Horse Stables Souq Waqif
Marble-floored stable block sheltering groomed Arabian horses beside a bustling reconstructed market.
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This guide to the horse stables at Doha's Souq Waqif traces a lineage said to run back forty-five hundred years, alongside the market's own history, destroyed by fire in 2003 and rebuilt by hand as a careful replica, finishing in 2008. It follows how the current stalls, arches and shutters recreate a memory rather than preserve an original, and introduces the mounted heritage police who ride out from here each morning in traditional dress. Feed the nearest horse a carrot if its groom allows it.
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