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Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel
Doha, Qatar · Ritz-Carlton · Grand Luxury
Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, was designed by Qatari architect Ibrahim Jaidah across a 95,465 sq m site on Doha's Corniche, originally opened for the 2006 Asian Games, as a faithful recreation of a traditional Qatari village of 14 'beits' (courtyard villas), winding sikkas, and the region's then-largest spa at 5,200 sq m.
- 174 rooms
- Opened 2007
- Neighborhood: Corniche
- Rooms from 517 sq ft (48 m²)
- Architect: Ibrahim Jaidah
- Interiors: DiLeonardo
About Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel
- Architect Ibrahim Jaidah laid out the resort not as hotel corridors but as a traditional Qatari village of winding streets: 14 'beits' (typical Qatari villas) cluster around courtyards, which in turn face a central pool, the private planning logic of a pre-modern Gulf settlement.
- At 5,200 sq m, the spa was the largest in the region at opening in 2006, originally operated as Six Senses Spa before the property was rebranded.
- The hotel was commissioned by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and timed to open for the 2006 Asian Games, with a 400-metre private beach and low-rise whitewashed silhouette deliberately contrasting West Bay's gleaming towers across the bay.
- The plot is 95,465 sq m, a scale more typical of a suburban resort than an urban hotel site, yet the hotel holds only 174 rooms, giving it one of the lowest room-per-hectare densities of any city hotel in the Gulf.
History
Built on the site of an historic fishing village in Doha Bay shaped by pearl divers, fishermen, and merchants trading in ancient souks along the Gulf coast; commissioned privately by Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim Al Thani and designed to recreate traditional Qatari freej (village) architecture with low-rise villas, courtyards, mashrabiya screens, and narrow alleys on a palm-fringed private beach with Doha skyline views.
Opened in 2006 for the Asian Games, the resort is designed as a traditional Qatari village: whitewashed villas, winding sikkas, courtyard fountains, and a sheikh's palace spread across 98,000 square metres with a 400-metre private beach.
The setting
Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel, occupies a secluded beach cove at Ras Abu Abboud Street at the southern foot of the Doha Corniche, a short drive from the National Museum of Qatar — twenty minutes — and Souq Waqif at nineteen, with the Museum of Islamic Art twenty-seven minutes away. Opened in 2006 for the Asian Games, the resort is designed as a traditional Qatari village: whitewashed villas, winding sikkas, courtyard fountains, and a sheikh's palace spread across 98,000 square metres with a 400-metre private beach. The contrast between the low-rise village silhouette and West Bay's gleaming skyline across the bay is the site's defining narrative: ancient Arabia and modern Qatar in deliberate dialogue. 17 km from Villaggio Mall.
Restaurants and bars
- Al Liwan — Restaurant
- Parisa — Restaurant
- Al Jalsa — Restaurant
- Al Seef — Poolside
Experiences
- Impact Experiences — On-property activities for group guests during lunch breaks, receptions and coffee breaks, such as preparing meals for hunger relief or assembling school supplies.
- Step by Step school tree planting — Group guests plant donated mandarin-orange trees for an Affection Garden at the Step by Step school for children with special needs.
Amenities
- spa
- hammam
- private beach
- infinity pool
- 3 pools
- butler (villas)
- fitness center
- Ritz Kids
- Private pool
- Sauna
- Kids' club
Awards
- Forbes Travel Guide Four-Star (2026)
- MICHELIN One Key (2026)
- One MICHELIN Key (2025)
- Qatar's Leading Hotel Suite 2025 (World Travel Awards) (2025)
- Forbes Travel Guide Star Award (2023)
- Green Key
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