-8, 777-200LR, 777-300ER) · 2 routes: Addis Ababa, Singapore*
- Kenya Airways KQ (A320, 767-300) · 2 routes: Moscow*, Nairobi
- Kish Air Y9 (F50, MD-80) · 2 routes: GSM, Kish Island
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines KL (767, 777) · 2 routes: Amsterdam, Nairobi*
- Lufthansa Cargo LH (A330-300, A340-300) · 2 routes: Frankfurt, Munich
- Nas Air XY (A320) · 2 routes: Jeddah, Riyadh
- Oman Air WY (Embraer 175, A330-200, A330-300, 737-800, 737-700) · 2 routes: Muscat, Salalah
- Rwandair Express WB (737-800) · 2 routes: Kigali, Mombasa
- Singapore Airlines Cargo SQ (A330-300, 777-300ER) · 2 routes: Cairo, Singapore
- United Airlines UA (777) · 2 routes: Doha, Washington
- VRG Linhas Aereas RG (ERJ) · 2 routes: Abu Dhabi, Sir Bani Yas Island
- Aeroflot Russian Airlines SU (A320) · 1 route: Moscow
- Afriqiyah Airways 8U (A330-200) · 1 route: Tripoli
- Air Algerie AH (330) · 1 route: Algier
- Air China CA (A330-300) · 1 route: Beijing
- Air France AF (777-300ER) · 1 route: Paris
- Air Mauritius MK (A380, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Plaisance*
- Air Serbia JU (737) · 1 route: Berbera
- American Airlines AA (747-400, 777) · 1 route: London*
- Austrian Airlines OS (767-300) · 1 route: Vienna*
- Azerbaijan Airlines J2 (A319, A320, 757) · 1 route: Baku
- British Airways BA (747-400, 777) · 1 route: London
- Cathay Pacific CX (A330-300) · 1 route: Hong Kong
- Cebu Pacific 5J (330) · 1 route: Manila
- China Eastern Airlines MU (A330-300) · 1 route: Kunming
- China Southern Airlines CZ (777-200) · 1 route: Guangzhou
- Daallo Airlines D3 (A321) · 1 route: Hargeisa
- Delta Air Lines DL (777-200LR) · 1 route: Atlanta
- Georgian National Airlines QB (F50) · 1 route: GSM
- Gulf Air Bahrain GF (A320, A321) · 1 route: Bahrain
- Jazeera Airways J9 (A320) · 1 route: Kuwait
- Kam Air RQ (A320) · 1 route: Kabul
- Korean Air KE (A330-200) · 1 route: Seoul
- Kuwait Airways KU (310, A320, AB6) · 1 route: Kuwait
- L MJ (A320, A330-200, A340-300) · 1 route: Colombo*
- Mahan Air W5 (AB6) · 1 route: Tehran
- Middle East Airlines ME (A320, A330-200) · 1 route: Beirut
- Nasair UE (A320) · 1 route: Aden
- NordStar Airlines Y7 (737-800) · 1 route: Krasnoyarsk
- Pegasus Airlines PC (737-800) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Philippine Airlines PR (777-300ER) · 1 route: Manila*
- Qatar Airways QR (A320, A321, A330-200, A330-300, 787-8, 777-300ER…) · 1 route: Doha
- Royal Brunei Airlines BI (787) · 1 route: Bandar Seri Begawan
- Royal Jordanian RJ (A320, A321, 330) · 1 route: Amman
- S7 Airlines S7 (A320) · 1 route: Novosibirsk
- Safi Airlines 4Q (A319) · 1 route: Kabul
- Salzburg arrows SZ (737) · 1 route: Dushanbe
- SriLankan Airlines UL (A320, A321, A330-200) · 1 route: Colombo
- Sudan Airways SD (AB6) · 1 route: Khartoum
- Swiss International Air Lines LX (A330-300) · 1 route: Zurich
- TAAG Angola Airlines DT (777-200) · 1 route: Luanda
- TAP Portugal TP (777-300ER) · 1 route: Lisbon*
- Tarom RO (737-700) · 1 route: Bucharest
- Thai Airways International TG (330) · 1 route: Bangkok
- Tunisair TU (A319) · 1 route: Tunis
- Turkish Airlines TK (A321, A330-200, A340-300, 777-300ER) · 1 route: Istanbul
- Turkmenistan Airlines T5 (737-300) · 1 route: Ashkhabad
- Ukraine International Airlines PS (737-800, 73J, 73N) · 1 route: Kiev
- United Airways 4H (313) · 1 route: Dhaka
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (767-300) · 1 route: Tashkent
- Virgin Atlantic Airways VS (A330-300) · 1 route: London
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Sharjah International Airport (SHJ) 9.9 km to the centre
Sharjah, SH, AE — You board from the indoor waiting area — no need to plan for the weather. ✈ 15 airlines (Air Arabia, Pakistan International Airlines, Air India Express, Air India Limited…) · direct flights to 78 destinations incl. Kochi, Calicut, Colombo, Peshawar, Trivandrum… (OpenFlights route data).
✈ Airlines & flight paths — 15 airlines, 78 direct destinations
- Air Arabia G9 (A320) · 65 routes: Abha, Ahmedabad, Al-ahsa, Alexandria, Alma-ata, Amman, Asyut, Baghdad, Bahrain, Bangalore, Basrah, Beirut, Cairo, Calicut, Chimkent, Chittagong, Coimbatore, Colombo, Dammam, Delhi, Dhaka, Doha, Donetsk, Erbil, Gassim, Goa, Hail, Hyderabad, Istanbul, Jaipur, Jeddah, Karachi, Kathmandu, Kazan, Kharkov, Khartoum, Kiev, Kochi, Kuwait, Lar … +25 more
- Pakistan International Airlines PK (737, 310, 737-800, A320, ATR) · 8 routes: Dera Ghazi Khan, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Multan, Peshawar, Quetta, Turbat
- Air India Express IX (737-800) · 6 routes: Calicut, Jaipur, Kochi, Mangalore, Pune, Trivandrum
- Air India Limited AI (A321, A320) · 5 routes: Calicut, Hyderabad, Kochi, Madras, Trivandrum
- Shaheen Air International NL (734) · 2 routes: Peshawar, Sialkot
- Airlines Of Tasmania FO (CRJ-700) · 1 route: Aden
- Egyptair MS (A320, 737-800) · 1 route: Cairo
- Jet Airways 9W (737-800) · 1 route: Kochi
- L MJ (A321) · 1 route: Colombo
- Qatar Airways QR (A319, A320, A321) · 1 route: Doha
- Spicejet SG (737) · 1 route: Pune
- SriLankan Airlines UL (A320) · 1 route: Colombo
- Sudan Airways SD (AB6) · 1 route: Abu Dhabi
- Tajik Air 7J (735) · 1 route: Dushanbe
- Uzbekistan Airways HY (767-300) · 1 route: Tashkent
Routes and aircraft from OpenFlights (open data; a point-in-time snapshot). * = codeshare. Linked destinations open their own guidebook. Flight numbers are not in the open data — they come from the airline or a paid schedule feed.
Abu Musa Island Airport (AEU) 71 km to the centre
Abu Musa, 22, IR — Indoor waiting areas, but some gates board by bus or on foot across the apron — plan for the weather on the day.
Getting there by ferry
Ferry From Sharjah to Iran Bandar Abass Port
Ferry terminal · 4.7 km from the centre
Ferry From Sharjah to Iran Bandar Abbas Port
Ferry terminal · 4.9 km from the centre
Baniyas - water bus terminal
Ferry terminal · 14 km from the centre
Al Sabkha Abra terminal (North)
Ferry terminal · 15 km from the centre
Al Sabkha
Ferry terminal · 15 km from the centre
Al Seef Marine Transport Station
Ferry terminal · 15 km from the centre
Al Sabkha - Al Fahidi Marine Transport Station
Ferry route
Baniyas - Al Seef (Water Bus)
Ferry route
Dubai Old Souk - Al Sabkha (Abra)
Ferry route
Al Sabkha - Baniyas (Water Bus)
Ferry route
Dubai Old Souk - Baniyas (Water Bus)
Ferry route
Where things are
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When to go
Tourist season
May – September
The warmer, longer-day half of the year is the safest bet for a first visit.
Shoulder season
April, October
Cooler and quieter, with fewer visitors and better value.
Worth avoiding
Deep winter
Short days and the coldest weather — check local conditions before travelling.
Getting there & around
Getting there. The nearest airport on record is Abu Musa Island Airport (AEU). Check rail and road links from the tourism sources below. By water: 6 ferry terminals within 20 km (nearest: Ferry From Sharjah to Iran Bandar Abass Port, 4.7 km); routes include Al Sabkha - Al Fahidi Marine Transport Station, Baniyas - Al Seef (Water Bus), Dubai Old Souk - Al Sabkha (Abra).
Getting around. Use the map above to orient yourself; nearby hotels, attractions and places to eat are listed from the live Ultimate data for Sharjah, UAE. Local transit details will be added as the guide is expanded.
Private aviation
On-demand charter, jet cards and the semi-private scheduled carriers that serve this city.
Charter · Airbus ACJ319 · Emirates' VIP Airbus for bespoke charters from Dubai.
Charter, management · Managed fleet · Dubai-based aircraft management and charter.
Charter · Boeing Business Jet, Global, Learjet · Abu Dhabi-based premium charter with the world's largest BBJ fleet.
Broker · Any aircraft via operators worldwide · Global charter broker with 30+ offices; private jets, group charters and cargo.
FBO, charter, management · Managed fleet · FBO network and management across Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia-Pacific.
Tours & experiences
Sightseeing