Ras Abu Aboud, Doha
Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel
A 174-room beach resort at Ras Abu Aboud on the Doha Corniche, opened in 2006 as a recreated Qatari seaside village of 14 courtyard houses linked by lanes rather than corridors. It has a 400-metre private beach, three pools and a 5,200 sq m spa.
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- Advice from our own stay, in March 2025
- Preferred-partner benefits through Marriott STARS: a room upgrade, daily breakfast, a US$100 credit and early check-in and late checkout
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- One contact before, during and after the stay
About the property
- Opened
- 2006
- Rooms
- 149
- Suites
- 25
- Developer
- Qatar National Hotels Company, now Katara Hospitality
- Architecture
- Ibrahim Jaidah Architects & Engineers
- Interiors
- DiLeonardo
- Owned by
- Katara Hospitality
From our stays
We stayed in March 2025
Rooms and suites
Deluxe Resort View Room (King or Twin)
48 sq m · resort view · balcony
Deluxe Pool View Room (King or Twin)
48 sq m · pool view · balcony
Deluxe Sea View Room (King)
48 sq m · sea view · balcony
Suites
King Resort View Suite
105 sq m · resort view · two balconies
King Sea View Suite
105 sq m · sea view · balcony and terraces
Two-Bedroom Suite
165 sq m · resort view · two balconies
The Royal Suite
570 sq m · sea view · two bedrooms in the Royal Villa, 170 sq m of balconies and terrace
Dining and wellness
- Parisa
- Persian restaurant
- Al Liwan
- all-day Levantine buffet
- El Cedro Lounge
- Latin-themed lounge
- Al Jalsa Cafe and Lobby Lounge
- café and lobby lounge
- Al Seef Poolside Bar & Cafe
- swim-up pool bar · by the pool
- Wellness
- The Ritz-Carlton Spa, built as a village of lanes and houses (5,200 sq m), with 24 treatment rooms, a ladies-only area and hammam rituals; three pools, the main one 668 sq m, and a 400-metre private beach.
Where it is
Hamad International (DOH), 3.7 km.
Q&A
Deluxe Resort View Room (King or Twin) (48 sq m), Deluxe Pool View Room (King or Twin) (48 sq m) and Deluxe Sea View Room (King) (48 sq m). Suites: King Resort View Suite (105 sq m), King Sea View Suite (105 sq m), Two-Bedroom Suite (165 sq m) and The Royal Suite (570 sq m).
We book Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel through Marriott STARS, so you get a room upgrade on arrival when one is available, daily breakfast for two, a US$100 hotel credit each stay and early check-in and late checkout when available, at no extra cost to you. On the hotel's flexible public rate.
Parisa, persian, with sea views; Al Liwan, all-day buffet of Levantine dishes, mezze and Arabic desserts; El Cedro Lounge, latin-themed lounge with indoor and outdoor seating and live entertainment; Al Jalsa Cafe and Lobby Lounge, arabic sweets, cakes, Moroccan tea and coffee and Al Seef Poolside Bar & Cafe, swim-up bar with Arabic and continental bites, seasonal.
The Ritz-Carlton Spa, built as a village of lanes and houses (5,200 sq m), with 24 treatment rooms, a ladies-only area and hammam rituals; three pools, the main one 668 sq m, and a 400-metre private beach.
At Ras Abu Aboud on the Doha Corniche, a few steps from the National Museum of Qatar and Souq Waqif.
Hamad International (DOH), 3.7 km.
Sharq Village & Spa, a Ritz-Carlton Hotel opened in 2006.
Designed by the practice of Qatari architect Ibrahim Jaidah (then Arab Engineering Bureau) for Qatar National Hotels Company, with interiors by DiLeonardo, as a traditional Qatari village of 14 beits around courtyards and a central pool, with sikkas (lanes), wood-barred windows, rough earth-toned walls and ceilings of Qatari wood and woven palm. Opened in October 2006, in time for the Asian Games in Doha; One MICHELIN Key (2025).
