Feel Arabia - Saudi Silk Road

Package Details

Feel Arabia

  • 10D/9N
  • People: Min 2 / Max 18
  • Classic
  • Holiday Package

Location : Saudi Arabia - Riyadh


Saudi Arabia is a very big country with many interesting sites to visit, though we do consider our distance management carefully while building a compacted itinerary to allow our guest to gain the best value of their vacation tour.
Culture, archaeology, nature and bit of adventure are the standing pillars of this program.

Highlights: Riyadh, Hail, AlUla, Tabuk, Disah Valley, Duba, AlBade, Ras Al-Sheikh Hameed, Magna, Tayeb Ism, Medyan, Jeddah, Taif

Program ( 10 days )

  • Day 1

    Arrival to Riyadh


    Arrival to Riyadh Meet & assist upon arrival to Riyadh Airport, the capital of Saudi Arabia, transfer to hotel for overnight.

    Overnight in Riyadh hotel.

  • Day 2

    Historical Riyadh


    Historical Riyadh After breakfast Start your tour exploring the country's capital.
    visiting The National Museum of Saudi Arabia. Established in 1999, It is part of the King Abdul-Aziz Historical Centre in Riyadh. driving on Makkah Road towards old Camel Caravan Trail, where one can enjoy walk on old camel tracks which is always very fascinating.
    Continue to Masmak Fort, enjoy a step back in time and explore Saudi Arabia’s roots. A short documentary also re-enacts the capture of the fortress by King Abdul Aziz, whose spearhead you can still see embedded in its wooden gate.
    visit Murraba palace, among the most important palaces built by King Abdul-Aziz. this Palace was to accommodate his family, it was built on the local traditional Najid style by using local building material only.
    Dira Souq is famous for its variety of old copper and brass objects including silver daggers, silver Bedouins Jewelry and dresses. While entering from the main access point, visitors always smell sandal wood fragrance. Dira Souq is a great place to purchase antique carpets and other useful Saudi heritage antiques.
    Then visit The National Museum of Saudi Arabia. Established in 1999, It is part of the King Abdul-Aziz Historical Centre in Riyadh.

    Overnight at Riyadh hotel.

  • Day 3

    Riyadh - Hail


    Riyadh - Hail Today we fly from Riyadh to Hail. For centuries, Hail has been the gateway to the desert. Pilgrims from the north on their way to Mecca and Medina met here with traders who were on their way to the Middle East from the south of the Arabian Peninsula. From the city you can see the Aarif citadel on a mountain. This mud fort built in the 17th century by the Al-Ali family and further modified by subsequent rulers. Throughout the city there are various forts and palaces that now mainly serve as museums or libraries. Some of these monuments date from the time of Ottoman rule. You visit the Earif Fort and the Qashlah Fort, where the latter can only be viewed from outside.
    Continue to Jubbah, a place where millennia are carved in the rock, located 90 km north of the city of Hail is the most famous rock art site in Saudi Arabia. The carvings that can be found on the Jibal Umm Sinman cover a wide range of representations as well as a large period of time with some carvings possibly being 10,000 years old. Indeed, human representations are found along with Cattle, Ibexes, Oryxes, Deer’s, Horses, but also Lions and Ostriches. Camels are probably the latest to populate both this area and the walls of the surrounding rocks.

    Back to Hail for overnight.

  • Day 4

    Hail - Al Ulla


    Hail - Al Ulla After breakfast we drive to AlUla, the birthplace of two ancient Arabian kingdoms. During the 1st millennium BC, AlUla saw the rise of the ancient city of Dedan that became the capital of two successive kingdoms, Dedan and Lihyan, that ruled over the northwest of the Arabian Peninsula.
    A small fort still stands in the middle of the Heritage Village of AlUla and is known as Musa Ibn Nusayr Fort. It was probably a fortified structure as early as the Dedanite or Lihyanite times as some Dedanitic inscriptions were carved on the rock where the fort was built.
    AlUla Heritage Village (ghost town), also known as Ad-Deerah, is the traditional Arabian village where people of the oasis moved some 8 centuries ago and inhabited until the 20th century. It was built on a higher part of the valley in order to be clear from the floods that can occur during the raining season. At its maximum expansion the town contained over 1 000 houses that were built adjacent to one another thereby forming a wall around the town to defend the population.

    Overnight in AlUla camp.

  • Day 5

    Hegra


    Hegra Hegra is the most iconic historical site of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the first to be listed as a UNESCO Word Heritage, back in 2008. The Nabateans, called it Hijra (as it appears in some ancient inscriptions at the site), and the Romans used to call it Hegra.
    The Nabatean Kingdom
    The Nabatean people were Arab merchants actively involved in the frankincense trade originating from ancient Yemen from which they gained their great wealth. The Nabatean Kingdom developed from the 2nd century BC.
    The extensive settlement of the site took place during the 1st century AD, when it came under the rule of the Nabatean king Aretas IV Philopatris (Al-Harith IV) (9 – 40 BC), who made Hegra the kingdom's first capital, before Petra, located 500 kilometers to the north.
    In the early 19th century BC the Ottomans built a railway station at Hegra that was along the Hejaz Railway linking Damascus to the holy city.

    Continue to Tabuk for Overnight.

  • Day 6

    Tabuk - Disah Valley – Duba - AlBade


    Tabuk - Disah Valley – Duba - AlBade Tabuk Province has some of the richest history of the whole Arabian Peninsula and deserves a museum to highlight its heritage. Since 2019 visitors have been able to admire some fascinating artifacts exhibited in the old Hijaz Railway Station in Tabuk city that was refurbished for this purpose. The elegant building has the architecture of early twentieth and twenty-first centuries mixing together to offer a journey from prehistory to modern times and even into the future, with the city of Neom that will soon rise in Tabuk Province.
    Continue to the natural jewel of Saudi Arabia, Wadi Qaraqir - also known as Wadi Disah - is a 15-Km-long canyon running through the Jebel Qaraqir, a heaven palm oasis with crystal clear running water. This natural wonder was for a long time a well-kept secret among explorers, before the road leading to the nearby city of Disah was built and satellite images were available to the public, which made it quite difficult to find and reach. Today, this natural wonder has become one of the must-see places in Saudi Arabia.
    Visit of Duba city by the Red Sea to visit the fish market and continue to AlBade.

    Overnight in AlBade hotel.

  • Day 7

    Ras Al-Sheikh Hameed –Magna - Tayeb Ism - Medyan - Tabuk


    Ras Al-Sheikh Hameed –Magna - Tayeb Ism - Medyan - Tabuk The western tip of Mainland Saudi, Ras Al-Sheikh Hameed is a beautiful sandy cape located in Tabuk Province, at the junction between the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aqaba. The sand banks of the Ras Al-Sheikh Hameed used to be the westernmost point of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia until the cession of Tiran Islands by Egypt to Saudi Arabia in 2017. Thus, it is today only the westernmost point of the Saudi Arabian mainland.
    Magna (The wells of Moses) is a charming coastal town located on the Gulf of Aqaba that faces Egypt and the Sinai mountains, clearly visible from it. But the town is famous for its wells that witnessed an important episode in the life of the Prophet Moses.
    Tayeb Ism (The valley of Moses) is one of the magical natural wonders of Saudi Arabia that takes visitors by surprise. This incredible natural feature of Tabuk Province is located on the Gulf of Aqaba, just 15 Km north of the coastal town of Magna.
    Dated back to the end of the 2nd millennium BCE, Medyan is known for being the place where the Prophet Moses sought refuge after fleeing from Egypt. There he met the Prophet Jethro who recognized in Moses a pure soul and gave him one of his daughters. Moses then lived for ten years with his wife and father-in-law in Medyan before returning to Egypt to free its people from the Pharaoh Ramses II.

    Back to Tabuk for overnight.

  • Day 8

    Tabuk - Jeddah


    Tabuk - Jeddah After breakfast we catch our flight to Jeddah.
    Visit to some of Jeddah’s most captivating old Ottoman houses. The old quarter is a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is known for its coral-built houses. The Nasif house is one of the few historic buildings that have been restored and now serve as a museum. You walk further through the old town and visit the Al Alawi Souq, the market that winds through the old neighborhoods and where products such as incense, jewelry, coffee and clothing are sold. The art collection of Abdulraouf Khalil is exhibited in the Al Tayebat museum. The museum includes items from the pre-Islamic period, furniture and traditional clothing from different regions of the country.

    Overnight in Jeddah hotel.

  • Day 9

    Jeddah – Taif - Jeddah


    Jeddah – Taif - Jeddah Today we travel east to Taif about 215 Km. The landscape changes quickly. Taif is also a lot higher (1600 meters) and has a cooler, more pleasant climate than Jeddah.
    In Taif you visit the Shubra palace. The city museum is housed in a beautiful house that was built in 1905 by order of Sharif Ali Pasha. The palace is the most beautiful remnant of the old Taif, with grille windows and balconies, and marble from Carrara inside. King Abdul Aziz used to stay here, and the palace was later the residence of King Faisal.
    Also visit the old Souq in Taif, once one of the largest and most famous in the Islamic world. The tradition of poetry concerts and arts and crafts exhibitions can still be found in the Souq today. You can also explore the old footprints of the market, the flower orchids in Taif.

    Back to Jeddah for overnight.

  • Day 10

    Jeddah - Departure


    Jeddah - Departure Easy day to enjoy Jeddah, which means grandmother, a name given to the city based on the belief that Eve, the grandmother of humanity would be buried there. Jeddah is the commercial heart of Saudi Arabia and traditionally the port where pilgrims from all over the Islamic world arrive on their way to Mecca and Medina.
    Enjoy the Red Sea corniche, along the boulevard are various statues of famous artists such as Miró, Baldaccini and Moore.

    End of Tour and departure.

Activities

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Following things are included

  •   All transfer and transportation with A/C bus or car.
  •   All nights’ accommodation B/B at selected category hotel.
  •   English speaking tour leader/driver.
  •   All entrance fees in Saudi as listed in itinerary.
  •   All Taxes.


Following things are Excluded

  •   Visa cost to Saudi.
  •   All Lunches.
  •   All Dinners.
  •   Drinks during meals.
  •   Domestic Flight.
  •   Tips.
  •   Any personal expenses.
  •   Anything not mentioned in the Include items.



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