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Overview
Why Visit Saudi Arabia?
Saudi Arabia has opened to tourism and what it is offering is extraordinary -- the Nabataean city of Hegra at AlUla, the restored Diriyah where the Saudi state was founded, the UNESCO-listed old quarter of Jeddah, and a desert landscape of such scale and silence that it recalibrates your sense of distance.
Saudi culture is rooted in the tribal traditions of the Arabian Peninsula and the Islamic faith. The rapid changes of Vision 2030 are reshaping public life at extraordinary speed, opening cultural venues and tourism in ways inconceivable a decade ago.
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Edge of the World Riyadh:Short Tour with Airport Pickup &Drop-off
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Full Day Tour in Riyadh Saudi Arabia History & Culture
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Abha City and AlHabala Full-Day Tour
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Riyadh Edge of The World Off Road 4x4 Bat Cave & Camels Hike tour
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Wadi Al Disah Canyon Experience Scenic Day Tour from Tabuk
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Tuwaiq Trail The Edge of The World Group Adventure
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Walking Tour: Al Masmak Fortress, Souq Al Zal, and Saudi coffee
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Half Day Tour Discovering the History of Riyadh
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Food and Drink
What to Eat in Saudi Arabia
Saudi food is the food of the Arabian Peninsula -- built on rice, lamb, dates and the ancient spice trade. Kabsa is the national dish. The coffee culture -- Arabic qahwa with cardamom and saffron -- is central to social life.
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Kabsa
Saudi Arabia national dish -- basmati rice cooked in a spiced meat broth with cinnamon, cloves, cardamom and black lime, topped with roasted lamb or chicken, served on a communal platter.
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Mandi
Slow-cooked lamb or chicken over rice, cooked in a tandoor oven in the ground. The meat falls from the bone and the rice absorbs the drippings and smoke.
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Dates
Saudi Arabia produces over 400 varieties of date. Eating dates with Arabic coffee is the opening ritual of every social encounter in the Kingdom.
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Harees
Wheat and meat slow-cooked to a smooth porridge -- one of the oldest dishes in Arabian cuisine, eaten at Ramadan, at weddings and at funerals.
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Arabic Qahwa
Light green coffee brewed with cardamom, saffron and cloves -- served from a dallah pot. The ritual of qahwa is the primary language of Arabian hospitality.
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Highlights of Saudi Arabia
AlUla and Hegra
The ancient Nabataean city of Hegra -- 111 monumental tombs carved from sandstone outcrops in the AlUla valley -- is Arabia greatest archaeological site. Less visited than Petra and equally spectacular.
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Diriyah
The mud-brick founding city of the Saudi state -- restored to extraordinary effect and now a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Among the finest examples of Najdi architecture.
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Al-Balad, Jeddah
The UNESCO-listed historic quarter of Jeddah -- coral-built merchant houses with intricately carved wooden screens, souks unchanged for centuries.
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Edge of the World
The Tuwaiq Escarpment north of Riyadh -- a cliff edge dropping 300 metres to a vast empty plain, stretching to the horizon with no sign of human activity.
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Insider Tips
Travel Tips for Saudi Arabia
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A tourist e-visa is available online before travel -- straightforward and quick to obtain.
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Modest dress is required in public spaces -- shoulders and knees covered for both men and women.
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During Ramadan, eating and drinking in public is restricted -- some restaurants close during daylight hours.
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AlUla is a long way from Riyadh -- fly rather than attempting to drive.
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