Hobby trips

Interactive galleries on sport in Qatar and around the world, built into Khalifa International Stadium. Buy tickets through Qatar Museums and allow a couple of hours.

Forty-eight national teams play from 19 November to 13 December 2026, with group games at the Aspire Zone and the final at Khalifa International Stadium. A relaxed, family-friendly way to watch future stars.

A protected tidal inlet where tall dunes meet the sea, reachable only by 4x4. Book a half-day dune safari with a licensed operator; most pick up from Doha hotels.

The gateway to Qatar’s southern dunes, where operators offer quad bikes, camel rides and sandboarding. Go in the late afternoon for the sunset over the sand.

Four steel plates over 14 m tall stretched across a desert valley in the Brouq Nature Reserve. The last stretch is an off-road track, so a 4x4 or guided tour is needed.

A converted civil-defence building with an artist residency, studios and changing exhibitions.

Interactive sports galleries in a striking building beside Khalifa International Stadium; strong with children.

“A Sneak Peek at Qatar Auto Museum” fills the Mawater Gallery at the National Museum until 2 February 2027, with a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France, a 1965 Mercer Cobra and a rotating spotlight car.

Rotating exhibitions by regional and local artists inside Katara Cultural Village.

OMA and Rem Koolhaas’s vast reading landscape, with books on tiered white terraces.

Arata Isozaki’s façade held up by a giant steel tree inspired by the sidra.

A converted civil-defence building with an artist residency, studios and changing exhibitions.

Interactive sports galleries in a striking building beside Khalifa International Stadium; strong with children.

“A Sneak Peek at Qatar Auto Museum” fills the Mawater Gallery at the National Museum until 2 February 2027, with a 1957 Ferrari 250 GT Tour de France, a 1965 Mercer Cobra and a rotating spotlight car.

Rotating exhibitions by regional and local artists inside Katara Cultural Village.