Steeped in tradition yet awash with modern extravagance, Qatar is a captivating blend of old and new. Ancient Arabic culture continues to thrive here, best experienced on a stroll through exotic souqs or on a sunset camel ride between the dunes. If you’d rather embrace its economic excess, then upscale restaurants and glitzy hotels abound through the futuristic city of Doha and manmade islands of The Pearl-Qatar. Relatively few visitors find themselves in this oil-rich Arab state (at least, compared to it's more famous neighbours), but that’s all...