AI generatedManama
Bahrain · Capital · 5 m
Short description of Manama
Manama is the capital of Bahrain and the softest landing in the Gulf, a low city of malls, hotel bars and an old souq that still runs back from the arched gate of Bab Al Bahrain. Alcohol is legal in licensed places, which is most of why the causeway from Saudi Arabia carries the traffic it does, and the weekend belongs to those visitors. The national museum holds the Dilmun graves and the pearling rooms that explain the island. Beit Al Qur'an keeps manuscripts from the first Islamic centuries. The evenings belong to Seef and to the restaurant strip at Juffair.
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Recommended length of stay
Travel seasons at a glance
Best time to visit: November – March
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All highlights and sights
- Seef district malls
- Bab Al Bahrain and the Manama souq
- Bahrain National Museum
- Juffair restaurants and bars
- Al Fateh Grand Mosque
- Bahrain Bay waterfront
- Beit Al Qur'an manuscript collection
- The Avenues waterfront mall
- Block 338 galleries in Adliya
- World Trade Centre turbine towers
- Al Dar Islands by boat(Day trip)
- Gold souq of Manama
- Al Jasra handicraft centre(Day trip)
- King Fahd Causeway viewing tower(Day trip)
- Water Garden and Marina Beach
Ways to get there and away
- Airports nearby:
- BAH Bahrain International Airport (Manama) · 6.7 km northeast(recommended)
- DMM King Fahd International Airport (Ad Dammam) · 83 km west
- DIA Doha International Airport (Doha) · 146 km southeast
- Seaport:
- Reachable by ship or ferry
- Nearest railway station:
- Lusail (Lusail🇶🇦) · 127 km southeast
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