Why this ride
A 932 km round trip from Al Muharraq - roughly 16 h 55 in the saddle. It crosses from Bahrain into Qatar - carry ID and check the toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hayr Bū ‘Amāmah and Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 932 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 16 h 55
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Siyadi House
Muharraq was Bahrain's capital before Manama took over, and it is still the island's most atmospheric old town, a tangle of narrow lanes, coral-stone houses and wind towers beside a shallow sea. Siyadi House belongs to a group of merchant houses built when pearls made Bahrain rich, and it stands in the middle of the Pearling Path, a UNESCO-listed route through the old town that traces the pearl trade from the oyster beds to the merchants' counting rooms. Carved wooden doors, plaster work and a tall wind tower that once caught the breeze are the signature of the house.
Read the complete Siyadi House write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Siyadi House comes up about 0 km into the recorded legs. Next is Al Zubarah Archaeological Site.
2. Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
Out on the north-west coast of Qatar, where the desert slides into a shallow turquoise sea, stand the low ruins of Al Zubarah, once one of the busiest pearling and trading towns in the Gulf. In the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries the town thrived on pearls dived from the oyster beds offshore, traded on to India, Persia and beyond. Then it declined, was abandoned in the early twentieth century, and the sand covered it. Archaeologists have since uncovered streets, houses, a souk, mosques and a long town wall running in an arc around the old harbour. UNESCO inscribed the site in 2013.
Read the complete Al Zubarah Archaeological Site write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 469 km into the recorded legs you reach Al Zubarah Archaeological Site. Next is back through Siyadi House.
3. back through Siyadi House
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Siyadi House write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Siyadi House, late in the day. Next is Hayr Bū ‘Amāmah.
Leg by leg
Siyadi House to Al Zubarah Archaeological Site
Siyadi House → Al Zubarah Archaeological Site is 469 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site to back through Siyadi House
Al Zubarah Archaeological Site → back through Siyadi House is 469 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.