Where to go in Saudi Arabia: neighborhood breakdowns, Haramain High-Speed Railway transit links, and daily budgets in SAR (﷼).
Saudi Arabia's dynamic capital combines the 18th-century UNESCO mud-brick palaces of Diriyah (birthplace of the first Saudi state) and the dramatic 300-meter desert cliffs of the Edge of the World with Zaha Hadid's futuristic KAFD Metro station and skybridge towers.
Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site (and sister city to Jordan's Petra), AlUla is a breathtaking valley of golden sandstone canyons, 2.3 million date palms, and 111 monumental 1st-century Nabataean rock-cut tombs—accessible with a fraction of Petra's crowds.
For over 1,400 years the Red Sea gateway to the Hejaz, cosmopolitan Jeddah blends the towering 5-story coral-stone merchant mansions and carved wooden Roshan balconies of UNESCO-listed Al-Balad with a 30 km palm-lined Corniche and pristine Red Sea coral reefs.
Beyond central Riyadh, the heartland of Arabia connects the 15th-century Najdi oasis town of Diriyah and the walled heritage village of Ushaiqer with Al-Ahsa in the east—the largest natural palm oasis on Earth (2.5 million date palms, UNESCO World Heritage) reachable in 2h 15m by SAR train from Riyadh.
Protecting the world's fourth-largest barrier reef system across 90 untouched islands between Umluj and Al Wajh, Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast offers crystal-clear turquoise sandbars, Hawksbill sea turtles, dormant volcanic craters, and historic coral port towns in Yanbu.
Soaring up to 3,000 meters in the verdant Sarawat Mountains of southwest Saudi Arabia, Abha and the Asir Highlands enjoy cool mountain mists, juniper forests, purple jacaranda trees, and 900-year-old multi-story stone fortress villages painted with UNESCO-listed geometric wall art.
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