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Al Messila (Doha)

Al Messila is a Qatari district in the municipality of Doha.

Al Messila (Doha)
Al Messila (Doha) · Dr Colleen Morgan (CC BY 2.0)
The place

Al Messila is a Qatari district in the municipality of Doha. For the most part, large gated compounds and schools occupy this district. It shares its western border with Lebday and Old Al Rayyan in Al Rayyan Municipality.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Al Messila (Doha)

8 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
    Jassim Bin Hamad Stadium

    Jassim bin Hamad Stadium is an association football stadium in Al Rayyan, Qatar, located in the Fereej Al Soudan district, about 5 kilometres west from the centre of Doha. It is the home of the Al Sadd Sports Club's association football team, who play in the top-flight Qatar Stars League, and is occasionally used by the Qatar men's and women's national football teams as one of their home grounds.

    3.4 km · Football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Qatar 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.

    3.7 km · stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Imam 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.

    3.1 km · mosque in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena

    Ali Bin Hamad al-Attiyah Arena, is an indoor sports arena in Al Rayyan, Qatar. It was built for the Qatar Olympic Committee, in order to host the 2015 World Men's Handball Championship.

    3.1 km · sports arena in Qatar · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Al 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.

    3.5 km · park in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Al-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.

    4 km · Football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Fire Station, Doha

    The Fire Station in Doha, Qatar, is a former base for the Qatari Civil Defense Authority repurposed for the Artists in Residence programme of the Qatar Museums. Khalifa Al Obaidli is the director and Saida Al Khulaifi is the head of programmes and exhibitions.

    2.5 km · Museum in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Mirqab Mall

    Al Mirqab Mall is a shopping mall in the Al Sadd neighborhood of Doha, Qatar. The mall has over 500 stores and service outlets selling goods including clothes, shoes, cosmetics, jewelry, textiles, handicrafts and musical instruments.

    3.3 km · shopping mall in Neighborhoods Al Sadd Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia

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Getting to Al Messila (Doha)

Airports
Doha (DIA), 9 km · Hamad (DOH), 13 km · Bahrain (BAH), 137 km
Stations
Al Messila, 500 m · Al Rayyan/Al Quadeem, 2.2 km · Al Shaqab, 3.3 km · Hamad Hospital, 1.9 km · The White Palace station, 2.4 km
  • Manama → Al Messila (Doha)
    137 km · quickest by road, 5h 32m · $30–41
  • Hofuf → Al Messila (Doha)
    202 km · quickest by road, 4h 26m · SAR80–110
  • Ad Dammam → Al Messila (Doha)
    187 km · quickest by road, 4h 57m · SAR90–120
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Not yet researched

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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 Messila (Doha). 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

    1,707 km
  4. 04
    DahabEG

    8 ways of moving, 29 sources

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

    10 ways of moving, 46 sources

    1,813 km

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Around it

Next door to Al Messila (Doha)

Al Messila (Doha) is 5 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.