The Best of Saudi Arabia Tour

You will drive from Riyadh Airport to Riyadh (Car/minivan | 35.0 km | 30 Min.) Arrival in Riyadh International Airport, meet with your guide and driver.

Riyadh City tour

Visit old Riyadh with King Abdul Aziz Historical Area with the national museum and the Murabba Palace. Continue to Masmak Fortress. In Modern Riyadh Al Faisaliah and Kingdom Towers tower above the city. In the evening optional visit to the observation deck of Al Faisaliah Tower.

Al Dir'iyah

You will drive from Riyadh to Al Dir'iyah (Car/minivan | 20.0 km | 20 Min.) Visit the old walled city of Al Dir'iyah, listed as UNESCO Heritage Site, with its mud brick buildings. The city was the first capital of the Saudi kingdom in the 18th century and was abandoned after the siege of the Ottomans in the 19th century in favour or Riyadh. In the evening optional visit to the observation deck of Al Faisaliah Tower.

Accommodation: 4* Centro Waha by Rotana, or similar

You will drive from Riyadh hotel to Riyadh Airport (Car/minivan | 35.0 km | 30 Min.) Transfer to the airport, flight to Ha’il.
You’ll drive from Al Ula Airport to Al Ula hotel (Car/minivan | 10.0 km | 15 Min.) The city was an important trading center for the camel caravans until the construction of the Hejaz Railway. Visit Al-Qashalal fortress and Al ‘Arif Fort, built with mud and clay, on the top of a hill providing a nice view. Transfer to the hotel for over night.

Accommodation: 4* Holiday Villa, or similar

Ha’il - Jubbah

You will drive from Ha’il to Jubbah (Car/minivan | 130.0 km | 90 Min.)
Departure to Jubbah, UNESCO World Heritage Site, with its impressive rock carvings that are believed to date back to 5500 BC. Carvings include a variety of animals, such as elephants, buffalo and from a later period camels and other domesticated animals.

Jubbah – Al Ula

You will drive from Jubbah to Al Ula (Car/minivan | 500.0 km | 300 Min.)
Arrive at Al Ula hotel for the night

Accommodation: Sahary Desert Resort, or similar

UNESCO World Heritage

Today you have a full day for the discovery of the archaeological remains of the area in and around Al ‘Ula, with Dedan and Hegra. A truley astonishing site. Al Ula is characterised by its attractive natural scenery marked by the reddish sandstone inselbergs carved by natural agencies into beautiful and attractive shapes. Sand dunes and inselbergs combined to form a wonderful display of thrilling nature. Mada’in Saleh or Hegra (UNESCO World Heritage) is the second city of the Nabateans after Petra in Jordan, on the caravan route between Mecca and Petra. The structure of the city has influences from Mesopotamia, Egypt as well as Greek-Roman. The remains of the city include over 90 tombs that were carved out in the rocks. Mada’in Saleh lost its importance on the caravan routes once the naval route to Yemen had been established by the Romans. Only 4% of the biblical site of Dedan has been excavated, but the organised structure of the city is clearly visible, and the inscriptions found documents of the political and societal organisation of the kingdom. You will also stop at the famous Elephant Rock. Back to Al ‘Ula for overnight. Distances travelled: Al ‘Ula - Mada’in Saleh: 100 kms

YAccommodation: Sahary Desert Resort, or simila

Al Ula City tour

Visit Old Town Al Ula, with its mudbrick buildings. The town was thriving for centuries as a place where pilgrims, travelers came together on their way to Medina and Makkah. Visit the Hejaz Railway station. The line was built by the Ottomans to reduce the travel time for pilgrims from Damascus to Makkah, but was never finished beyond Medina. The railway was forever made famous by TE Lawrence by his attacks and sabotage during WWI.

Al Ula - Medina

You will drive from Al Ula to Medina (Car/minivan | 330.0 km | 210 Min.) Drive to Medina, the second holiest city for Muslims. If time permits, take a stroll in the city which is always busy with pilgrims from all over the world. (The Mosque of the Prophet is not accessible for non-Muslims, but the city itself can be visited) In the evening, drive up to Mt Uhud for a view over the city. Overnight at the hotel.

Accommodation: 4* Jewar Al Saqefa, or similar

Medina - Jeddah

You’ll drive from Medina to Jeddah (Car/minivan | 418.0 km | 240 Min.) Departure south west of the coast towards Jeddah. The city lies along the Red Sea west of Mecca. The historic crossroads of pilgrims and traders, and the traditional gateway to Mecca, Jeddah is the most fascinating of Saudi Arabia's major cities, with a cosmopolitan and liberal air not present anywhere else in the Kingdom.

Accommodation: 4* Centro Shaheen by Rotana, or similar

Visit historic Jeddah, Al Balad, registered as UNESCO World Heritage Site; with its narrow lanes and merchant houses, Naseef House and Souq Al Alawi. Continue to the coastal road, the Corniche, lined with sculptures over a length of 30 kms.

You will drive from Jeddah to Jeddah Airport (Car/minivan | 24.0 km | 25 Min.)
Transfer to the airport for departure flight.
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