Places to visit in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
17 places to visit in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Jebel Faya, Al Majaz Waterfront, Al Noor Island and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Sharjah volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 16 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Sharjah (1)
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Jebel Faya
A limestone hill near Mleiha in the Sharjah interior, whose rock shelters hold traces of people from the Old Stone Age and the Neolithic. It is part of the Faya Palaeolandscape, a UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the oldest records of humans in Arabia.
Hidden gems in Sharjah (16)
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Al Majaz Waterfront
A waterfront promenade on Khalid Lagoon in Sharjah, with lawns, play areas, cafes and a walkway along the water. In the evenings families come out for the musical fountain in the lagoon and the lights of the city across the water.
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Al Noor Island
A small landscaped island in Khalid Lagoon, opened in December 2015 and covering about 4.5 hectares. Paths wind through its gardens, with the towers of Sharjah reflected in the water all around.
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Al Noor Mosque
A mosque on the Buhaira Corniche, overlooking Khalid Lagoon, built in the Ottoman Turkish style and modelled on the Sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul. Of the more than 600 mosques in Sharjah, it is one of the few open to visitors.
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Al Rafisah Dam
A dam on Wadi Shie in the Hajar Mountains, holding back a seasonal stream that runs down to Khor Fakkan on Sharjah's east coast. The lake behind it sits among bare, rocky peaks.
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Jebel Buhais
A limestone ridge near Madam, rising to some 340 metres, with a vast necropolis on its flanks. Its burials span the Neolithic, Bronze, Iron and Hellenistic ages, the oldest going back to the 5th millennium BCE.
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Kalba Mangrove Reserve
A protected mangrove forest at Kalba on the east coast of Sharjah. It shelters the white-collared kingfisher, a rare bird whose dwindling numbers here are the reason the mangroves are guarded.
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Khor Fakkan Amphitheatre
An open-air theatre in Khor Fakkan, on Sharjah's east coast, built in the Roman manner with semicircular tiers of seats. Its arches and stone terraces stand against the Hajar Mountains, and every seat has a clear view of the stage.
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King Faisal Mosque
A large mosque in central Sharjah, the emirate that calls itself the cultural capital of the UAE. It is named after King Faisal, who ruled Saudi Arabia from 1964 until 1975.
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Mleiha
A desert town in inland Sharjah, about 25 km south of Dhaid, with remains from the Neolithic to pre-Islamic Arabia. Its archaeological centre explains the tombs and settlements found among the dunes and rocky outcrops around it.
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Sharjah Aquarium
A public aquarium on the Sharjah waterfront, built around the marine life of the Gulf and the Arabian Sea. Its tanks hold reef fish, rays and sharks, and it shares its site with the city's maritime museum.
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Sharjah Art Museum
One of the leading art institutions of the Gulf, in the heritage quarter of Sharjah. Its galleries show permanent collections alongside changing exhibitions of Arab and international art.
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Sharjah Fort
A two-storey fort of rock, coral and adobe in the centre of Sharjah, the old seat of the city's rulers. It is now a museum, its towers and rooms telling the story of the emirate in a square surrounded by modern streets.
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Sharjah Heritage Museum
A museum of everyday Emirati life, its six galleries filled with objects from old homes, markets and festivals. It reopened in 2012 in the restored house of Saeed Al Taweel Al Shamsi, a pearl merchant.
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Sharjah Mosque
The largest mosque in the Emirate of Sharjah, a white building with domes and minarets in the Ottoman style. Besides serving worshippers, it has a library and a centre that welcomes non-Muslims.
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Sharjah Museum of Islamic Civilization
A museum of Islamic culture with more than 5,000 objects from across the Islamic world, opened in its present building in 2008. It covers calligraphy, carvings, ceramics, coins, glass, manuscripts, metalwork and scientific instruments.
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Sharjah National Park
The largest park in Sharjah, covering about 63 hectares of lawns, trees and play areas on the edge of the city. Families come out at weekends to picnic in the shade and let children run.
Collecting in Sharjah
What are the best places to visit in Sharjah?
LOQAH lists 17 places in Sharjah. The best known include Jebel Faya, Al Majaz Waterfront, Al Noor Island, Al Noor Mosque and Al Rafisah Dam. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Sharjah?
17, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Sharjah?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Sharjah before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Sharjah and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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