"Souq Wakif" Markets Tip by call_me_rhia

Souq Wakif is the most charming place in Doha - it's old and modern Doha at the same time... in the sense that this beautiful place is yes, an old souq - which looks old - but it's not. Here's the logic: there was a beautiful old souq in desparate need of renovation (it was really crumbling down) - for some reasons the authorities decided to knock it down... and then they rebuilt it, exactly as it used to be. Old souq? New souq?

The souq is especially suggestive at night, with its dim lights, its narrow and maze-like pathways, its covered parts. There's plenty of things to buy, from spices to carpets, fabrics, incense, abayas... what's really does not belong is the men with wheelbarrows - not carrying good to the shops, but carrying people's shopping to their car.

Even if you are not planning on shopping you should come to this souq - and here's two good reasons: the Souq Waqif Art Center, for some serious exhibitions on calligraphy and photography - and the restaurant area, with its many delicious restaurants and sweet smells of narghileh.

Address: souq wakif
Directions: past the the Emir’s palace, next to Doha fort and not far from the corniche.
Website: http://www.soukwaqif.com/