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District in Al Rayyan, Qatar

Ain Khaled

Ain Khaled is a Qatari district in the municipality of Al Rayyan.

Ain Khaled
Ain Khaled · Mohamod Fasil @ Flickr.com
The place

Ain Khaled is a Qatari district in the municipality of Al Rayyan. Located on the outskirts of the capital Doha, the area is historically known for its well which served the people of Doha and neighboring villages.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Ain Khaled

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    West End Park International Cricket Stadium

    West End Park International Cricket Stadium or Al-Arabi Stadium or Asian Town Cricket Stadium is a cricket ground in Doha, Qatar. In June 2013, the ground was opened for cricket with the opening of the Grand Mall Hypermarket on its premise.

    3.2 km · cricket ground · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Aspire Lake

    Aspire Lake is the only lake in Qatar, located in Aspire Park, Doha. The lake serves as a sanctuary for several species of waterfowl and sea-faring birds, both domesticated or wild.

    3.7 km · man-made lake in Qatar · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Ain Khaled

Airports
Doha (DIA), 13 km · Hamad (DOH), 17 km · Bahrain (BAH), 142 km
  • Manama → Ain Khaled
    141 km · quickest by road, 5h 22m · $29–40
  • Hofuf → Ain Khaled
    201 km · quickest by road, 4h 16m · SAR80–105
  • Ad Dammam → Ain Khaled
    191 km · quickest by road, 4h 47m · SAR90–120
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Ain Khaled

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ain Khaled. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get aroundHowever, hitchhiking always has its risks, and it is not an advisable practice for solo women.
  • Go nextHead west to see the camel races, and then visit the Sheikh Faisal Bin Qassim Al Thani Museum in Al Shahaniyah.
  • Go nextDrive south to visit the Dhow Harbour in Al Wakrah, and then hit the beach and go dune bashing near Mesaieed.

From Wikivoyage: Doha, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Wadi RumJO

    8 ways of moving, 23 sources

    1,653 km
  2. 02
    Petra and Wadi MusaJO

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    1,669 km
  3. 03
    Yeghegnadzor and the Vayots Dzor valleyAM

    9 ways of moving, 32 sources

    1,715 km
  4. 04
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

    1,718 km
  5. 05
    Sheki (Şəki)AZ

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,821 km

If you know how people move in Ain Khaled – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Ain Khaled

Ain Khaled is 11 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.