Originally Posted by
Miami305
For someone who has an 8+ hour layover and would like to see Doha, wwiuld you recommend this city tour or making the trip by ourselves?
Also, can you share what the process was like for you to get onto the tour (e.g., how long before the tour started did you check in).
I'd do the city tour as it is a "no hassle" approach. The last thing I'd feel like doing is organising my own trip to see the city in between 2 flights.
Process - go to the Doha city tour desk in the main mall and register. You'll be asked to return at a given time (mine was 18:30). Your name gets called then and you get given a voucher. Follow the CSR to immigration, where the voucher seems to waive the need for a visa. After that you get handed over to a guide. I was on the minibus by 19:00, and back by 22:00.