Ain Mohammad Village
North-west desert oasis — restored Bedouin architecture, camel rides, crafts and a natural spring.
Doha
Al Rekayat Fort
Low-slung nineteenth-century fort above a freshwater well — watchtowers overlooking the Gulf coast.
Al Ruwaida Archaeological Site
Sixteenth- to eighteenth-century coastal settlement — central fort, mosques, boatyard and merchant warehouses.
Al Thaqab Fort
Coral-and-limestone fort guarding a desert well in Madinat ash Shamal — date stores and a nearby village.
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
UNESCO-listed pearling town and fort — Qatar's best-preserved window onto eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Gulf trade.
East-West/West-East
Richard Serra's four steel plates spanning more than a kilometre in the Qatari desert.
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