A tra­di­tion­al Qatari home, remark­able because it has two instead of one ‘majlis’ (guest recep­tion area). Built in 193…

Feel like a roy­al as you tour around The Old Palace, which was once the res­i­dence of Qatar’s Roy­al Fam­i­ly and the sea…

Vis­it one of Qatar’s high­est his­tor­i­cal tow­ers, the Barzan Tow­ers. With a height of 16-meter, this high watch­tow­er ha…

Locat­ed 10 km from Al Zubarah, the Al Thaqab Fort guards a deep well to the west of the fort. The word ‘Thaqab’ means…

Al Koot Fort, most com­mon­ly known as Doha Fort, is locat­ed in Souq Waqif. Built-in 1880, the Al Koot Fort was orig­i­na…

Believed to have been formed 325,000 to 500,000 years ago, the Dahl Al Mis­fir, also com­mon­ly known as Mis­fir Sink­hole…

This place looks some­thing like a scene from the movies and is filled with hun­dreds and thou­sands of cars, trucks, je…

A hid­den gem locat­ed in Doha and a new addi­tion to the Doha park, the Oxy­gen Park is still by and large­ly unknown to …

This defen­sive watch­tow­er was built in 1900 and is now ful­ly restored. It is locat­ed in a small park with a pleas­ant …

The muse­um hous­es a spec­tac­u­lar dis­play of weapons and arti­facts dat­ing back to the 16th cen­tu­ry. The col­lec­tion has …

A new exten­sion of the ”Sheikh Faisal bin Qas­sim Muse­um” in Al Sha­haniyah, this branch cur­rent­ly dis­plays a num­ber …

Housed in an old fort built in the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry, this small muse­um dis­plays arti­facts of marine life and local …

The mosque was built in the 1940s on the site of ear­li­er mosques, and while not par­tic­u­lar­ly old was built with tra­di…

VCUQatar have a small gallery, with exhi­bi­tions which change every few months, locat­ed in their cam­pus on Edu­ca­tion C…

Estab­lished in 2010, this small muse­um exhibits stamps from 22 Arab coun­tries.

A pri­vate zoo now opened to the pub­lic. Sup­ports a num­ber of oryx, as well as more exot­ic ani­mals.

For­mer­ly known as Al-Bid­da Park, this is oppo­site the Cor­niche with an out­door the­atre, art gallery, water fea­tures, …

This is the birth­place of Sheikha Mozah (the sec­ond wife of Hamad bin Khal­i­fa Al Thani, the for­mer Emir of Qatar). Al…

Locat­ed next to the Grand Mosque, this old clock tow­er fea­tures Ara­bic numer­als on its face. The tow­er is also locate…

The zoo is under­go­ing major ren­o­va­tion and refur­bish­ment, and is cur­rent­ly closed.

Doha’s flag­ship muse­um. Housed in a build­ing designed by I.M. Pei, the muse­um hosts arte­facts from Mus­lim dynas­ties a…

This quaint muse­um over­look­ing the seafront pro­vides good views over the har­bor from the sec­ond floor. It show­cas­es a…

Built in 1938 using tra­di­tion­al mate­ri­als of coral, rock, and sun-baked mud. Non-Mus­lim vis­i­tors are advised to refra…

Locat­ed along the Cor­niche adja­cent to Al Rumeil­ia Park, with build­ings mod­eled on a tra­di­tion­al Qatari vil­lage. Visi…

This mod­ern park was built on reclaimed land and affords great views of the West Bay sky­line. Vis­i­tors can rent bicyc…

Orig­i­nal­ly built by a promi­nent local pearl trad­er in the ear­ly 20th cen­tu­ry, the house was ful­ly restored in 2004. O…

Find­ing this muse­um may be chal­leng­ing, but it is well worth the effort. From Doha, head west and take the exit for t…