in Bahrain

A'ali

A pottery town built among thousands of Bronze Age burial mounds, where traditional kilns still fire clay wares by hand.

Notable spots

Dilmun Burial Mounds
History
UNESCO-listed mound fields from the ancient Dilmun era.
A'ali Pottery Workshops
Art
Potters shaping and firing clay in traditional kilns.
Saar Archaeological Site
History

Best months: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov and Dec

👕 A'ali in Oct: T-shirts, shorts and breathable fabrics; sunscreen and water.

Photo: Dilmun Burial Mounds — Storrs-Fox, Edwin Aubrey (Public domain) · Wikimedia