Five-star Diplomatic Area, Manama
Crowne Plaza Manama
A business hotel of 278 rooms among the embassies of the Diplomatic Area, with Bahrain's main conference centre attached and the airport five kilometres away.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.
- Rooms
- 278 rooms and suites
- Opened
- January 1979, as the Holiday Inn
- Conference centre
- Up to 1,700 delegates
- From the airport
- About 5 km from BAH
The hotel
Since 1979 in the Diplomatic Area.
The hotel opened in January 1979 as the Holiday Inn Bahrain, owned by the Bahrain Tourism Company. In 1995 the Bahrain Conference Centre was built alongside it, with 2,000 square metres of floor space. A refurbishment began in November 1999 and ran for three years, and in December 2002 the hotel took the Crowne Plaza name. The renaming made it the thirteenth Crowne Plaza in the Middle East and Africa. It has grown since to 278 rooms.
Its general manager calls it one of the earliest business hotels in the kingdom, and the setting explains it: embassies and banks all around, Bahrain Financial Harbour close by, the National Museum and the National Theatre close by on the waterfront. The pool sits in landscaped gardens, with a terrace bar looking over it. Waves, the seafood restaurant, was relaunched in 2022.
- Bahrain Conference Centre Joined to the hotel since 1995, and able to seat up to 1,700 delegates.
- The garden pool An outdoor pool, kept at a steady temperature, in landscaped gardens with a terrace bar looking over it.
- Close to the airport Bahrain International is about five kilometres away across the causeway.
Dining
Seafood, a pub and a sports bar.
Venues as named by the hotel and in recent press. Shown for information.
- Waves Seafood Relaunched in 2022
- La Mosaique Restaurant Home of the hotel's brunches
- Harvesters Pub Refurbished in 2002, still open
- Memories Lounge Cocktails and bites Live music
- Tracks Sports Bar Sports bar In the hotel
Good to know
Before you go.
- Arrival Check-in from 2 pm, check-out by noon.
- Pets Not accepted.
- Wellness A health club with gym, jacuzzi and steam room; there is no spa.
Getting there
Flying to Manama.
Bahrain International is about five kilometres away on Muharraq, across the causeway: ten to fifteen minutes by car, our estimate. Private jets use the Awal Private Terminal on the same airfield, with its own immigration and customs.
- Muscat 1 h 25
- Cairo 2 h 50
- Istanbul 3 h 45
- Paris 6 h 40 long-range jet
- London 7 h 00 long-range jet
Questions
What guests ask first.
- Is the Crowne Plaza Manama connected to a conference centre?
- Yes. The Bahrain Conference Centre, opened in 1995, adjoins the hotel and holds up to 1,700 delegates.
- How far is the hotel from Bahrain airport?
- About five kilometres from Bahrain International, roughly ten to fifteen minutes by car by our estimate. The hotel does not run a free shuttle.
- Was the hotel once a Holiday Inn?
- Yes. It opened in 1979 as the Holiday Inn Bahrain and became a Crowne Plaza in December 2002.
- Can SkyCourtage arrange the flight to Manama?
- Yes. We arrange Business and First Class seats on scheduled airlines and private jet charter to Manama, with one final price, our margin included. The hotel is booked with the hotel or through our booking partner.
Also in Manama
Other hotels worth the trip.
- Four Seasons Hotel Bahrain Bay An H-shaped tower on its own island, reached by a short bridge, with a white-sand beach and two MICHELIN Keys.
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The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain Two hundred and sixty rooms and seafront villas with their own infinity pools, beside a private beach, lagoon and marina.
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Raffles Al Areen Palace Bahrain Seventy-eight walled villas, each with its own pool, the first all-villa hotel in Bahrain, holding two MICHELIN Keys.
- The Merchant House In the capital itself, and one of only three hotels in Bahrain to hold a MICHELIN Key in 2026.
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Address Beach Resort Bahrain A private beach on the island of Diyar Al Muharraq, 15 to 20 minutes from Manama, with Cipriani and Sumosan among its restaurants.
- Sofitel Bahrain Zallaq Thalassa Sea & Spa Built directly on the beach, with a seawater thalassotherapy centre and the Bahrain International Circuit five minutes away by car.
- Gulf Hotel Convention and SPA Open since 1969 and looking over the Grand Mosque, with Persian, Japanese and Indian kitchens and a spa on three floors.
- The Westin City Centre Bahrain Two hundred rooms joined to City Centre Bahrain and its 340 shops; the spa on the third floor has a hammam.
- Downtown Rotana Its 243 rooms are in the financial district by Bab Al Bahrain, and the Alto lounge and the pool are on the roof.
Staying at Crowne Plaza Manama?
Book the room, then the flight.
Rates and availability come from the hotel itself. For the journey to Manama, a Business or First Class seat or an aircraft of your own: tell us the date and we come back with one final price, our margin included.
Opens the hotel's own website. We have no arrangement with the hotel.