Doha

Shore Excursions

Benefit from pick-up at your hotel or the airport, and then drive along the Corniche to get a view of the old Dhow Harbor. Next, go to the gold souq and be dazzled by the glittering items on display in all the different shops. Then, visit the National Museum of Qatar in Doha, a museum dedicated to the history of Qatar housed in an iconic building designed by French architect Jean Nouvel and dubbed the Desert Rose. Next, go to the gold souq and be dazzled by the glittering items on display in all the different shops continue to the Souq Waqif, noted for its traditional architecture and spice and perfume shops. Browse the traditional handicraft shops and discover areas dedicated to animals such as horses, camels, and an area reserved for falcon.

Get majestic views of the west coast of Qatar on a half-day tour from Doha. Following pickup at your hotel or the airport, make your way by air-conditioned 4WD vehicle to Film City, built for the Arabic TV series Sons of Wolves in the middle of the desert of the Zekreet peninsula. Marvel at the contemporary recreation of an ancient Arabic village, nestled behind a canyon. Continue around an umbrella-shaped stone hut nestled on a limestone hill, left behind from a TV production on the Ras Abrouq peninsula. Gaze in awe at the East-West/West-East desert sculpture by Richard Sierra in the Brouq nature reserve, and then get dropped off at a location of your choice back in Doha.