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Itineraries
3 WEEKS
The Gulf Experience
Spend the first four days in dry and traditional
Kuwait City
, learning the sensory vocab of
Arabia - the haggling in Souq Marbarakia, the haunting call to prayer, the wafts of
sheesha
(waterpipes used to smoke tobacco) from outdoor coffeeshops. Add to the Arabian lexicon
by tracing similarities between Peninsula cultures at Tareq Rajab Museum with its priceless
collection of regional jewellery, costumes and manuscripts. Old Arabia is only half the
equation: leave time to explore the urban landscape of high-rise towers - the quintessential
icons of modernity in the Gulf - before flying to
Bahrain
for four days (political situation
allowing).
Oil is responsible for Arabia's rapid propulsion into the 21st century: see how in
Bahrain's Oil Museum and enjoy some of the glamour of wealth at the Formula One racing
