Hegra (Mada'in Salih) was the second city of the Nabataeans after Petra, with more than 100 monumental tombs carved into sandstone outcrops, Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site. AlUla's desert valley also has the mirrored Maraya concert hall and Elephant Rock.
Visits to Hegra are by booked tour. Saudi Arabia offers e-visas to many nationalities.
The historic centre of Jeddah, a UNESCO site, with coral-stone tower houses with wooden latticed balconies (rawasheen), souqs and mosques, once the g…
Dramatic escarpment cliffs of the Tuwaiq Mountains dropping hundreds of metres to a plain, with views stretching to the horizon, about 90 minutes nor…
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.
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