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AlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh) (AlUla (Hegra / Madain Saleh), Dadan & Tabuk) Travel Guide 2026

AlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh) is a city / governorate (muhafazah) in AlUla (Hegra / Madain Saleh), Dadan & Tabuk (AlUla (Hegra / Madain Saleh), Dadan & Tabuk), Saudi Arabia, with a population of 450,000 and regional transit links via AlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh) Central Station and AlUla International Airport (ULH) & Tabuk Airport (TUU).

Province / StateAlUla (Hegra / Madain Saleh), Dadan & Tabuk
Population450,000
Rail HubAlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh) Central Station
Airport GatewayAlUla International Airport (ULH) & Tabuk Airport (TUU)

Highlights & What to See in AlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh)

  • Hegra (Al-Hijr / Madain Saleh — UNESCO World Heritage Site) — Book your timed coach or vintage Land Rover tour on `experiencealula.com` (Day Tour 95 SAR / ~$25; Vintage Land Rover 700 SAR per car) to stand before the solitary 22-meter Tomb of Lihyan Son of Kuza (Qasr al-Farid), Jabal Banat, and Jabal Ithlib.
  • Maraya ('Mirror' in Arabic — Wadi Ashar) — The Guinness World Record largest mirrored building on Earth (9,740 m² of reflective glass panels) vanishing into the surrounding sandstone cliffs.
  • Elephant Rock (Jabal AlFil) at Sunset — Relax in sunken desert fire-pit lounges with mocktails and specialty coffee as the 52-meter sandstone elephant glows amber (Free entry after 16:00).
  • Dadan & Jabal Ikmah ('Open-Air Library' of Ancient Inscriptions — UNESCO Memory of the World) — 95 SAR tour exploring 1st-millennium BCE Lihyanite lion tombs and hundreds of cliffside Aramaic, Dadanitic, and Thamudic inscriptions.
  • AlUla Old Town, Incense Road Market & Oasis Heritage Trail — Stroll beneath 900 mud-brick houses and 12th-century Tantora sundial before walking through shaded citrus and date groves.

Transit & Getting There

Connect to AlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh) via AlUla & Hegra (Madain Saleh) Central Station (Haramain High-Speed Railway (HHR — Jeddah Airport, Jeddah, King Abdullah Economic City, Madinah & Makkah at 300 km/h) & SAR North/East Railway) and local transit using Riyadh Metro.