Al Qassar
Al Qassar is a seafront district on Qatar's eastern coast, located in the municipality of Doha.
Al Qassar is a seafront district on Qatar's eastern coast, located in the municipality of Doha.
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Worth seeing in and around Al Qassar
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.
- 01Doha 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.
3.7 km · high rise tower located in West Bay, Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 02Al-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.
3.9 km · Football stadium in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 03Al 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.
2.5 km · residential skyscraper in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 04Katara Mosque
The Katara Mosque, also known as the Great Katara Mosque and the Blue Mosque, is a mosque in the Katara Cultural Village of Doha, Qatar. The mosque was designed by Zainab Fadil Oglu, a Turkish designer.
1 km · mosque in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 05City Center Mall Doha
City Center Doha Mall is a shopping mall located in the Qatari capital, Doha. It was opened in 2001.
2.9 km · shopping mall in West Bay Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 06Bin Samikh Tower
Bin Samikh is a skyscraper located in Doha, Qatar, which opened in 2014.
2.6 km · skyscraper in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 07Palm Towers Doha
The Palm Towers are an office skyscraper complex in West Bay, Doha, Qatar. The two buildings are equally divided into 58 floors, standing at 245 m tall each, both being inaugurated in 2011.
3.6 km · skyscraper in Doha · Wikipedia - 08Al Hazm Mall
AlHazm Mall is a luxury shopping mall located in the Al Markhiya district of Doha, Qatar. It opened in 2017 and was constructed at an estimated cost of $820 million.
3.7 km · shopping mall in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 09Al Fardan Towers
Al Fardan Towers is a mixed-use building complex in West Bay, Doha, Qatar built between 2005 and 2007 and consisting of two towers standing at 178 m tall with 40 floors and 140 m tall with 32 floors.
3.3 km · residential skyscraper in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia - 10Navigation Tower Doha
The Navigation Tower is an office skyscraper in West Bay, Doha, Qatar. Built between 2006 and 2011, the tower stands at 209 m tall with 53 floors and is the 22nd tallest building in Qatar.
3.2 km · residential skyscraper in Doha, Qatar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al Qassar
- Airports
- Doha (DIA), 11 km · Hamad (DOH), 12 km · Bahrain (BAH), 135 km
- Stations
- DECC station, 3.1 km · Legtaifiya station, 2.2 km · Al Qassar station, 400 m · Legtaifiya, 2.2 km
- Manama → Al Qassar1588 km · quickest by air, 12h 16m · $520–770
- Hofuf → Al Qassar1460 km · quickest by air, 12h 20m · SAR1,010–1,530
- Ad Dammam → Al Qassar1589 km · quickest by air, 11h 26m · SAR1,120–1,710
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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 Qassar
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 Qassar. 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.
From Wikivoyage: Doha, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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Next door to Al Qassar
Al Qassar is 7 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Katara Cultural Villagecultural village in Qatar1.1 km
- West Bayneighborhood in Doha, Qatar2.9 km
- Al Dafnadistrict in Ad-Dawhah, Qatar3 km
- Al Markhiyadistrict in Ad-Dawhah, Qatar3.7 km
- Onaizadistrict in Doha, Qatar3.2 km
- West Bay Lagoondistrict in Ad-Dawhah, Qatar2.1 km