Novotel Al Dana Resort, Manama

There is a bit of a rivalry between Bahrain and Dubai. The history of trade and friendship between Bahrain and the West, particularly UK, goes back decades, and until maybe fifteen years ago, Bahrain was considered the jewel of the Gulf, people would go there from around the Middle East for weekends for shopping or R&R and to get thing that weren't readily available in Saudi Arabia or Kuwait or even the UAE - basic foodstuffs, clothes, a drink... Now of course, all eyes are on Dubai and what the next massive project will be - the biggest this, the biggest that.... Bahrain can't compete on that ... more