Muharraq
Good to know
- Best time to go
- October to April
- Accessibility
- limited
- Coordinates
- Open in maps
The former capital of Bahrain occupying its own island connected to the main island by a causeway, Muharraq preserves the most intact historic townscape in the country, with the reconstructed Sheikh Isa bin Ali House and the associated pearling trail — part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site — weaving through renovated merchant houses, mosques, and warehouses. The old town's narrow lanes lined with coral-block buildings and traditional mashrabiya lattice screens represent the Gulf's pre-oil merchant urbanism more comprehensively than anywhere else in Bahrain.
Where next?
