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Dhows by the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha

⁨Qatar⁩ guide

Qatar

Doha in a few days: the Museum of Islamic Art, Souq Waqif evenings, the dunes and the inland sea.

Why ⁨Qatar⁩?

  1. Everything close by

    Doha's museums and souks, minutes from each other.

  2. Museum of Islamic Art

    The Museum of Islamic Art, then an evening at Souq Waqif.

  3. Dunes and inland sea

    A trip to dunes that run down into an inland sea.

Before you go

  • Currency

    Qatari Riyal

  • Language

    Arabic

  • Time difference

    GMT+3

  • Getting around

    Metro

  • Driving

    On the right

Best time to visit ⁨Qatar⁩

November to March

  • January

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  • April

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  • July

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  • October

    Good time to go

  • November

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  • December

    Best time to go

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Local tips

  • Insider tips

    1. Souq Waqif is an evening place: shut and hot in the afternoon, the busiest part of the country after sunset.

    2. Use the metro. It is air-conditioned and reaches most of what you came for, which matters in this climate.

    3. Give one day to the south: its dunes running into the water are the only non-city landscape here.

  • Money

    1. The currency is the Qatari riyal, and cards work everywhere including taxis.

  • Customs and safety

    1. Modest dress in public (shoulders and knees covered), as the malls note; beachwear is for the beach and hotel.

    2. From May to September heat and humidity drive people indoors and into the night; November to March is pleasant.

  • Food and prayer

    1. Islam is the state religion and halal the norm; a hotel serving otherwise does so in a separate, labelled part.

    2. Mosques are everywhere in Doha, prayer rooms in malls and the airport; shops close briefly at each prayer.

Getting around ⁨Qatar⁩

  • Metro

    Doha has a metro, run by Qatar Rail, and it reaches most of what a visitor wants including the corniche and the old centre.

    Recommended

  • Ride-hailing

    How everything off the metro is reached, with the fare settled in the app.

  • Car

    The country is small enough to cross in a couple of hours, and a car is how the desert in the south is reached.

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About ⁨Qatar⁩

Qatar is a peninsula and almost all of it is Doha. The corniche curves around the bay with the museums on it, the old souk is a few streets inland, and everything else a visitor does is within half an hour of those two.

Past the ring road the country is desert. The south, where the dunes run down into an inland sea, is the one day out that is not in the city, and it is a couple of hours away.

Photo credits

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