Planning a day in Qatar
A day with a chauffeur is built around three things: where you start, where you stop and when you want to be back. Your chauffeur collects you from your hotel, waits at each stop and drives you back; the duration is set in the quote.
- Fewer stops: two or three in the same area leave time to walk and have lunch; five turn the day into a drive.
- The season: Visit Qatar recommends October to May for time outdoors; from June to September, the heat favours museums, indoor venues and the cooler hours. What to know before Al Zubarah.
- Fridays: business pauses during Friday prayers, from around 10 am to 12 pm according to Visit Qatar; several shops stay closed that day and malls open in the afternoon.
- During Ramadan: opening hours of shops, restaurants and cultural venues change, and the city comes alive after iftar, at sunset. Visit Qatar asks visitors not to eat, drink or smoke in public between sunrise and sunset. The dates follow the lunar calendar: check them before fixing your stay.
- What to wear: in public places, Visit Qatar recommends that men and women cover their shoulders and knees; to enter a mosque, loose-fitting, modest clothes, with shoes removed before the prayer hall.
- Arrival day: a transfer from the airport can include a stop on the way, if the timing allows.
For your quote, tell us the date, the place and time of departure, the stops you have in mind (or simply what you would like to see, and we will suggest an order), the number of passengers and when you want to be back.
Arriving in Qatar
Hamad International Airport is about 14 km from the city, according to Visit Qatar. See transfers from Doha airport. To keep a chauffeur with you for a few hours or the whole day, see chauffeur by the hour; for the north of the country, see long-distance journeys; every service is listed on the Services page.