Al Gharrafa
Al Gharrafa is a Qatari district of Al Rayyan City, which is located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.
Al Gharrafa is a Qatari district of Al Rayyan City, which is located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. In close proximity to Education City and constituting a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area, the Doha Expressway and Al Shamal Highway run along the district. Many malls operate out of the area. To the east, it neighbors the largely residential areas of Duhail and Madinat Khalifa North, therefore Al Gharrafa is largely a retail hub for nearby residential areas. Doha's downtown is 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the southeast.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Gharrafa
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.
- 01Education City Stadium
Education City Stadium is a football stadium which is located in Al Rayyan, Qatar, and was built as a venue in time for the 2022 FIFA World Cup held in Qatar. The stadium is located within several university campuses at the Qatar Foundation's Education City.
3.2 km · stadium · Wikipedia - 02Thani bin Jassim Stadium
The Thani bin Jassim Stadium, also known as the Al-Gharafa Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
1.8 km · multi-purpose stadium in the Al Gharrafa district of Al Rayyan, Qatar · Wikipedia - 03Mathaf
Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art is a museum in Doha, Qatar with over 9,000 objects. Established in 2010, it is considered a major cultural attraction in the country.
3.5 km · museum of modern and contemporary art at Doha · Wikipedia - 04Carnegie Mellon University, Qatar
Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar is a satellite campus of Carnegie Mellon University in Education City, Doha, Qatar. This campus is a member of the Qatar Foundation and started graduating students in May 2008.
1.7 km · university in Qatar · Wikipedia - 05Northwestern University in Qatar
Northwestern University in Qatar, also known as Northwestern Qatar, is Northwestern University’s campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar, founded in partnership with the Qatar Foundation in 2008. Northwestern Qatar's campus offers a liberal arts and media education with undergraduate degrees awarded in communication, journalism, and strategic communication.
1.3 km · university campus in Education City, Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 06Hamad Bin Khalifa University
Hamad Bin Khalifa University is a public university located within Education City in Doha, the capital city of Qatar. The university, a member of Qatar Foundation, was founded in 2010.
2.3 km · Public university in Qatar · Wikipedia - 07Education City Mosque
The Education City Mosque, also known as the QFIS Mosque, is the national mosque of Education City Al Rayyan in Qatar. The mosque forms part of Qatar Faculty of Islamic Studies, located in the Minaretein building, on the campus of the Hamad Bin Khalifa University.
1.4 km · mosque in Qatar · Wikipedia - 08Qatar Digital Library
Qatar Digital Library is a bilingual online library which was launched as a joint venture by a partnership consisting of Qatar Foundation, Qatar National Library and the British Library in October 2014. QDL comprises one of the largest online collections of historic records on the Persian Gulf countries.
1.4 km · digital library with topics related to Qatar · Wikipedia - 09Georgetown University in Qatar
Georgetown University in Qatar is a campus of Georgetown University in Education City, Doha, Qatar. It is one of Georgetown University's eleven undergraduate and graduate schools, and is supported by a partnership between Qatar Foundation and Georgetown University.
2.1 km · Georgetown University campus in Qatar · Wikipedia - 10Landmark Mall
Landmark Mall, also Landmark Regional Shopping Center, was a shopping mall in Alexandria, Virginia. Located in a triangle formed by Duke Street, I-395, and Van Dorn Street, the mall opened as Landmark Center in 1965, closed in 2017, and was demolished in 2022.
1.9 km · Shopping Mall in Qatar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Gharrafa
- Airports
- Doha (DIA), 14 km · Hamad (DOH), 17 km · Bahrain (BAH), 132 km
- Stations
- Qatar National Library, 1.3 km · Al Rayyan/Al Quadeem, 3.4 km · Al Shaqab, 2.3 km · Education City station, 2.6 km
- Manama → Al Gharrafa133 km · quickest by road, 5h 31m · $30–41
- Hofuf → Al Gharrafa188 km · quickest by road, 3h 44m · SAR70–95
- Ad Dammam → Al Gharrafa183 km · quickest by road, 4h 56m · SAR90–120
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Al Gharrafa
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 Gharrafa. 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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Next door to Al Gharrafa
Al Gharrafa is 10 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Duhaildistrict in Ad-Dawhah, Qatar2.9 km
- Al Luqtadistrict in Al Rayyan, Qatar2.7 km
- Al Shagubdistrict in Al Rayyan, Qatar2.6 km
- Lebdaydistrict in Qatar3.2 km
- Madinat Khalifa Northdistrict in Ad-Dawhah, Qatar2.9 km
- Madinat Khalifa Southdistrict in Ad-Dawhah, Qatar3.7 km