Highlights of Saudi arabia

Saudi Arabia

12 N/13 D


150000.00


Per Adult

Overview

Itinerary

  • - Meet & assist upon arrival, transferee by an AC
  • car / bus to your hotel.
  • - Overnight inRiyadh hote

  • 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 Jewelry 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

  • After breakfast Start your tour visiting old Diriyah.
  • Birthplace of the first Saudi state, historical crossroads
  • of pilgrims and traders, and home to one of the
  • Kingdom’s most ambitious heritage developments.
  • Including the banks of Wadi Hanifa, Ad Diriyah’s mud-brick walls once
  • housed a thriving desert city that was a powerhouse of culture and
  • commerce.
  • Visit Al Turaif district, the area’s citadel-marked primary quarter, was
  • the original seat of power for the Kingdom’s Al Saud family.
  • Once home to religious scholar Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab, its maze
  • of twisting streets leads to low-lying mud huts that have been
  • transformed into sparkling heritage sites, including Diriyah Museum, a
  • former palace with exhibits on Saudi history and the restored Al
  • Zawihra Mosque.
  • In the afternoon we drive on Makkah Road towards the Edge of the
  • World, one-way drive is approx. 120 Kms from Riyadh along the Tuwaiq
  • Escarpment on both paved road and gravel access.
  • Definitely worth a visit and a perfect day trip because of the
  • spectacular scenery and an unforgettable experience. What makes
  • Edge of the World special is a rock-framed "window" with a wonderful
  • view of the plateau and the view from them looks “endless”
  • , in other
  • words, it seems as though you are standing on the Edge of the World,
  • and only a flat plain can be seen in the horizon as far as the eye can
  • reach. Sunset view at this point is always very fascinating. We shall
  • drive back to Riyadh after sunset.
  • Overnight in Riyadh hotel.

  • Early flight to Jeddah, 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 Nasif 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 neighborhoods and
  • - The art collection of collectors Abdulraouf Khalil is exhibited in the Al
  • Tayebat museum. The museum includes items from the pre-Islamic
  • country.
  • - Overnight Jeddah hotel

  • Free day to enjoy Jeddah, which means grandmother, a name that owes
  • the city to the belief that Eve would be buried there. Jeddah is the
  • commercial heart of Saudi Arabia and traditionally the port where
  • pilgrims from all over the Islamic world arrive on their way to Mecca and
  • Medina.
  • - Enjoy the Red Sea corniche, along the boulevard and enjoy King Fahad
  • most famous fountain.
  • - Overnight Jeddah hotel

  • After breakfast we fly 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.
  • - Al-Ula Heritage Village (ghost town), also known as Ad-Deerah, is the
  • traditional Arabian village where people of the oasis moved some 8
  • centuries ago and inhabited until the 20th century. It was built on a
  • higher part of the valley in order to be clear from the floods that can
  • occur during the raining season. At its maximum expansion the town
  • contained over 1 000 houses that were built adjacent to one another
  • thereby forming a wall around the town to defend the population.
  • - Overnight in AlUla cam

  • Hegra is the most iconic historical site of the Kingdom of
  • Saudi Arabia 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.
  • - Continue to Tabuk for Overnight.

  • The natural jewel of Saudi Arabia, Wadi Qaraqir - also known as Wadi
  • Deise - is a 15-Km-long canyon running through the Jebel Qaraqir, a
  • heaven palm oasis with crestal clear running water. This natural
  • wonder was for a long time a well-kept secret among explorers,
  • before the road leading to the nearby city of Deise was built and
  • satellite images were available to the public, which made it quite
  • one of the must-see places in Saudi Arabia.
  • - Visit of Duba city by the Red Sea to visit the fish market and
  • continue to Al Bade.
  • - Overnight in Al Bade hotel

  • Maqna is a charming coastal town located on the Gulf of Aqaba, the
  • town is famous for its wells that witnessed an important episode in the
  • life of the Prophet Moses.
  • • Tayeb Ism is one of the magical natural wonders of Saudi Arabia that
  • takes visitors by surprise. This incredible natural feature of Tabuk
  • Province is located on the Gulf of Aqaba.
  • • Dated back to the end of the 2nd millennium BCE, Madyan is known
  • for being the place where the Prophet Moses sought refuge after
  • fleeing from Egypt. There he met the Prophet Jethro who recognized
  • in Moses a pure soul and gave him one of his daughters. Moses then
  • lived for ten years with his wife and fatherin-law in Madyan before
  • returning to Egypt to free its people from the Pharaoh Ramses II.
  • • Continue over land to Wadi Rum, Jordan via Haqil border to enjoy the
  • landscape of this magical desert.
  • • Overnight in a Bedouin style camp

  • After breakfast we enjoy the desert by Full day jeep-safari.
  • - “The Valley of the Moon”, depicted as Mars in several
  • Hollywood feature films Wadi Rum is an Arabian fairy-tale
  • waiting to be discovered. Home to nomadic Bedouin tribes, Wadi
  • Rum is a quiet getaway of stars, sand, and sun. Once inhabited by the
  • Nabataeans of prehistoric times, Wadi Rum allows you to get lost in
  • large landscapes and horizon lines. The calmness of the desert is sure
  • calm your spirit and de-clutter your thoughts.
  • • Overnight Wadi Rum desert cam

  • Siq Al Barid (Cold Canyon) is colloquially known as Little
  • Petra and is well worth a visit. It was thought to have served
  • as an agricultural center, trading suburb and resupply post for camel
  • caravans visiting Petra. The surrounding area is picturesque and fun to
  • explore, especially as it is home to some of the oldest settlements in the
  • world, including Al Beyda.
  • - Overnight Petra Hotel

  • After breakfast visit of a rose-red city of Petra. This city is the
  • treasure of ancient world, hidden behind an almost impenetrable
  • barrier of rugged mountains, boasting incomparable scenes that
  • make it the most majestic and imposing ancient site still-standing
  • nowadays. Petra is considered the most famous and gorgeous site in
  • Jordan. It is the legacy of the Nabataeans, an industrious Arab
  • people who settled in southern Jordan more than 2000 years ago.
  • - Overnight in the same hotel.

  • Transfer to Amman Airport.
  • - End of Tour and departure

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Highlights of Saudi arabia
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