Qatar has 149 official public green spaces under the Ministry of Municipality (120 public parks, 25 plazas, and 4 corniches), with a target of 160 in the near future. Most “best parks” lists give you the same 10 names. This is the long version: the famous ones everyone knows, plus the neighbourhood parks, plazas, and corniches that almost no one writes about.
Organised by municipality, with notes on what’s actually there.
The icons (the ones every guide mentions)
These are the parks you’ve probably already heard of. Worth listing first so the rest of the article makes sense.
- Aspire Park: 88 hectares in Al Waab. Artificial lake, jogging tracks, the Torch tower at one end. Qatar’s largest urban park.
- Al Bidda Park: 1.25 million sqm along the Corniche. Pet-friendly (the only one with a dedicated dog park, L’Arche). Underground parking for 6,000 cars.
- MIA Park: wraps around the Museum of Islamic Art on the bay. Richard Serra’s “7” sculpture, kite flying, food trucks, dhow views.
- Hotel Park: behind the Sheraton at the north end of the Corniche. Connects to the metro.
- Oxygen Park: 32 acres at Education City. Designed by AECOM, sunken jogging tracks, lit at night.
- Souq Waqif Garden / Park: flower beds and lawns, walkable from Souq Waqif itself.
- Al Rumailah Park: opposite the Corniche, open 24 hours, no fence.
- Sheraton Park: the green strip between the Sheraton and the Corniche, with the “Smiling Park” lawns.
Doha Municipality
- 5/6 Park (Onaiza): 107,000 sqm with a plant maze shaped like the map of Qatar
- Al Abraj Park (West Bay, Al Bidda Street): giant chessboard, 130 species of trees
- Al Bidda Park
- Al Rumailah Park
- Al Bidaa Family Park
- Hotel Park
- MIA Park
- Oxygen Park
- Sheraton Park
- Souq Waqif Park
- Souq Waqif Garden (the flower-bed park near Al Wakrah souq is a different one, covered below)
- Aspire Park
- Dahl Al Hamam Park: a popular Madinat Khalifa park with a sunken running loop
- Al Khalidiya Park
- Al Mansoura Park
- Al Mirqab Park
- Najma Park
- Al Sadd Park
- Bin Mahmoud Park
- Old Airport Park
- Mathar Al Qadeem Park
- Mushaireb Park / Plaza
- Al Asmakh Plaza
- Post Office Park (where the millionth tree was planted in 2022)
- Onaiza 71 Park
- Doha Corniche (one of Qatar’s four corniches)
Al Rayyan Municipality
- Al Aziziya Family Park
- Al Gharrafa Park: Qatar’s first park with air-conditioned jogging tracks
- Al Waab Park
- Muaither Park
- Al Rayyan Park
- Al Shafi Park
- Education Above All (EAA) Park
- Al Thameed Park (opened December 2024): 15,747 sqm
- Al Sudan Park (opened December 2024): 2,303 sqm
- Bani Hajer Park
- New Rayyan Park
- Fereej Bin Mahmoud-style Rayyan plazas (multiple smaller plazas spread across the municipality)
- Al Themaid Park
- Luaib Park (near Education City)
Al Wakra Municipality
- Al Wakrah Family Park
- Souq Al Wakrah Garden: the flower-bed park at the souq entrance
- Al Wukair Park
- Mesaieed Park
- Al Wakrah Corniche (one of the four corniches)
- Mesaieed Family Park
- Al Mashaf Park
- Sealine Beach Park area
- Barwa Al Baraha Park
- Al Kheesa Park (small neighbourhood park)
Al Khor & Al Thakhira Municipality
- Al Bayt Stadium Park: 1.33 million sqm, lake, 4.4 km running track
- Al Khor Park & Zoo (Al Tawasul Traditional Park): includes the Panda House Park with Suhail and Thuraya
- Al Khor Corniche
- Simaisma Olympic Park
- Al Thakhira Park
- Al Khor Family Park
- Rawdat Al Hamama Public Park: opened 2024, 176,000 sqm
Umm Salal Municipality
- Umm Salal Mohammed Park
- Umm Salal Ali Park
- Al Kharaitiyat Park
- Izghawa Park
- Simaisma direction parks (multiple smaller plazas)
Al Daayen Municipality
- Lusail Crescent Park: 275,000 sqm, Lusail’s only public park, irrigated with recycled water
- Lusail Marina Park
- Lusail Boulevard plazas
- Al Kheesa Park
- Bu Fasseela Park
- Wadi Al Banat Park
- Leabaib Park
- Al Egla Park
Al Shahaniya Municipality
- Abu Nakhla Park
- Al Shahaniya Family Park
- Rawdat Rashed Park
- Bu Sidra Park
Al Shamal Municipality
- Al Ruwais Park
- Al Shamal Family Park
- Al Ghariya area parks
- Madinat Al Shamal Park
Specialist parks worth knowing about
These don’t always get listed alongside the family parks but they’re real public green spaces:
- Qur’anic Botanic Garden (Education City): only botanic garden in the world dedicated to plants mentioned in the Quran and Hadith
- Katara Hills (Northern and Southern Hills): 361,500 sqm of meadows around Katara Cultural Village
- Barzan Olympic Park: sports-focused, courts and floor chess
- Aspire Zone parks (multiple smaller zones inside the wider Aspire complex)
- Baladna Park: at the dairy farm in the north, with the milking-process viewing
- Al Legtaifiya Park: Qatar’s first fully accessible inclusive playground
- Muglina Unit Park
- Al Maha Island parks: manicured grounds on Lusail’s Al Maha Island
- Education Above All Hotel Park
The four corniches (officially counted as parks)
- Doha Corniche: 7 km along the bay
- Al Khor Corniche
- Al Wakrah Corniche
- Al Shamal Corniche (the smallest of the four)
A note on the count
Public sources put the number at 149 (as of December 2024), with plans to reach 160. The Ministry of Municipality does not publish a single consolidated public list with every park named. Many of the smaller neighbourhood parks and plazas are referred to only by their Fereej (district) name on Google Maps and don’t appear in tourism guides at all. The list above covers every park I could verify by name across municipality records, news announcements, GIS data, and tourism sources.
If you want the absolute authoritative list including the unnamed neighbourhood plazas, the Ministry’s GIS portal at gisqatar.org.qa/parks is the official source. It plots every registered green space on a map.
