Qatar (Doha International Airport is very small). The duty free gold inside is much more expensive than anything outside in the city and there are very few shops. There is no organised layout to the way people are taken to their flight and people may also get very mixed up with the flight boards ... Read review
The Royal Qatar Hotel is centrally located in the business district of Doha. The hotel ... more
offers luxurious accommodation and services, and the 84 elegantly furnished and spacious rooms are overlooking the Al Asmakh Street. Free wireless internet is provided all over the hotel.Among the good facilities at the hotel you find the Al Rayyan multipurpose conference hall, for meetings, business or social events. The hall accommodates 250 guests. The hotel also offers free parking, car rental service, a gym, and a business centre.
Information: :Price is per double room per night and may vary depending on date booked...
At a very central location, 8 km from Doha International Airport and just across the ... more
street from the Qatar Islamic Art Museum, sits the 4-star Swiss-Belhotel Doha.Ideally located in the city's business district, with shopping centres and international banks close by, this deluxe hotel has 165 well-appointed rooms and 78 luxurious serviced apartments. Internet is available free of charge at the entire hotel.Excellent and varied dining and drinking options are offered at the Swiss-Belhotel Doha.All the spacious rooms and suites are modern and beautifully decorated. High-speed internet access, interactive TV with plenty of international channels, in-room safe, individually controlled air condition, 3 sets of IDD telephones, and a daily newspaper are all included in the accommodation.
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Advantages: ?? Disadvantages: Hardly any shops in Duty Free... No photography allowed.
Qatar (Doha International Airport is very small). The duty free gold inside is much more expensive than anything outside in the city and there are very few shops. There is no organised layout to the way people are taken to their flight and people may also get very mixed up with the flight boards changing irregularly and without notice. The toilets (men's) have holes in the floors downstairs but I think the upstairs toilets are better. While waiting ... ...the airport quite often. Be aware that you are not allowed to photograph the airport or planes, for security reasons. I think they don't allow batteries because they had some kind of sign saying that they were not allowed just before the metal-detecor. Who knows?
You are also *NOT* allowed to take crystal into the country along with alcohol! + reciepts for any gold purchased should be kept in case you go to another country which ask ... more
Qatar (Doha International Airport is very small). The duty free gold inside is much more expensive than anything outside in the city and there are very few shops. There is no organised layout to the way people are taken to their flight and people may also get very mixed up with the flight boards changing irregularly and without notice. The toilets (men's) have holes in the floors downstairs but I think the upstairs toilets are better. While waiting for a flight, I also saw military aircraft flying over the airport quite often. Be aware that you are not allowed to photograph the airport or planes, for security reasons. I think they don't allow batteries because they had some kind of sign saying that they were not allowed just before the metal-detecor. Who knows?
You are also *NOT* allowed to take crystal into the country along with alcohol! + reciepts for any gold purchased should be kept in case you go to another country which ask you to prove something. (it does happen)
I think only two airlines fly to it.... these are Gulf Air and Qatar Airways
Advantages: Close to city centre. Disadvantages: too small to at busy times
Doha Internatiol Airport is about 20minutes from the city centre,but then nothing in Doha is more than 30minutes from the centre. If you are hold a GCC pass port the imigration control is fast and efficient. If you are from anywhere else, particularly the Indian subcontinent then be prepared for a long wait! It gets even worse if they get more two flights arriving at the same time. Duty free is available at both arrivals and departures, but it is ... ...in Qatar is also 'duty free'. No alcohol available anywhere. Baggage reclaim is quick, but perhaps it only seems that way after waiting at immigration control.
Be prepared for customs to confiscate any video tapes or DVDs, they will be checked by the censor and if they are deemed ok, you can collect them a few days later.
Check-in facilities have recently been 'tarted up'. There si nice new marble floor, replacing the old black rubber tiles. Trouble ...
blobbyboy 05.07.2000
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