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A January 2007 trip to Doha by qatarvisitor

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Villagio Best of IgoUgo

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Doha has many superb malls but without a doubt Villagio stands out as the cream of the crop - and it's not even finished yet! The best thing about this mall is the canal which runs through it - and the gondolas which, for fifteen riyals, will give you a ride up and down it. As you glide along the canal, you could easily forget that you are in the middle of a desert country.Look up at the ceiling, and you could almost be outside. The ceiling has been decorated to look like the sky, and different areas of the mall represent different times of the day. In the area where the ceiling represents the night, authentic looking street lamps light up. This is not a place either where you ...Read More

Member Rating 5 out of 5 on October 11, 2007

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