Saudi Arabia

Travel tips for Saudi Arabia (4)

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  AlUla and Hegra

  Hegra (Mada'in Salih) was the second city of the Nabataeans after Petra, with more than 100 monumental tombs carved into sandstone outcrops…

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  Al-Balad, Jeddah

  The historic centre of Jeddah, a UNESCO site, with coral-stone tower houses with wooden latticed balconies (rawasheen), souqs and mosques, …

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  Diriyah, Riyadh

  The mud-brick birthplace of the first Saudi state, on the edge of Riyadh, with the At-Turaif district, a UNESCO site, restored with museums.

• Edge of the World, Riyadh

  Dramatic escarpment cliffs of the Tuwaiq Mountains dropping hundreds of metres to a plain, with views stretching to the horizon, about 90 m…