Aspire Tower
Aspire Tower, also known as The Torch Doha, is a 300-metre-tall skyscraper hotel located in the Aspire Zone complex in Doha, Qatar. Designed by architect Hadi Simaan and AREP and engineer Ove Arup and Partners, the tower served as the focal point for the 15th Asian Games hosted by Qatar in December 2006.Photo: Jaseem Hamza, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: skyscraper hotel located in the Aspire Zone complex in Doha, Qatar
- Also known as: “Doha Olympic Tower”, “Khalifa Sports Tower”, and “The Torch Doha”
- Address: Al Waab Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Aspire Zone and Hamad Aquatic Centre.
Aspire Zone
Sports venue
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Aspire Zone, also known as Doha Sports City, is a 250-hectare sporting complex located in the Baaya district of Al Rayyan, Qatar. Owned by the Aspire Zone Foundation, it was established as an international sports destination in 2003 and in the following year an educational centre for the development of sporting champions was opened. Aspire Zone is situated 220 metres north of Aspire Tower.
Hamad Aquatic Centre
Sports venue
Hamad Aquatic Centre is a large swimming pool complex in Doha, Qatar. The centre is housed in the Doha Sports City complex along with other buildings dedicated to sports in Qatar including the Qatar Olympic and Sports Museum, the Aspire Tower, Khalifa International Stadium, and a training school called Aspire Academy. Hamad Aquatic Centre is situated 200 metres northwest of Aspire Tower.
Aspire Dome
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Muaither and Fereej Al Soudan.
Muaither
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Muaither is a district of Al Rayyan City in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. Muaither is situated 3 km northwest of Aspire Tower.
Fereej Al Soudan
Suburb
Fereej Al Soudan is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It is mainly a residential area. In the 2015 census, it was listed as a district of Zone 55 which has a population of 283,675 and also includes Bu Sidra, Al Aziziya, Al Waab, New Fereej Al Ghanim, Muaither, Al Mearad, Fereej Al Manaseer, Fereej Al Murra and Al Sailiya. Fereej Al Soudan is situated 3½ km east of Aspire Tower.
Al Messila
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Al Messila is a Qatari district in the municipality of Doha. For the most part, large gated compounds and schools occupy this district. It shares its western border with Lebday and Old Al Rayyan in Al Rayyan Municipality. Al Messila is situated 6 km northeast of Aspire Tower.
Aspire Tower
- Categories: skyscraper, hyperboloid structure, building, and tourism
- Location: Baladiyat ar Rayyan, Qatar, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
25.26253° or 25° 15′ 45″ northLongitude
51.44475° or 51° 26′ 41″ eastLevels
36Height
318 metres (1,043 feet)Open location code
7HQH7C7V+2VOpenStreetMap ID
way 770633250OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q737602
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Urdu—“Aspire Tower” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “برج أسباير”
- Breton: “Aspire Tower”
- Bulgarian: “Кула Аспири”
- Catalan: “Aspire Tower”
- Chinese: “阿斯拜爾塔”
- Chinese: “阿爾發塔”
- Croatian: “Aspire Tower”
- Danish: “Aspire Tower”
- Dutch: “Aspire Tower”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برج اسباير”
- Finnish: “Aspire Tower”
- French: “Aspire Tower”
- French: “Tour des sports de doha”
- French: “Tour des Sports de Doha”
- German: “Aspire Tower”
- Greek: “Πύργος Ασπάιρ”
- Hebrew: “מגדל אספירה”
- Indonesian: “Menara Aspire”
- Italian: “Aspire Tower”
- Japanese: “アスパイアタワー”
- Korean: “어스파이어 타워”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Aspire Tower”
- Norwegian: “Aspire Tower”
- Persian: “برج اسپایر”
- Portuguese: “Aspire Tower”
- Portuguese: “Doha Sport City Tower”
- Portuguese: “Doha Sport City”
- Pushto: “ايسپایر ټاور”
- Russian: “Aspire Tower”
- Serbian: “Торањ Аспајер”
- Spanish: “Aspire Tower”
- Spanish: “Torre Aspire”
- Swedish: “Aspire Tower”
- Turkish: “Aspire Tower”
- Ukrainian: “Aspire Tower”
- Urdu: “ایسپائر ٹاور”
- “Aspire Tower”
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