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 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.
Dahl Al Misfir
Qatar's deepest accessible gypsum cave — forty metres down, faint phosphorescent glow, desert roses underfoot.
Sofles Mural, Mina District
A futuristic figure, Gulf patterns and a single fish — old Qatar meeting the new city at the water's edge.
Zekreet Fort and Mosque
Beach-rock fort and early twentieth-century mosque on Qatar's western coast — near Richard Serra's desert plates.
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