Heritage Village — Attraction in Southern Governorate

The Heritage Village in Arad is a replica of an old Bahraini village. As you walk through the tiny village, it provides insight into Bahrain’s past that's filled with rich history and intricate culture.

Entry fee into the village is 1 dinar. I went during the winter festival season from December 2024 to January 4, 2025. There is a free food tasting station where you can try traditional Bahraini sweets such as halwa (made from starch, sugar, and oil, with nuts, saffron, rose water, and cardamom) and luqaimat (airy donuts) covered in date syrup. There is also a crepe station where you can get all sorts of crepes for 500 fils and a kebab station where food was also selling for a few hundred fils.

As you walk through the small village, you can see traditional gathering rooms (majlis) and stalls where traditional crafts take place (metal working, basket, rope, and textile weaving, etc....) You can finish exploring the village in 10 minutes but many stay to soak it all in, eating the food and listening to the traditional music.

Judging from the other reviews, I think it's open outside of the season but it may be...

Definitely recommend for an intimate yet authentic heritage village experience. Lovely place to come with your family and to bring tourists too!

It might not be as big as the one in Askar, but the heart of this place and the people who run it more than make up for it!

You can dress up in traditional attire, visit the old candies shop, buy antiques and have a lovely time sipping on karak/ gahwa while tasting luqaimat - all on the house once you've paid the entrance fee which is a mere BHD1 only!

Kids will enjoy walking about amidst free chicken, rabbits while having the option to pick from a vast variety of 70s-90s toys :)...

Underwhelmed by the experience though i was excited as it was featured in lovin Bahrain's page. The place opened 10 minutes post opening time, upon entering there was the resident chickens' poop everywhere on the ground, it was very hard to find a spot to walk on not covered in droppings. The idea is nice however there was little to no signs on which decade or Era the heritage displayed was from. The staff - which were children - were friendly and welcoming, but understandably were not equipped to host a supposedly...