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Doha
About Doha
Doha is the capital of Qatar. This beautiful white city on the bank of the Arabian Gulf was founded in 1850 then known as Al-bida.Today the city is home to The Al Jazeera Arabic satellite television news channel. The city is rapidly changing with more than 100 buildings and towers planned to attract the international tourists with five star hotels, high-end shopping and modern beach club.
Local highlights
Explore the city
- Enjoy the Doha Bay
- The Corniche, the palm-lined public space for picnics, walking and jogging, and a favorite place for evening outs
- Stroll through the mazelike passageways of Souk Waqif with its interesting handicrafts
- Visit the Gold Souk, full of necklaces, rings and other baubles.
- The modern city center of Doha has a huge mall with some 350 outlets
Explore its museums and historical sights, such as
- See National Museum of Qatar
- The museum of Islamic Arts
- Doha Ethnographic Museum
Highlights in the vicinity
- See the old fisherman village of Al-wakrah with its famous museums and beautiful old Islamic architecture.
- Messai'eed if you are into refineries and gas liquefiers, petrochemical plants. But is also has beaches and golden sand dunes attracting tourists every year.
- Al-Shahaniyah-famous for its camel racing competition every year and the Oryx farm established to protect the endangered desert antelope.
- Al-Khor, once was a major conventional pearl fishing town, today is a small fishing town with beautiful mosques, museum and wind tower.
- Dukhan-famous for its oil fields, but also its beaches and sand dunes
Good to know
- No. of inhabitants: 370 Thousand
- Timezone: UTC +3
- Weather: Tropical climate with hot, dry and windy summers that stretches from May through October. The winter of Doha is comparatively comfortable occasional rain.The best time to visit is from November to March.
Local transport
- Taxi
Inbound transport
- Nearest airport: Doha International Airport
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