Qanat Quartier

This guide to Doha's Qanat Quartier starts three hundred meters underground, with the ancient Persian qanat technology of hand-dug wells and gravity-fed tunnels that moved water across deserts using nothing but gravity, no pumps or engines. It then turns to the modern canal district designed by SBD International and completed in 2018, framed by nine man-made islands and Venetian-style bridges lined with cafes. Best heard while walking toward the Rialto-style bridge, before you learn just how differently this place treats water than the invention it borrows its name from.