I did this in 2017 on the way to Cape Town but it was at night and y'all showed me things that I couldn't see so a BIG thank you to you both for the illumination on so many levels. Oh and the scruff...yassss
Super cool airport. The tour looks like a great experience. Some serious “wow” moments. Joey says the thumb statue is from the World Cup, so you were right that it was football.
@@tendegreeswarmer It certainly does. Have had long layover before in Doha but had not known of this. How did you pay for it - travel/credit card or do you need local currency in cash. I can probably book online - will check
You have to have a minimum of 6 hours to be allowed to take the tour. You have to go through immigration/customs leaving the airport and back through immigration and security when you come back, so having enough time is important. We didn't have any lines to deal with in either direction, but it will depend on the time of day/time of year I guess. The tour desk will walk you through the schedule, and if you don't have enough time there is an airport tour you can take that probably would have been interesting with all of the art.
Thank you for sharing this tour, the bear with the lamp is really cute! As a woman touring would I have to cover my hair? Congratulations I guess you finished the Cominos and on your way to Bali!
Good question, and I wish I had paid more attention. Everyone in our tour was dressed modestly as I recall (we wore pants to be safe but did see some other men in shorts at the Souq), but the women did not cover their hair, no. And yes we are finished with the Camino, but we still have many more videos coming to complete that adventure! 😀
Let me tell you why I subscribed to you guys channel. I will be there on Thursday, so I have watched several videos to get a step-by-step over view of the process of taking a city tour of Doha. We will do an evening/night tour (more than likely T5). Before your video, I could not find anything with the level of details you provided. I feel comfortable with the process based on your video. We are passing through on our way to South Africa. So, thanks guys...I appreciate you.
Very nice video. We’ll definitely look to do this if transiting through Doha. Did you know about this tour beforehand and plan on a layover for this purpose? I wonder if other airports in other countries have tours like this. We once had a 12 hour layover in San Juan so took a taxi to the Old Town and had so much fun. We really felt like we saw it well too.
We found this as part of our research when we were considering this flight with the long layover. I'd heard of transit tours before, but we've either not had a long enough layover or haven't had them in places that offer transit tours like this. So we got a great deal using points for our flight AND got to see a new city and try a transit tour - in our book, this was a WIN WIN.
You can do either, but since we had a rather long layover, we just booked it at the airport desk because we knew we'd have options. It was quick and easy!
After a bit more research, we’re thinking of hiring an indenpendent tour guide so we can spend a bit more time than the 3 hours offered by the Discovery Qatar. By doing so, do you think we may end up having to get a Visa on arrival? For reference, we’re US citizens.
You can do either, but since we had a rather long layover, we just booked it at the airport desk after we arrived because we knew we'd have options. It was quick and easy!
Hi my friend, I have transit at Doha with 2 kids get layover 19 hours and how I can get outside take a tour and hotel ,I can get at airport or need get online first and nên how many hours and do you know hotel safe for 3 girls.hope you can help me bc I want give kids tour traveling there transit
19 hours is plenty of time to take the transit tour. We didn't look into hotels, I'm not sure if there is one at the airport or not that would meet your needs. If you planned to leave the airport and get a hotel overnight in town than the transit tour we took from the airport would probably not be the best option, I might look into a private tour from your hotel instead.
Not necessarily. We took the 4pm tour which ended just as the sun was going down, but there were later tours. You just have to pick from their scheduled times of what they offer (there is a photo of the schedule in the video or you can find it on their website which is listed in the description.)
Forbes list Qatar as the second most dangerous country in the world for gay travelers (behind Nigeria). Interesting choice you guys just don't even mention anything about this.
Thanks for the comment. We have travelled to many countries that are not gay friendly, and would of course recommend everyone to take precautions to stay safe as they travel. But in this case, the question didn't even come up on a 3 hour tour. Tourists enjoy a fair bit of privilege in most places, and we've never been questioned anywhere we've been. But thank you for the information, if we were planning a longer stay we would definitely want to pay attention!
I did this in 2017 on the way to Cape Town but it was at night and y'all showed me things that I couldn't see so a BIG thank you to you both for the illumination on so many levels. Oh and the scruff...yassss
I bet it was gorgeous at night, but yes we were glad we went during the day. All the more reason to go back and do it again! 😀
Love it!
Thank you! 😀
Super cool airport. The tour looks like a great experience. Some serious “wow” moments. Joey says the thumb statue is from the World Cup, so you were right that it was football.
We were very glad we went. And I'm glad I got the sport right, it was just a guess but it seemed the most obvious. 😀
Hamad Airport is the world's best 3 times in a row:)
That's what we heard! We certainly had no complaints. (And we just booked a trip back in a few months!)
@@tendegreeswarmer that's nice! looking forward to see you guys here!
Thanks for that - I have a 15 hour layover on return to Australia in November. Will definately book
I hope you enjoy it as much as we did. It sure beats sitting in an airport! 😀
@@tendegreeswarmer It certainly does. Have had long layover before in Doha but had not known of this. How did you pay for it - travel/credit card or do you need local currency in cash. I can probably book online - will check
@@grantellis1315 We paid with a credit card. You can book ahead of time online I believe though. We didn't get any local currency at all.
Would you say 6 hours was enough from arrival to boarding of your connecting flight?
You have to have a minimum of 6 hours to be allowed to take the tour. You have to go through immigration/customs leaving the airport and back through immigration and security when you come back, so having enough time is important. We didn't have any lines to deal with in either direction, but it will depend on the time of day/time of year I guess. The tour desk will walk you through the schedule, and if you don't have enough time there is an airport tour you can take that probably would have been interesting with all of the art.
Sorry I missed this but I had my own travel experience as I was coming to meet you in Bali!!
And we’re glad you made it! 😁
Thank you for sharing this tour, the bear with the lamp is really cute! As a woman touring would I have to cover my hair? Congratulations I guess you finished the Cominos and on your way to Bali!
Good question, and I wish I had paid more attention. Everyone in our tour was dressed modestly as I recall (we wore pants to be safe but did see some other men in shorts at the Souq), but the women did not cover their hair, no.
And yes we are finished with the Camino, but we still have many more videos coming to complete that adventure! 😀
Let me tell you why I subscribed to you guys channel. I will be there on Thursday, so I have watched several videos to get a step-by-step over view of the process of taking a city tour of Doha. We will do an evening/night tour (more than likely T5). Before your video, I could not find anything with the level of details you provided. I feel comfortable with the process based on your video. We are passing through on our way to South Africa. So, thanks guys...I appreciate you.
Thanks for the message! We found the process to be very straightforward. I hope you enjoy the tour! And we're happy to have you around 😃
Very nice video. We’ll definitely look to do this if transiting through Doha. Did you know about this tour beforehand and plan on a layover for this purpose? I wonder if other airports in other countries have tours like this. We once had a 12 hour layover in San Juan so took a taxi to the Old Town and had so much fun. We really felt like we saw it well too.
We found this as part of our research when we were considering this flight with the long layover. I'd heard of transit tours before, but we've either not had a long enough layover or haven't had them in places that offer transit tours like this. So we got a great deal using points for our flight AND got to see a new city and try a transit tour - in our book, this was a WIN WIN.
Great video! Did you purchase the transit tour at the Discovery Qatar counter at the airport?
You can do either, but since we had a rather long layover, we just booked it at the airport desk because we knew we'd have options. It was quick and easy!
After a bit more research, we’re thinking of hiring an indenpendent tour guide so we can spend a bit more time than the 3 hours offered by the Discovery Qatar. By doing so, do you think we may end up having to get a Visa on arrival? For reference, we’re US citizens.
Great video! Did you gentlemen pre-purchase the City Tour on the Discovery Qatar website or did u buy the tour at the airport counter?
You can do either, but since we had a rather long layover, we just booked it at the airport desk after we arrived because we knew we'd have options. It was quick and easy!
Hi my friend, I have transit at Doha with 2 kids get layover 19 hours and how I can get outside take a tour and hotel ,I can get at airport or need get online first and nên how many hours and do you know hotel safe for 3 girls.hope you can help me bc I want give kids tour traveling there transit
19 hours is plenty of time to take the transit tour. We didn't look into hotels, I'm not sure if there is one at the airport or not that would meet your needs. If you planned to leave the airport and get a hotel overnight in town than the transit tour we took from the airport would probably not be the best option, I might look into a private tour from your hotel instead.
@ thank you so much
Obviously, your Doha transit needs to be during daylight hours?
Not necessarily. We took the 4pm tour which ended just as the sun was going down, but there were later tours. You just have to pick from their scheduled times of what they offer (there is a photo of the schedule in the video or you can find it on their website which is listed in the description.)
Forbes list Qatar as the second most dangerous country in the world for gay travelers (behind Nigeria). Interesting choice you guys just don't even mention anything about this.
Thanks for the comment. We have travelled to many countries that are not gay friendly, and would of course recommend everyone to take precautions to stay safe as they travel. But in this case, the question didn't even come up on a 3 hour tour. Tourists enjoy a fair bit of privilege in most places, and we've never been questioned anywhere we've been. But thank you for the information, if we were planning a longer stay we would definitely want to pay attention!
Cool videos, Lets connect :)
Thanks for checking us out! 😀
@@tendegreeswarmer Pleasure :)