Al Zubara Fort

This guide to Al Zubara Fort in Doha starts with the fifteen-meter well its 1938 coral-and-limestone walls were built around, then reaches back to the walled trading town of Al Zubarah nearby — a wealthy pearling port that fed thousands of people despite having no wells or farmland of its own. You'll hear how food and water arrived by boat and camel caravan from inland, and what put an end to the town's prosperity by the early 1900s. Look for the coral stone in the fort's courtyard walls before heading up to the corner towers.