Itineraries, museums, parks and day trips worth the walk

Start at Jean Nouvel's desert rose, the National Museum of Qatar on Museum Park Street, where 11 galleries run from prehistory to the present (open 9:00 to 19:00, closed Tuesday, last entry 45 minutes before closing). Walk north along the Corniche, the seven kilometre crescent pr…

Arrive at Msheireb metro station, the interchange for all three Doha Metro lines, and start with the four restored heritage houses of the Msheireb Museums: Bin Jelmood on slavery and its legacy, Company House on the first oil workers, Mohammed Bin Jassim on the district's rebuild…

Begin in Katara Cultural Village between West Bay and The Pearl: the blue and gold Katara Mosque by Zeynep Fadilloglu, the gold tiled second mosque, the 5,000 seat amphitheatre facing the sea with the Force of Nature sculpture, and the galleries in the alleys. Shop 21 High Street…

I.M. Pei's limestone landmark holds masterpieces of Islamic art from three continents and more than 1,400 years across four floors of permanent and temporary galleries, plus a heritage library of 21,000 books including 2,000 rare editions, and IDAM by Alain Du…

Jean Nouvel's interlocking desert rose discs wrap 11 permanent and temporary galleries telling Qatar's story from prehistory to the present, with two cafes and one restaurant on site. Hours: Sunday, Monday, Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 to 19:00, Thursday 9:00 t…

Qatar's museum of modern and contemporary Arab art, with permanent collection galleries and changing exhibitions covering artists from Qatar, the wider Middle East and the international Arab diaspora. Hours: Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday 9:00 to 19:0…

Four restored heritage houses next to Souq Waqif: Bin Jelmood House on the history and legacy of slavery, Company House on Qatar's first petroleum workers, Mohammed Bin Jassim House on the district's architecture and regeneration, and Radwani House on traditio…

An interactive sports museum built into Khalifa International Stadium, with world class sports galleries, Olympic collections, hands on games and audio guides in several languages, plus AI led personalised tours of Qatar's sporting heritage. Hours: Sunday, Mon…

A seven kilometre crescent promenade around Doha Bay and the city's best vantage point on the West Bay skyline, lined with wooden dhows for hire. It is also the stage for National Day and National Sports Day, and the route of the Doha Marathon each January.

Open 24 hours, with a crescent path around the bay and a full panorama of West Bay, Richard Serra's steel sculpture 7 on the point, works by Fischli and Weiss and Saloua Raouda Choucair, three playgrounds, bike rental near the carousel, a shaded Park Cafe and …

A wide public beach with affordable rentals for parasailing, water skiing, knee boarding and speed boat rides, backed by the landscaped Katara Hills, whose walking tracks and water features climb to viewpoints over the village and the sea, best at sunset.

1,745,000 sqm across three linked zones (Al Bidda, Arumailah and Wadi Al Sail), free to enter and open 04:00 to 24:00, with lawns under sidra, acacia and ghaf trees, running tracks and separate cycle paths, bookable barbecue areas and courts, playgrounds with …

Doha's big green lawn minutes from the centre, with walking and running tracks, children's play areas, a large lake and Sarah Lucas's public artwork Perceval, all under the 300m Torch Doha tower, whose revolving restaurant gives 360 degree views of the city. V…

A 10km tidal bay where the Arabian Gulf meets dunes up to 40 metres high, 78km south of Doha on the Saudi border, declared a nature reserve in 2007 and on the tentative list for UNESCO World Heritage status. Entry is free but there is no road: you need a 4x4 a…

A walled coastal town in northern Qatar, founded by Utub merchants from Kuwait, that flourished as a pearling and trading centre in the late 18th and early 19th centuries before being destroyed in 1811 and abandoned in the early 20th century. Only a small part…

The west coast run: unusual rock formations, gypsum plateaus and empty coastline on the Ras Abrouq peninsula, plus Richard Serra's East-West/West-East in the Brouq nature reserve, four steel plates each over 14 metres high spread across more than a kilometre o…