{"id":33275,"date":"2014-10-07T11:38:22","date_gmt":"2014-10-07T09:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/highlights\/capital-with-allure\/"},"modified":"2021-11-02T11:34:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T09:34:00","slug":"capital-with-allure","status":"publish","type":"highlights","link":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/destinations\/middle-east\/qatar\/capital-with-allure","title":{"rendered":"Capital with allure"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Creativity and development in the capital<\/h2>\n<p>Stroll in the shade of the palm trees over the <strong>Corniche,<\/strong>the hip boulevard along the Bay of <strong>Doha.<\/strong> On one side view over the water of the <strong>Arabian gulf.<\/strong> And on the other hand, the still expanding jungle of apartment buildings. But despite the fact that there are so many highlights to pass you by, you have not seen the capital with just a walk on the promenade.<\/p>\n<p>Modern architecture has a key role to play. Doha is the only major city in the country. And so all creativity and development come together here. Yet the cultural tradition has not been forgotten. This city is home to the <strong>Souq Waqif,<\/strong>with its narrow streets and Arabic products. But there is also a place for the large shopping centre <strong>Villaggio<\/strong>, Italian style with world brands. \u00a0 Art galleries, restaurants, museums. Doha seems to realize that she is the only one. And that&#8217;s why she collects everything that is expected of a big city within its city limits. And also exudes pride about her unique position.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Modern architecture will not surprise anyone. But the combination with antique souk is surprisingly stylish. So is the hip boulevard with ancient Islamic art. Doha has taste.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":25604,"parent":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"country":[362],"highlight_category":[602],"continent_category":[651],"class_list":["post-33275","highlights","type-highlights","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","country-qatar","highlight_category-gebied-en","continent_category-middle-east"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/highlights"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239716,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlights\/33275\/revisions\/239716"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"country","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/country?post=33275"},{"taxonomy":"highlight_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/highlight_category?post=33275"},{"taxonomy":"continent_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.untamedtravelling.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/continent_category?post=33275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}