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Sports Attractions in Bahrain

Bahrain International Circuit

Location: Sakhir
Distance:35.0km/21.8 miles

Accommodates up to 70.000 spectators, its main grandstand holds 15.000 spectators, plus a multi-purpose second pit building with lounges & a grandstand for 6,000 spectators. It also includes a media centre with seating for 500 journalists.

The annual racing calendar is from early April.

Bahrain Equestrian & Endurance

Location: Sakhir 
Distance:22.0km/13.7 miles

Horse racing, show jumping and long distance endurance riding are extremely popular in Bahrain. The grand stand has the capacity for 15,000 spectators. The annual racing calendar is from early October to the end of April.

Riffa Golf Club

Location: Sakhir 
Distance:22.0km/13.7 miles

Riffa golf club is Bahrain's first international 18 hole grass golf course. 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.

Bahrain Aquatique

Location: Al Manama
Distance:3.2km/2.0 miles

Pearl diving has been Bahrain's heritage for millennia. There are up to 30 species of coral and in excess of 200 species of fish

Visit to these attractions can be arranged by the hotel (with a charge)