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Muharraq Cultural Walking Tour (Summer Version)

By KA Tours
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Free cancellation available
Price is ฿1,771 per adult
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  • Free cancellation available
  • 3h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

You will enjoy an insight into the old city of Muharraq and information about Bahrain that they might never be heard of before. Guests will be mesmerised by the traditional old Bahraini houses, their design, art, and atmosphere. Each house tells a different storey talking about the Pearl diving history of Bahrain to current and traditional Bahraini art and design. This tour includes an exclusive entrance to Bahrain Pavillion and Bahrain Pearl Path monument where I will be explaining the importance of their existence throughout the history of Bahrain. Finally, guests are invited to a local Bahraini coffee shop where they are greeted by the owner who’s fully dressed up in a Bahraini traditional attire (thobe) and they will be given Arabic Bahraini tea, coffee, dates, sweets, and Tikka where I’ll be explaining the ingredients of each drink and food they eat and this is all included in the price.

Activity location

  • Seyadi House
    • Road No 633
    • Muharraq, Muḥāfaẓat al-Muḥarraq, Bahrain

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Bu Khalaf Coffee Shop
    • Road No 917
    • Muharraq, Muḥāfaẓat al-Muḥarraq, Bahrain

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Muharraq Cultural Walking Tour (Summer Version)

  • Activity duration is 3 hours3h
    3h
  • English
Starting time: 16:00
Price details
฿1,770.98 x 2 Adults฿3,541.96
Total
Price is ฿3,541.96
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What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bahraini arabic tea & coffee
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Bahraini samboosa, bread with cheese, and dates.

Know before you book

  • Public transport options are available nearby
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Seyadi House

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
The Siyadi’s settled in Muharraq in the early 19th century. As grand pearl merchants, the family owned its own pearling fleet and was guaranteed of its annual pearl catch. The immense wealth generated from pearls allowed the family to build the Siyadi complex. The exquisitely decorated Siyadi Majlis, the pearling era’s only four-level building, is the jewel of the nominated pearling testimony. Its ground floor apartments, built in 1850, are among the earliest stone structures in Muharraq. Added in 1921, the majlis offers the last remaining example in which a pearl merchant (Tajir Al Lulu) received pearl merchants from as far away as India and Europe to negotiate over his special pearl collections.

Iqra

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket included
This children's library is a resemblance that Bahrain is a leader in children's education since the early 19th century.

Pearling Path

  • 25m
LUQMATINA CAFE - A snack restaurant in the old house converted into a restaurant. AL NUKHIDA HOUSE - The Nukhidhah house is one of the houses located on the future“Pearl Walk”, as a part of the project “Pearling and its cultural landscapes in Bahrain”. The time I got the task by the Shaikh Ebrahim Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa Centre for Culture & Research for conservation and to create the design for the rebuilt part of the complex as a German architect and conservation expert, I took the challenge with great pleasure and enthusiasm. Preserving the ancient part and designing the attached architecture in a modest way was what an architect desires.

Al Nukhida House

  • 5m
  • Admission ticket included
The Nukhidhah house is one of the houses located on the future“Pearl Walk”, as a part of the project “Pearling and its cultural landscapes in Bahrain”. The time I got the task by the Shaikh Ebrahim Bint Mohammed Al-Khalifa Centre for Culture & Research for conservation and to create the design for the rebuild part of the complex as a German architect and conservation expert, I took the challenge with great pleasure and enthusiasm. Preserving the ancient part and designing the attached architecture in a modest way was what an architect desires.

House of Art

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
House of Art - At the heart of this house, there is a shortcut to the city of Muharraq through photographic works that capture the visual memory of this intimate city. In the art of poetry and deep language, the voice of the poet Mahmoud Darwish in some way compensates for his absence. Likewise, the sea offers a parallel charm, touching the place through preparatory work (qourqour) ties from each thread of his net a diver’s float fished by the sea. From this house, which was part of the original house of Sheikh Ebrahim Bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the arts will speak of Muharraq with its visuals, of the magic of Bahrain and the sea, of the Arab world through the voice of the poet Mahmoud Darwish.

Memory of the House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
MEMORY OF THE HOUSE - From that big house that once housed the council of Sheikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, as well as his library, correspondence, and intellectual and cultural meetings, nothing remains except for a single memory, faithful in its gestures and details. The memory that carries the details of his life, the personal belongings that remained after his death, is today the witness and guardian of time. The centre takes visitors through the life of Sheikh Ebrahim Bin Mohammad Al Khalifa by touring his rooms, detailed with the furnishings of the time, decorated by delicate carvings, the stories that are told, and the things that evoke his memory in this house.

House of Coffee. رازجي

  • 5m
House of Coffee - The House of Coffee opened its doors to the public on 2 April 2009. The House of Coffee represents a combination of three old traditional Bahraini houses. To maintain the overall look of the area and the small lane leading to the house, the traditional façade was retained. However, the interior of the houses was renovated and now functions as a café. Visitors to this area of Muharraq now have the opportunity to stop and rest at this café, sampling its modern and distinctive menu. The House of Coffee complements the traditional coffee place at the entrance of the area leading to the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre.

Kurar House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Kurar House - The Kurar House was established on 12 March 2007 to preserve the dying and unique Bahraini art of Kurar embroidery. The building provides a venue for elderly Bahraini ladies to pass on the art of the Kurar to younger generations. The Shaikh Ebrahim Centre furthermore promotes the art and production of Kurar by supporting the artisans in their production and marketing of Kurar-embroidered clothes.

Al Nuzul House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
AL NUZUL HOUSE - A traditional Bahraini guest house.

Abdullah Al Zayed House for Bahraini Press Heritage

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
ABDULLAH AL ZAYED HOUSE FOR BAHRAINI PRESS HERITAGE - The Abdullah Al Zayed House for Bahraini Press Heritage was the first restoration project undertaken by the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre with private sponsors. The newly restored 100-year old building opened in November 2003. Being the house of the founder of the first weekly newspaper in Bahrain and the Gulf, the house is dedicated to the preservation of Bahrain’s press heritage and at the same time preserves part of the country’s unique architectural traditions.

Seyadi House

  • 10m
  • Admission ticket included
Siyadi House, also known as Bayt Siyadi is a historic building in Muharraq City, Kingdom of Bahrain. It is part of a larger complex of buildings constructed for the pearl merchant Abdullah bin Isa Siyadi, which further includes a mosque and a majlis

Bu Khalaf Coffee Shop

  • 25m
  • Admission ticket included
Visitors will enjoy Bahraini tea, coffee, sweets, and dates. (Dinner or lunch packages) on special request.

Shaikh Ebrahim Center

  • 15m
  • Admission ticket included
Built on the land of the original majlis of Shaikh Ebrahim bin Mohammed Al Khalifa, the current building is a modern reconstruction. Since 2002, more than 400 artists, speakers, philosophers, and poets have visited the Shaikh Ebrahim Centre to share their art and thoughts in this venue dedicated to the open exchange of ideas and knowledge. To accommodate an ever-larger audience, a new auditorium opened in December 2008, with a seating capacity of around 300.

Location

Activity location

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    Seyadi House
    • Road No 633
    • Muharraq, Muḥāfaẓat al-Muḥarraq, Bahrain

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    Bu Khalaf Coffee Shop
    • Road No 917
    • Muharraq, Muḥāfaẓat al-Muḥarraq, Bahrain

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