UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ARABIAN GULF PRE & POST TOUR EXCURSIONS
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This nearly 32 foot high Prosopis cineraria (Ghaf) tree is over 400 years old. It sits on a barren area hill of the desert
Image: Todd Gardner | Unaplash
KINGDOM OF
BAHRAIN
CAPITAL | MANAMA
The island state is situated east of Saudi Arabia and north of Qatar.
Bahrain comprises a small archipelago of 51 natural Islands and 33 artificial islands, centered around Bahrain Island which make up around 83 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is connected with the Arabian Peninsula by a series of bridges and causeways.
Bahrain is home to a thriving art scene. It was the first in the Gulf to welcome art with painting classes in 1919; the first to open a movie theatre in 1937. An arts society was founded in 1983. Today galleries are participating in fairs internationally and state-sponsorship is providing the platform for local art art and culture to flourish.
STATE OF
KUWAIT
CAPITAL | KUWAIT CITY
Kuwait is located in the northern edge of Eastern Arabia at the tip of the Persian Gulf.
During the Ubaid period (6500 BC), northern Kuwait was the central site of interaction between the people of Mesopotamia and Neolithic Eastern Arabia. The earliest evidence of human habitation dates back to 8000 BC. The earliest recorded mention of Kuwait as Hieros Kolpos was in 150 AD in a treatise by Creek scholar Ptolemy.
Kuwait has a thriving art movement that emerged in the 1930s. Home to more than 30 art galleries, Kuwait is the second most active gallery scene in the Gulf.
SULTANATE OF
OMAN
CAPITAL | MUSCAT
Located at the mouth of the Persian Gulf, the country shares land borders with the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia.
The coast is formed by the Arabian Sea on the southeast and the Gulf of Oman on the northeast. The Madha and Musandam exclaves are surrounded by the UAE on their land borders, with the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman forming Musandam's coastal boundaries.
STATE OF
QATAR
CAPITAL | DOHA
Qatar is a peninsular Arab country whose terrain comprises arid desert and shoreline of beaches and dunes along the Persian Gulf. Neighboring Bahrain and Qatar are separated by an inlet of the Persian Gulf.
Doha is known for futuristic skyscrapers and architecture inspired by ancient Islamic design, such as the limestone Museum of Islamic Art. The museum sits on the city’s Corniche waterfront promenade.