Budget · 3-hour walk · Doha
The Corniche and the souq in three hours
The restored market, the museum on its own island, and the bay walk between them.
Doha in three hours is the Corniche and the two things at either end of it, which is the only part of the city built for walking. Do it after four: between eleven and three, half the year, the heat makes this route genuinely unwise. The museum is I. M. Pei's last major building and he came out of retirement for it.
The route, stop by stop
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Souq Waqif
Rebuilt in the 2000s on the site of the original bedouin market, in mud render. Falcon souq at the north end.
45 min here Walk here → -
Museum of Islamic Art
Pei placed it on its own island so nothing could ever be built next to it. The collection spans 1,400 years.
60 min here Walk here → -
Doha Corniche
Seven kilometres of waterfront promenade around the bay, with dhows moored along it.
25 min here Walk here →
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