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The Best Attractions In Saudi Arabia

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Saudi Arabia , officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , is a country in Western Asia constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula. With a land area of approximately 2,150,000 km2 , Saudi Arabia is the largest sovereign state in the Middle East, geographically the fifth-largest in Asia, second-largest in the Arab world after Algeria and 12th-largest in the world. Saudi Arabia is bordered by Jordan and Iraq to the north, Kuwait to the northeast, Qatar, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates to the east, Oman to the southeast and Yemen to the south. It is separated from Israel and Egypt by the Gulf of Aqaba. It is the only nation with both a Red Sea coas...
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The Best Attractions In Saudi Arabia

  • 1. Al-Masjid an-Nabawi Medina
    The Prophet's Mosque is a mosque established and originally built by the Islamic prophet Muhammad, situated in the city of Medina in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia. It was the third mosque built in the history of Islam, and is now one of the largest mosques in the world. It is the second-holiest site in Islam, after the Great Mosque in Mecca. It is always open, regardless of date or time. The site was originally adjacent to Muhammad's house; he settled there after his migration from Mecca to Medina in 622. He shared in the heavy work of construction. The original mosque was an open-air building. The mosque served as a community center, a court, and a religious school. There was a raised platform for the people who taught the Quran. Subsequent Islamic rulers greatly expanded and decorate...
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  • 2. Quba Mosque Medina
    The Quba Mosque is a mosque in the outlying environs of Medina, Saudi Arabia. Depending on whether the Mosque of the Companions in the Eritrean city of Massawa is older or not, it may be the first mosque in the world that dates to the lifetime of the Islamic Nabī Muhammad in the 7th century CE, and depending on whether the religion of Islam started with him or preceded him, it is either the first mosque in the history of Islam, or it is not the first, with the Great Mosques of Mecca and Jerusalem being older, due to their association with earlier Prophets in Islam, especially Abraham. According to legend, its first stones were positioned by Muhammad as soon as he arrived on his emigration from the city of Mecca to Medina, and the mosque was completed by his companions. Muhammad spent 14 d...
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  • 3. Balad Jeddah
    Al-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as The Town. Balad is the historic center of the City of Jeddah.Al-Balad was founded in the 7th century and historically served as the centre of Jeddah. Al-Balad's defensive walls were torn down in the 1940s. In the 1970s and 1980s, when Jeddah began to become wealthier due to the oil boom, many Jeddawis moved north, away from Al-Balad, as it reminded them of less prosperous times. Al-Balad had insufficient parking space for large cars. Its stores did not sell expensive designer clothing. Poor immigrants moved in place of the Saudi population. The municipality of Jeddah began historical preservation efforts in the 1970s. In 1991 the Municipality of Jeddah founded the Jeddah...
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  • 4. Kaaba Mecca
    The Kaaba , also referred as al-Kaʿbah al-Musharrafah , is a building at the center of Islam's most important mosque, that is Al-Masjid Al-Ḥarām , in the Hejazi city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is the most sacred site in Islam. It is considered by Muslims to be the Bayṫ Allāh , and has a similar role to the Tabernacle and Holy of Holies in Judaism. Its location determines the qiblah . Wherever they are in the world, Muslims are expected to face the Kaaba when performing Ṣalâṫ . One of the Five Pillars of Islam requires every Muslim who is able to do so to perform the Hajj at least once in their lifetime. Multiple parts of the hajj require pilgrims to make Tawaf seven times around the Kaaba in a counter-clockwise direction. Tawaf is also performed by pilgrims during the ‘Umrah ...
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  • 5. Red Sea Mall Jeddah
    The Red Sea Mall is a shopping mall located in the northern suburb of Jeddah in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The mall is located on the western side of the King Abdulaziz Road between the King Abdulaziz International Airport and the Red Sea coast. It covers approximately 242,200 square meters of built area. There's a hotel attached to it called Elaf Jeddah. Main facilities are a Danube supermarket, Sparky's Games City and the Virgin Megastore. On opening it had both the biggest indoor water fountain and the largest glass covered area in Saudi Arabia. Some restaurants inside the mall include Applebee's, Steakhouse, McDonald's, Burger King, KFC and Al Baik Express.
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  • 6. Kingdom Centre Tower Riyadh
    Kingdom Centre is a 99-storey, 302.3 m skyscraper in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is the fifth-tallest skyscraper in the country, whose tallest two buildings are the Abraj Al Bait Towers and the Capital Market Authority Tower. It is the world's third-tallest building with a hole after the Shanghai World Financial Center and the 85 Sky Tower in Taiwan. When completed back in 2002, it overtook the Faisaliyah Tower, which – at 267 metres – was the tallest tower in Riyadh at that time. Besides the shopping mall, Kingdom Tower contains the Four Seasons Hotel Riyadh and apartments. There is a 56 m skybridge atop the skyscraper.The building is situated on a 100,000–square metre site, with parking for 3,000 vehicles.The upper third of the tower features an inverted parabolic arch. The building u...
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  • 7. Mall Of Dhahran Dhahran
    This is a list of shopping malls in Saudi Arabia.
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  • 9. Mada'in Saleh Al Ula
    Mada'in Saleh , also called Al-Hijr or Hegra, is an archaeological site located in the Sector of Al-`Ula within Al Madinah Region, the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia. A majority of the remains date from the Nabatean kingdom . The site constitutes the kingdom's southernmost and largest settlement after Petra, its capital. Traces of Lihyanite and Roman occupation before and after the Nabatean rule, respectively, can also be found. The Qur’an places the settlement of the area by the Thamudi people during the days of Saleh, between those of Nuh and Hud on one hand, and those of Ibrahim and Musa on the other. According to the Islamic text, the Thamudis were punished by Allah for their practice of idol worship, being struck by an earthquake and lightning blasts. Thus, the site has earned a reputation as ...
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  • 10. Mount Uhud Medina
    Mount Uhud is a mountain north of Medina, Saudi Arabia. It is 1,077 m high. It was the site of the second battle between Muslim and Meccan forces. The Battle of Uhud was fought on 19 March, 625 AD, between a force from the small Muslim community of Medina, in what is now north-western Arabia, and a force from Mecca.
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  • 11. Granada Center Riyadh
    Granada Centre is a shopping mall located in the eastern ring road highway between exit 8-9 Ghernata District in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It occupies covered area of 150,000 sq. m. As of 2012, the centre housed 235 shops.It was built by the renowned contracting company Saudi Constructioneers .
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  • 12. Wadi Hanifah Riyadh
    Wadi Hanifa is a wadi or valley in the Najd region, Riyadh Province, in central Saudi Arabia. The valley runs for a length of 120 km from northwest to southeast, cutting through the city of Riyadh, the capital of Saudi Arabia. A string of towns and villages lie along the valley, including Uyaynah, Irqah and Diriyah. The historical city of Riyadh itself is on the northeastern side of the wadi, but the city has now expanded across Wadi Hanifa, with the sub-municipalities of Al-Shifa and Al-Urayja on its southwestern side.
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  • 14. Al Rajhi Grand Mosque Riyadh
    Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has been King of Saudi Arabia, Prime Minister of Saudi Arabia, and Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques since 23 January 2015. He was the Deputy Governor of Riyadh and later the Governor of Riyadh for 48 years from 1963 to 2011. He was then appointed Minister of Defense. He was also named the Crown Prince in 2012 following the death of his brother Nayef bin Abdulaziz. Salman became the new King of Saudi Arabia on 23 January 2015 following the death of his half-brother, King Abdullah. His major initiatives as King include the Saudi intervention in the Yemeni Civil War, Saudi Vision 2030, and a 2017 decree allowing Saudi women to drive. His son, Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, is seen as a powerful figure within Saudi Arabia and has led many reforms within the cou...
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