Umm Besher
Umm Besher is a district located in the municipality of Al Wakrah in Qatar, near the municipality's border with Doha.
Umm Besher is a district located in the municipality of Al Wakrah in Qatar, near the municipality's border with Doha.
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Worth seeing in and around Umm Besher
One place 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.
- 01Saoud bin Abdulrahman Stadium
The Saoud bin Abdulrahman Al-Thani Stadium, also known as Al-Wakrah SC Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Al Wakrah, Qatar. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
3.8 km · Multi-purpose stadium in Qatar · Wikipedia
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Getting to Umm Besher
- Airports
- Doha (DIA), 7 km · Hamad (DOH), 9 km · Bahrain (BAH), 151 km
- Stations
- Al Wakra station, 3.1 km · Free Zone station, 3.3 km · Ras Bu Fontas station, 2.4 km
- Manama → Umm Besher152 km · quickest by road, 5h 42m · $30–41
- Hofuf → Umm Besher200 km · quickest by road, 3h 58m · SAR75–100
- Ad Dammam → Umm Besher202 km · quickest by road, 5h 7m · SAR90–120
- 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 Umm Besher
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 Umm Besher. 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 Umm Besher
Umm Besher is 10 km from Doha, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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