Al Dafna
Al Dafna is a seaside district of the Qatari capital Doha located on the Persian Gulf.
Al Dafna is a seaside district of the Qatari capital Doha located on the Persian Gulf. The district is rapidly developing into a central business district, and since the late 1990s dozens of skyscrapers have risen in the district, with over fifty more planned. The district is also home to the City Center mall, one of the Middle East's largest malls.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Dafna
10 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.
- 01Museum of Islamic Art
The Museum of Islamic Art is a museum at one end of the seven-kilometer-long Corniche in Doha, Qatar. As per architect I. M. Pei's specifications, the museum is built on an island on an artificial projecting peninsula near the traditional dhow harbor.
3.3 km · art museum in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 02Qatar SC Stadium
The Suheim bin Hamad Stadium, also known as Qatar SC Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Doha, Qatar. Currently used mostly for football matches, it is home of the football team Qatar Sports Club.
2 km · stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 03Doha Tower
Doha Tower, also known as Burj Doha, and previously named as Burj Qatar and Doha High Rise Office Building, is a high rise tower in West Bay, Doha, Qatar. On October 18, 2012, the building received the CTBUH Skyscraper Award for the Best Tall Building Worldwide from the CTBUH. The $125-million office building, designed by French architect Jean Nouvel, has a height of 238 metres, with 46 stories.
700 m · high rise tower located in West Bay, Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 04Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque
Qatar State Mosque, also known as the Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque and the Grand Mosque of Doha, is the national mosque of Qatar. It is located in the Lejbailat district of the capital Doha.
2.7 km · mosque in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 05Dubai Towers Doha
Dubai Towers - Doha is a stalled supertall skyscraper with a roof height of 400 m ) developing in Doha, Qatar. The estimated cost of Dubai Towers - Doha is 2.3 billion Qatari Riyal.
1.3 km · skyscraper in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 06Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center
The Abdulla Bin Zaid Al Mahmoud Islamic Cultural Center, commonly known simply as Bin Zaid, and also known previously as Fanar or Qatar Islamic Culture Center and Spiral Mosque, is a mosque and cultural center, located in Doha Municipaltiy, in Doha, the capital of Qatar. It is located close to Doha Corniche and is a prominent landmark in the city.
3.9 km · Qatari mosque · Wikipedia - 07Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar
The Amiri Diwan of the State of Qatar is the sovereign body and the administrative office and official workplace of the Emir of the State of Qatar. The Amiri Diwan represents the figurative and bureaucratic center of Qatar.
3.7 km · building in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 08Al Bidda Park
Al Bidda Park, formerly known as Al Rumaila Park, is a park located on Corniche Street in Doha, Qatar next to Qatar National Theater. It is near Doha Bay, overlooks the Doha Corniche and is one of the earliest and most popular parks in Doha.
2.9 km · park in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 09Al-Markhiya Stadium
Al-Markhiya Stadium is a football stadium in the Al Markhiya district of Doha, Qatar. The football team Al-Markhiya SC play there.
3.8 km · Football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 10Al Fardan Residences
Al Fardan Residences, also known as the Barjeel Tower and the Wind Tower, is a 64-storey residential skyscraper in West Bay, Doha, Qatar. At 254 metres, it is the second tallest completed building in Doha.
500 m · residential skyscraper in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Dafna
- Airports
- Doha (DIA), 8 km · Hamad (DOH), 10 km · Bahrain (BAH), 138 km
- Stations
- DECC station, 300 m · West Bay, 1.5 km · Corniche, 2.4 km · Al Qassar station, 3 km
- Manama → Al Dafna138 km · quickest by road, 5h 33m · $30–41
- Hofuf → Al Dafna195 km · quickest by road, 3h 46m · SAR70–95
- Ad Dammam → Al Dafna189 km · quickest by road, 4h 58m · SAR90–120
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al Dafna
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 Al Dafna. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- 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.
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Al Dafna is 4 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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