Gulf Air’s New Direct Bahrain Flight Leads to Pearls and Luxe Hotels

“You can see yourself in pearls. It’s not like any other stone,” said Mohammad al -Mahmood with a smile. After that, he produces a show stopper from a red velvet box: distorted but highly desired form is known as Baruk pearl. It is based in a necklace that will be sold at 3.5 million.

Mahmud stands in the inner harem of his family jewelry shop in Bahrain, a nation of a 274 square mile island in the Persian Gulf, which has been synonymous with natural beads for centuries. This is also a destination where American passengers can now be easily easily.

In October, Gulf Air inaugurates a direct flight to the country, leaving New York’s JFK three times a week. Rob reports Gray & Company’s travel master Carey Gray says many of its client business carriers, usually Middle Eastern airline, choose for long travel trips here, and turn into a private aircraft for the last leg. He added, “It is well tied to Bahrain.” And it is also an important uprising for the kingdom, which will soon be seen swelling in the clutch of its five -star hotels: Hover already has a minute resort, one of the Maldives -like tropical islands, part of the country’s island, as well as a sprinkler, All -Velalas. The next year will welcome the Campuski Complex with 74 guest rooms and 186 residences, and Waldorf Austria is planning a 120 -room property for 2028. Even a locally -run shop continues in a historic building located in a historic building.

Sinai Charles Travel Master Jacqueline Siena India says these are directly a direct response to Bahrain’s growing profile among the new property jets. It considers the country “a beautiful, authentic alternative to more and more Gulf cities, ideal for clients in search of culture, calm and immunity.” This nation, a former British protector, is more free than many of its neighbors: for example alcohol is sold widely. The rise of Saudi Arabia just 15 miles away has also promoted its fortunes, as many expenses living there arrive at Bahrain at the end of the week, seeing Western -style daily life. –

Nevertheless, the greatest greed for travelers is appointment with a Pearl Merchant, such as Al -Mahmood, who is the seventh generation of his family in business. Jacks Criter first came here in 1912, in which he was looking for the origin of the pearls buying in India. Today, many jewelry still rely on the high examples of the region: Tiffany’s 2025 birds make a source of titler jewelry from a respected expert on a pearl collection, a reservoir of Hussein Alfard, who has been working with the brand for the past three years. Bahrain protects its reputation for natural pearls, which banned the preparation of a decent version in 1928, immediately. After they were devised by Cookie Makemoto. Even here there is a government -driven lab, streams that use a number of technologies to inspect all beads for guaranteeing their authenticity.

There is more for modern Bahrain than this centuries -old tradition. It has long been famous for its Arab horses, and the Bahrain Turf Club recently opened a new house with a huge stand for fans. The biggest race of this season is the Bahrain International Trophy on November 14, which awarded the prize of 000 600,000 at first place.

Other types of horsepower are also here. Bahrain’s Formula 1 track-lumbar is known for straight and tight corners who encourage nail cutting. Now there are more than 350 incidents every year. The Grand Finals of the FIA ​​World Endurns Champions, Bahrain’s 8 hours, every November, when the track also increases in the winter sun.

But almost no one can come here without peeling a little pearl. If you do this, do not leave the moving path, which is an adaptive reuse project in the masterpiece that snatches the old city and shows the industry through a series of museums and cultural places. Bahraini beads usually have a red color, so as to increase their brightness in favor of the red velvet box. “About the size, but don’t think about the quality, in every one thousand beads, you can find one or two that are perfectly rounded,” he said, “he says,” he says, while gossiping with a glubes of shaped. “All the good defeats sold in the world are from Bahrain.”