Qatar travel guide
Before you go to Qatar
- Currency
- QAR ﷼
- Emergency number
- 999 / 999
- Plug type
- G
- Tap water
- Tap water is desalinated and safe; most visitors drink bottled
- Tipping
- Optional; 10% appreciated but not expected
- Bargaining
- Common
- eSIM
- Available
- Card networks
- Visa, Mastercard, Amex
- ATM fees
- Small or none locally; your home-bank foreign-withdrawal fee is usually the bigger cost
Cities in Qatar
- Doha Qatar's dazzling capital on the Arabian Gulf: the labyrinthine Souq Waqif, I.M. Pei's Museum of Islamic Art, the futuristic West Bay…
- Lusail Qatar's purpose-built city of the future north of Doha: the golden bowl of Lusail Stadium, the Haussmann-styled Place Vendome, a glittering…
- Al Wakrah A former pearling and fishing town just south of Doha, home to a beautifully restored heritage souq on the seafront and the shell-shaped Al…
- Al Khor A relaxed northern coastal town built on pearling and fishing, gateway to the Al Thakira mangroves and Purple Island, and the launch point…