A country · 44 places · 7 regions
Qatar, all of it.
44 curated places across 7 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Ad-Dawhah, Al Shamal, Al Khor and Al Daayen — read below as chapters, with 3 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Ad-Dawhah · 13 places
Ad-Dawhah
An artificial island development off the coast of Doha built on a former pearl diving site, The Pearl-Qatar is organised around a series of marinas and Mediterranean-style waterfronts housing residential towers and commercial promenades. The Porto Arabia marina district provides a walkable waterfront against the backdrop of the Doha skyline. The island's location offers clear sightlines back to the West Bay district's tower cluster, which is particularly photogenic in the evening when lit.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Al Shamal · 8 places
Al Shamal
Sand swallowed Al Zubarah and thereby saved it. Founded by merchants from Kuwait, the walled Gulf town boomed on pearls and Indian Ocean trade in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, was destroyed in 1811 and finally abandoned in the early 1900s — its palaces, mosques, courtyard houses and double walls sealed under wind-blown desert. Qatar's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, inscribed in 2013, is an unrivalled window on the pearling world that shaped the Gulf.
✦ October–April · $$$
Chapter III · Al Khor · 5 places
Al Khor
A low limestone outcrop on Qatar's northeast coast bearing hundreds of ancient rock carvings. Cup-holes, rosettes, and ship outlines were etched into the stone by unknown hands.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Al Daayen · 1 place
Al Daayen
The venue of the 2022 World Cup final, its golden bowl draws on the form of a traditional Arab lantern. It sits at the heart of the planned city of Lusail north of Doha.
Regions of Qatar
Every place in Qatar
