Shopping
Malls, souqs, and everything between
From the gold souq's weigh-and-hallmark ritual to a mall with an indoor canal — the full spread of where Doha actually shops.
Villaggio Mall
A Venetian-themed mall with an indoor canal you can actually take a gondola down.
Aspire Zone
Doha Festival City
Home to Qatar's first IKEA and the world's first Angry Birds theme park.
Al Khor Road
Mall of Qatar
One of the largest retail footprints in the country, with its own indoor snow park.
Al Rayyan, near Dukhan Highway
Place Vendôme
A luxury mall that won an actual architecture award for being beautiful, not just big.
Lusail City, Marina District
City Center Doha
One of Qatar's oldest malls, recently given a dedicated gold souq level.
West Bay
Landmark Mall
A fort-and-turret-themed mall with its own indoor amusement park.
Al Gharrafa, Al Rayyan
Hyatt Plaza
A quieter, more residential mall experience, built around a hypermarket anchor.
Al Sadd, near West Bay
Gulf Mall
A community mall with its own small indoor theme park, Jungle Zone.
Near Aspire Zone
Lagoona Mall
A European-piazza-style mall that skews upscale rather than mass-market.
West Bay Lagoon
Al Hazm Mall
A classical Italianate mall built with real imported Tuscan marble.
Al Markhiya
Doha Oasis
A mixed-use complex anchored by what's billed as the Middle East's largest department store.
Msheireb
Msheireb Galleria
A compact retail district next to the region's largest shaded open-air square.
Msheireb Downtown Doha
Lusail Marina & Boulevard
A 1.3km pedestrian boulevard modeled on the Champs-Élysées, with a food arena of 65-plus eateries.
Lusail City
Souq Waqif
Qatar's oldest souq, rebuilt from the ground up to look the way it did a century ago.
Central Doha
Gold Souq
Around fifty gold shops where every piece is weighed and hallmarked in front of you.
Downtown Doha, near Souq Waqif
Falcon Souq
A dedicated market for falconry equipment, all handmade by local artisans.
Souq Waqif
Souq Al Wakrah
A reconstructed heritage souq that's the only one in Qatar sitting directly on the beach.
Al Wakrah, ~19km south of Doha
Al Ahmed Street Souqs
A cluster of textile and clothing souqs specializing in thobes, abayas, and fabric by the meter.
Central Doha, near Souq Waqif
The Pearl-Qatar
A marina-front boutique district split across three distinct retail precincts.
Man-made island off West Bay Lagoon
21 High Street & Katara Plaza
An open-air luxury boulevard next to a Parisian-style department store.
Katara Cultural Village