Doha

Dune bash, jump down sand dunes or into natural blue pools or just rest your eyes on the striking scenery in one of the most spectacular areas of Qatar.

Katara Cultural Village is the largest area in the country. It is a multi-tasking area that includes a beach, restaurants and cafes, an opera house and music academy plus a cinema and film institute. But architecturally most impressive is the amphitheatre, be sure to sit a while and snap a few shots. Instagram gold.

See ancient petroglyphs at Jebal Jassassiyeh. There are 900 pre-historic rock carvings portraying boats, donkeys, scorpions, turtles and many other fascinating objects. If you can get your jaw off the floor, join Regency Travel and Tours for a tour of yet more cultural highlights elsewhere in Qatar.

About 10 minutes from Zubarah Fort, there is a pearl fishing village with a difference. It is completely unlived-in. Thought to have been built in the 17th century, it still stands today but silently, only seeing curious visitors keen to find evidence of Old Qatar.

Take a moon dhow cruise across Doha Bay. Board a traditional dhow cruise and sail around Palm Tree Island to see Doha's skyline from afar then dive into the water close to Al Safliya Island before drying off and tcking into a barbecue dinner buffet. 

Check out various types of art (fashion, anime, performance, multimedia and more) at Fire Station. An exciting creative arts space housed, as the name suggestts, in a former fire station. You also mustn't miss the impressive Museum of Islamic Art in a building designed by I M Pei or QM Gallery Al Riwaq.

La Cigale Hotel's stylish designed rooftop bar sits on the 15th floor with selfie-worthy views out across the Doha skyline and beyond it to the Wwest Bay, does scrumptious cocktails too.