BAHRAIN
Tourist Tips:
With so much abundant history in the region, there is a fascinating choice of attractions to visit if you have time, from the Bahrain Fort, The Museum of pearl Diving, the Arad Fort, and many more sights depending on your interests.
Riffa Golf Club:
 Welcome to Riffa Golf Club, Bahrain's first international 18 hole grass golf course, just 15 minutes from the country's capital Manama and 20 minutes from the King Fahad Causeway link with Saudi Arabia.
Acclaimed as 'challenging but fair', this remarkable oasis of luscious fairways and immaculate greens is a 6,817 yard, par 72 championship course, featuring five lakes and more than 600 date palms, beautifully landscaped with desert-sand rough.
Designed by Karl Litten and managed by Gleneagles of Scotland, the Riffa Golf Course opened in 1999. Landscaped to follow the natural rolling desert terrain of the valley and harnessing the underlying waters of the Al-Hunayniyah Wadi to create the many water hazards, Riffa's Course challenges the skills of all player levels.
Al Areen Wildlife Park & Reserve:
 Al Areen Wildlife Park & Reserve Established in 1975, this unique experiment in conservation was inspired by the Crown Prince's long-standing interest in falconry and Wildlife in general. With a view to creating an environment for the protection and breeding of endangered species, whilst simultaneously attracting the interest of the public, it has become the leading organization of its kind in the Middle East. Situated near to Zallaq, the three square mile (eight square kilometer) enclosure is planted with over 100,000 plants and trees, and more than 500 animals are accommodated in the reserve.
Inhabitants include the Arabian oryx, which is virtually extinct in the wild, Persian gazelle, springbok, impala, fallow deer, Chapman's zebra, let, film show and bus tour all contribute to the visitors' understanding of the aims of the park.
National Mueseum:
 Situated on the intersection of the Muharraq Causeway and King Faisal Highway, it houses a wonderful collection of exhibits, from contemporary Bahraini paintings, sculptures and ceramics to scenes depicting life in the Dilmun civilization of 6000 years ago and even a reconstructed burial mound, complete with skeleton! A section on Arabic calligraphy, including a beautiful display of illuminated Korans and other religious documents, is breathtaking, and of course no visit would be complete without a closer look traditional trades and crafts which been cleverly displayed in a reconstruction of a typical soukh of the 1930s.
There are also photographs and models of pearling exhibitions and artefacts to represent the former source of Bahrain wealth before the advent of oil.Many, many more exhibits add up to a memorable experience, and a deeper understanding of the fascinating history of the island.
Diving:
 History and ancient history would suggest that diving itself was probably born in and around the warm shallow waters of Bahrain. Recorded as far back as 5000 years ago, Pearl Diving has been Bahrain's heritage for millennia and ,today, these same productive oyster beds (the largest of their kind in the world) continue to flourish, offering some very unique, rewarding and exciting recreational diving opportunities all year round.
Oil Well No. 1:
As its name suggests, this is the first oil well in the Gulf. "Spurted" on 16th October 1931, the well finally began to blow heads of oil on the morning of 2nd June 1932, too much celebration on the part of those involved in the project. It is situated below jebel Dukhan, the Mountain of Smoke, which, at a height of 134 meters (450 feet), is the highest point of the island. Its name comes from the misty haze, which frequently surrounds it on a hot and humid day.
King Fahad Causeway:
Opened in 1986, this remarkable 15.5 miles (25km) feat of engineering links Bahrain and Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most expensive bridges in the world. The causeway traverses Umm Nasan Island, which is a sanctuary for wildlife, and at halfway point there is a facility area, including a restaurant, which you can visit even if you don't travel the whole distance to Saudi Arabia.
Other suggestions for sightseeing:
- Tree of Life
- Al Jasra House
- Salman bin Ahmed Al fateh Fort
- Weekly horse-racing
- Shaikh Isa's House
- Al Khamis Mosque
- Siyadi House
- Gold Souk
- The Cloth Souq
- Pearl Monument
- Arad Fort
- Pottery at A'ali Village
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