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The Atlas Obscura Guide To Manama

2 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Manama, Bahrain

Updated May 3, 2024

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Bahrain World Trade Center

Manama, Bahrain

Bahrain World Trade Center

Skyscraper powered by wind turbines attached between its towers.

Tableau depicting “The Legends of Dilmun”

Manama, Bahrain

The Legends of Dilmun

Is this amazing tableau depicting Gilgamesh and Enki 4,000 years old?

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Dhow Building Yard

Muharraq, Bahrain

Dhow Building Yard

The last place in Bahrain where you can get a custom-made dhow.

2 miles from Manama

Arad Fort

Arad, Bahrain

Arad Fort

This beautifully historic Bahrain fortress might not be the most popular attraction around, but that might make it all the better.

3 miles from Manama

Step inside an ancient date honey storeroom.

Karbabad, Bahrain

‘Madbasa’

This underground art installation recreates an ancient date honey storeroom.

4 miles from Manama

Barbar, Bahrain

Barbar Temple

This archaeological site boasts temple ruins that date back 5,000 years to the Dilmun culture, and may have been described in the tale of Gilgamesh's search for immortality.

6 miles from Manama

Royal burial mound in Saar

Buri, Bahrain

Dilmun Burial Mounds

These 4,000-year-old tombs form a surreal landscape.

7 miles from Manama

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