Why this ride
A 41 km round trip from Al Muharraq - roughly 38 min in the saddle. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hayr Bū ‘Amāmah and Royal Mound 10
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 41 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 38 min
- 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: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. 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, about halfway. Next is Royal Mound 10.
2. Royal Mound 10
The mounds at Hayr Shtayyah are part of something that is hard to grasp until you see it from above: the largest ancient burial landscape in the Gulf. Across the island of Bahrain, tens of thousands of low, rounded mounds, made of stone and sand, are scattered across the desert and in places, they stretch to the horizon. They were built mostly by the Dilmun civilisation, in the third and second millennia BC, when Bahrain was a rich trading hub between Mesopotamia and the Indus valley, and UNESCO has listed a selection of these burial grounds as World Heritage.
Read the complete Royal Mound 10 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Royal Mound 10 sits at 169 km, about halfway. 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 comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Hayr Bū-l-Thāmah.
Leg by leg
Siyadi House to Royal Mound 10
Siyadi House → Royal Mound 10 is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Royal Mound 10 to back through Siyadi House
Royal Mound 10 → back through Siyadi House is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.