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Khalaf House (Memory of Manama)

One of Manama’s most unique houses, Khalaf House exemplifies the city’s strong ties to the history of pearls and trade. The building was donated by the Khalaf family to be a cultural landmark, honoring the significant role of pearling merchants in the history of...

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Craft Center

Supervising no fewer than 13 different handicrafts, this Craft Centre is a key hub where both traditional and newer artisans are flourishing. Nearly 80 people are involved in projects which are as diverse as crafting jewellery, iron and wood products to producing dolls, preserved flowers, embroidered and crocheted goods as well as highly artistic Arabic...

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Capital Mall (Local made handicraft & Souvenirs)

The Mall is one of the tourist attractions in the Kingdom of Bahrain, as it contains the Bahraini traditional and original handmade products. Moreover, the Mall provides a package of specialized, high value-added services for the development and support of these products and their...

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Bab Al Bahrain Souq (Old Souq)

This Souq is one of the famous tourist spot in Bahrain. This souq is the major market place in Manama, the capital of Bahrain. This is a very lively market with many shoppers and traders offer their products to the customers. This shopping paradise houses shops trading all types of commodities. Travelers can choose their favorite items from the wide collection of fabrics, ornaments, spices, souvenirs, handicrafts, dry fruits, sweets and toffee and luxurious cosmetic items. No Visit to Bahrain...

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Saar Burial Complex

The so-called 'Honeycomb Cemetery-lies less than half-a-kilometre to the south of the Dilmun town. Here, there is a large number of interconnecting graves. Each one consisted of a rectangular chamber, usually enclosed by an arc of outer walling tacked on to the side of earlier cells, so that graves multiply outwards from the original single cell at the center. It is a type of burial unique to Bahrain. The cemetery has been excavated in its...

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Barbar Temple

The Barbar Temple situated on the West Coast of Island and to the North of Saar Settlement. The Barbar archaeological site is consider part of the Dilmun Culture. The most recent of the three Barbar temples were discovered by a Danish archaeological team in 1954 and a further two temples were discovered on the site with the oldest dating back to 3000 BC. The temples were built of limestone blocks, believed to have been carved out from Jidda...

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Ancient Burial Mounds

Notably scattered along large stretches of Sheikh Khalifa Highway, near the Hamad Town roundabout, these archaeological mounds are of great historical importance, going back to the Dilmun civilization in the third millennium BC. Other archaeological mounds, which go back to the Hellenistic period of Alexander, the Great (2500BC) are also found in various areas in...

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Bait Al Quran

Bait al Quran means house of Quran’s. It is one of the island’s most attractive pieces of architecture and is the home to an immensely fair and valuable collection of Islamic manuscripts collected from all around the Islamic world including North Africa, Iran, India and china along with number of rare Islamic artefacts like jewellery, gold ornamental glasses and utensils. The interesting collection of calligraphy prints and books dating back to 7th and 8th centuries are...

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Dhow Builder’s Yard

This traditional boat builder’s yard in Muharraq is only one existing in Bahrain. Dhows boats are still built today in much the same fashion as they used to be generations ago. It is an education to watch craftsmen curve the hulls and hammer the planks together into beautiful dhows with nothing more to guide them than mental notes of plans handed down via word-of-mouth through the...

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