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Highlights of Saudi arabia

Saudi Arabia

9 N/10 D

₹125000.00


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Overview

Itinerary

  • There are no planned activities today, so
  • you can arrive into Riyadh at any time
  • Overnight in Riyadh hotel.

  • - Today we meet at hotel lobby at 09:00 am.
  • - Strat your tour visiting Murraba palace is among the most important
  • palace built by King Abdul-Aziz. this Palace was to accommodate his
  • family. It was built on the local traditional Najid style by using local
  • building material only.
  • - Then visit the Masmak museum, Enjoy and step back in time and
  • explore Saudi Arabia’s roots. A short documentary also re-enacts the
  • capture of the fortress by King Abdul Aziz, whose spearhead you can
  • still see embedded in its wooden gate.
  • - Dira Souq is famous for its variety of old copper and brass objects
  • including silver daggers, silver Bedouins Jewellery and dresses.
  • - While entering from main access, visitors always smell sandal wood
  • fragrance. Dira Souq is worth buying antique carpets and other useful
  • Saudi heritage antiques.
  • - Then visit The National Museum of Saudi Arabia. Established in 1999,
  • It is part of the King Abdul-Aziz Historical Centre in Riyadh.
  • - Overnight in Riyadh hotel.

  • Today you will start the journey through the desert.
  • Along the way you will visit the 'mud village'
  • Ushaiqer. The village has seven neighbourhoods and
  • has many palm trees and orchards that are beautifully integrated
  • into the maze of paths.
  • - You have the opportunity to walk along the shady and charming
  • paths that wind between the 400 mud houses and 25 mosques that
  • the village houses. Some of the houses still bear the name of the
  • families that originally lived here.
  • - Then you go to Qassim. The rest of the day we have time to explore
  • Qassim, visit the lively Souq and the date market, the city is
  • surrounded by sand dunes.
  • - Overnight Buraydah Hotel.

  • - For centuries, Hail has been the gateway to the desert.
  • Pilgrims from the north on their way to Mecca and Medina
  • met here with traders who were on their way to the Middle
  • East from the south of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • - Jubbah, the most famous rock art site in Saudi Arabia, which is
  • designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • - The carvings that can be found on the Jebal Umm Sinman cover a
  • wide range of representations as well as a large period of time with
  • some carving possibly being 10 000 years old.
  • - Jubbah is host of the two most emblematic carvings in Saudi Arabia.
  • The first one is a character dominating another smaller one. The
  • second one is a chariot pulled by two horses
  • - Back to Hail for overnight

  • After breakfast we drive to Al Ulla, the birthplace of two
  • ancient Arabian kingdoms. During the 1st millennium BC,
  • - Al-Ulla saw the rise of the ancient city of Dedan that became the
  • capital of two successive kingdoms, Dedan and Lihyan, that ruled over
  • the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • - A small fort still stands in the middle of the Heritage Village of Al- Ulla
  • and is known as Musa Ibn Nusayr Fort. It was probably a fortified
  • structure as early as the Dedanite or Lihyanite times as some
  • Dedanitic inscriptions were carved on the rock where the fort was
  • built. We will enjoy this view while walking among the old market area.
  • - Overnight in AlUla Camp.

  • Hegra is the most iconic historical site of the Kingdom
  • of SaudiArabia and the first to be listed as a UNESCO
  • Word Heritage, back in 2008.
  • - The Nabatean people were Arab merchants actively involved in the
  • frankincense trade originating from ancient Yemen from which they
  • gained their great wealth. The Nabatean Kingdom developed from the
  • 2nd century BC until the beginning of the 2nd century BC. The
  • extensive settlement of the site took place during the 1st century AD,
  • when it came under the rule of the Nabatean king Aretas IV Philopatris
  • (Al-Harith IV) (9 – 40 BC), who made Madain Saleh the kingdom's first
  • capital, before Petra, located 500 kilometres to the north.
  • - Overnight in AlUla Camp..

  • We'll arrive at noon time into the city, and if time permits we
  • will visit the night market, a small set of indoor stalls selling crafts
  • and souvenirs. As the area has recently started opening to cruise ships,
  • the market is not always open. It's situated next to the old town, which is
  • currently being renovated, with an as-yet unconfirmed opening date - in
  • normal times it's a maze of wooden-fronted buildings, similar to Jeddah,
  • included T. E. Lawrence's accommodation from 1915-1916. If the old
  • town opens up before our arrival, we will also visit here this evening.

  • This morning we have an optional snorkelling Island cruse trip.
  • We have an early start this morning, meeting the Yanbu coast as
  • we travel to a small nearby harbour, home to fishing boats and
  • small yachts each bobbing up and down in the calm Red Se water.
  • An approximately half-hour boat ride away from the coast will bring
  • us to an absolutely tiny atoll - this mound of perfect whitesand,
  • dotted with blades of grass. Navigating the reef that hugs close to
  • the island, our boat will get as close as possible before a wet landing.
  • We'll have a plenty of time for snorkelling and swimming in the warm
  • ocean. The boats do have snorkels available but if you're a keen
  • snorkeller and have your own equipment then we recommend that
  • you bring it along with you. The technicolour coral simply has to be
  • seen to be believed.

  • We
  • Jeddah
  • 'll explore Jeddah today, beginning with a visit to some of
  • Jeddah’s most captivating old Ottoman houses. The old quarter
  • is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is known for its coral-built
  • houses. The Nassif house is one of the few historic buildings that
  • have been restored and now serve as a museum. You walk further
  • through the old town and visit the Al Alawi Souq, the market that
  • winds through the old neighbourhoods and where products such as
  • Continue to the enormous fish market. Seafood is essential to the
  • economy of Jeddah, and a visit to this thriving fish market puts this
  • into perspective.
  • We'll also explore Jeddah's corniche, which extends many miles
  • along the Red Sea coast - this long sea front incorporates parks,
  • mosques and playgrounds, and is lined with sculptures that
  • culminate at the small open-air sculpture 'museum' in the north of
  • the city.
  • We'll walk a section of it, aiming to see the 'floating mosque' along
  • the way.
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  • The trip ends after breakfast at our hotel in Jeddah.
  • There are no activities planned today, so you are free to depart
  • from Jeddah at any time. If your flight is departing later in the day,
  • luggage storage facilities are available at our hotel.

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₹ 125000.00


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Highlights of Saudi arabia
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