saudi arabia
Why should I plan your trip? Because Saudi only opened its doors to tourism a few years ago, and the country is still figuring out how to show itself off. I already know what's worth seeing.
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IDEAL MONTHS
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$1,200+
6+ days
nov-mar
Jeddah, AlUla & RiyadhA COUNTRY THAT JUST STARTED LETTING PEOPLE IN
Saudi Arabia issued its first tourist visas in 2019, which makes it one of the newest countries on earth to actually welcome outside travelers, and that timing changes everything about how a trip here feels. Jeddah's old town, Al-Balad, holds coral-stone merchant houses with intricately carved wooden balconies that predate the kingdom itself. AlUla, further north, holds Hegra, Saudi's own Petra, Nabataean tombs carved into sandstone that most of the world has never heard of because almost no one's been allowed to see them until now. Riyadh is rebuilding itself in real time, a capital investing billions into becoming a global cultural destination within a single decade. This is a country being introduced to travelers for the first time, not rediscovered.
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saudi arabia
Jeddah
Al-Balad, Jeddah's historic old town, holds coral-stone merchant houses with ornately carved wooden balconies (rawasheen), a UNESCO World Heritage district and the traditional gateway for pilgrims arriving for Hajj and Umrah for centuries.
Riyadh
The capital is being reshaped in real time, ultra-modern towers rising beside restored historic districts like Diriyah, the birthplace of the Saudi state, as the city positions itself as a major cultural destination.
AlUla
Home to Hegra, Saudi Arabia's own answer to Petra, Nabataean tombs carved into sandstone outcrops across a vast desert landscape, opened to travelers only in the last few years and still remarkably uncrowded.
The Red Sea Coast
Untouched coral reefs and islands along Saudi's western coastline are opening to travelers for the first time as part of major new luxury resort development, some of the least-dived reefs left in the region.
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