Saudi100Travel guides
Where to stay, when to go and how to get around, city by city.
These Saudi Arabia travel guides answer the questions that decide a trip: which district to sleep in, how far the hotel is from the mosque or the sights, and how to get there from the airport. Each guide is checked against public listings and official sources, and dated.
- Where to stay in Makkah: the main areas around Masjid al-Haram compared by walking time and budget.
- Where to stay in Madinah: the central area around Masjid an-Nabawi and the quieter streets behind it.
- Riyadh travel guide: Olaya, Diriyah, the National Museum and how to move around the capital.
- AlUla travel guide: Hegra, the old town, Elephant Rock and where to stay in the desert.
Planning the journey too? See flights to Jeddah for Umrah, flights to Madinah and flights to Riyadh, or browse 100 hotels in Saudi Arabia.
Photo credits: The Kaaba inside Masjid al-Haram in Makkah (GusJuned, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons); Minarets and courtyard umbrellas of Masjid an-Nabawi in Madinah (Vago, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons); Riyadh skyline with the Kingdom Centre tower and the KAFD towers (B.alotaby, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons); Qasr al-Farid, a Nabataean tomb carved into a single sandstone outcrop at Hegra (Richard Mortel, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons).