12 Days Discovering Saudi Arabia Treasures

Day 1: Arrive Riyadh

Arrive Riyadh your SaudiArabiaTours’guide will be waiting you. They will be holding a sign of SaudiArabiaTours , You do not need to look for them – they will be waiting for you and will find you.
You will be transferred by an A/C car to your hotel. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 2: Riyadh Day Tour

Breakfast.Start your tour visiting Murraba palace is among the most important palace built by King Abdulaziz . this Palace was to accommodate his family. It was built on the local traditional Najid style by using local building material only.

Then visit the Masmak museum, Enjoy and step back in time and explore Saudi Arabia’s roots. Fascinating exhibitions on display show maps and photographs of Saudi Arabia, alongside a range of historical artefacts, artworks and audiovisual attractions. 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.

Dira Souq is famous for its variety of old copper and brass objects including silver daggers, silver Beduins Jewelry and dresses. While entering from main access, one always smells sandal wood fragrance. Dira Souq is worth buying antique carpets and other useful Saudi heritage antiques.

Then visit the National Museum, which opened in Riyadh in 1999 to celebrate the centenary of Saudi unification, the Museum is a place of learning and discovery, designed to sing out with quiet excitement and inspiration, to kindle pride in the Arab heritage and reverence for Islam.

Transfer back to your hotel. Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 3: Old Diriyah

Breakfast.Start your tour visiting old Dir’aiyah. Birthplace of the first Saudi state, historical crossroads of pilgrims and traders, and home to one of the Kingdom’s most ambitious heritage developments.
Including the banks of Wadi Hanifa, Ad Dir’iyah’s mud-brick walls once housed a thriving desert city that was a powerhouse of culture and commerce.
Visit Al Turaif district, the area’s citadel-marked primary quarter, was the original seat of power for the Kingdom’s Al Saud family.

Once home to religious scholar Mohammed bin Abdul Wahab, its maze of twisting streets lead to low-lying mud huts that have been transformed into sparkling heritage sites, including Dir’iyah Museum, a former palace with exhibits on Saudi history and the restored Al Zawihra Mosque.

Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 4: Edge of The world Tour 

Breakfast.Start your tour The Edge of the World is an exciting excursion from Riyadh. The Edge of the World (whose real name is Jebel Fihrayn) has become within a few years one of the most popular destinations around Riyadh, the capital of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. This “nickname” was given because of its main attraction that are the stunning viewpoints from the top of the 300-meter-high cliffs overlooking the surrounding plain.You will reaches the massive cliffs of the famous Edge of the World and its amazing viewpoints. As the cliffs look towards the west it even offers unforgettable sights of sunsets above the Saudi Arabian desert.

Overnight in Riyadh.

Day 5: Drive to Qassim – Al Qassim Tour

Breakfast. Drive to Onaizah city.Unaizah is in the center of Al-Qassim Province and near to the center of Nejd Province. Start your tour visit cultural farm.

You will have chance to watch how the Saudi farmers cultivate their lands , which tools they use they still use the old traditional methods, you can have chance to drink traditional tea with them in their break time.

Then you will visit visit to flkloric art center and you will have chance to visit to Musukaf cultural market.We will do our best to get for you the maximum out of this trip and make you understand how those people You will visit its most traditional markets, traditional coffee shops, local rural restaurant.Our tour guide will do his best to show you the most interesting and different places and introducing you to the wonderful countryside people. living and working and their traditions.

Overnight in Qassem.

Day 6: Drive to Hail – Hail Tour

Drive to Hail city. Its central position and the wells fed by the rain water drained off the nearby mountains  made Hail an important oasis on the ancient caravan trade routes.you will visit Faid ancient city ( pre-islamic ) and volcano crater.

Continue driving to Hail city and transfer to hail hotel.

Drive to Aja rosy mountains.You will have chance to have a picnic time with your family and open time for hiking at Aja rosy mountains.

Overnight in Hail.

Day 7: Drive to Jeddah

Pick up from your hotel in Hail. Drive to Jeddah.

Arrival and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Jeddah.  

Day 8: Jeddah Tour

Start your sightseeing tour of Jeddah visiting old houses, Nasif House etc.
Houses were constructed from coral and reinforced with wood so that beams crisscross the interior walls. Wooden balconies and casement windows are a special feature of Jeddah’s style, with elaborate casements decorating the facades of the old houses – normally there is a small balcony fronting every window. Doors and windows shutters are intricately carved. Some are painted and some remain simply wood with varnish.

The Nasif House was built during the 1850s by the well-known Nasif Family, one of the most influential trading families in the long history of Jeddah. In the 19th and early 20th centuries the house was one of the most important building in Jeddah. It was here that King Abdul Aziz spent his first night in Jeddah, as the guest of Mohammed Nasif, after he lead his victorious army into the capital of the Western Province. The Municipality of Jeddah recognized the architectural and historic value of the house and in 1964 it was converted into a museum and put under Government care.

Overnight in Jeddah

Day 9: Drive to Taif

Breakfast. Drive to Taif. Arrival and transfer to your hotel.

Overnight in Taif

Day 10: Taif Tour

Breakfast.Start your tour visiting Shubra palace. The city’s museum occupies a beautiful house built in 1905 on the orders of Sharif Ali Pasha. The palace is the most stunning vestige of old Taif, with latticework windows and balconies, and interior marble from Carrara. King Abdul Aziz used to stay here, and the palace was later the residence of King Faisal.

Then visit old souq in Taif city.A former largest and best known open air market in the islamic world, nowadays hosts thousands of tourists from around the world. The tradition of poetry recital competitions, arts& crafts exhibitions remain in the souq today. In addition to that, you may want to explore ancient footprints of the market, flower orchids in Taif .

Overnight in Taif

Day 11 : Taif Tour – Jeddah

Breakfast.visit Al Shafa mountain and Al Hada mountain,It’s considered as one of the most beautiful and important mountain roads in the region. It connects Taif city with the other regions on the west and north.  It acquires enchanting and attractive views.

Drive back to Jeddah.

Overnight in Jeddah.

Day 12 : Departure

Breakfast. Transfer to Jeddah Airport to take your departure flight.

Includes:

• 11 Nights hotel accommodation
• All transfers in Saudi Arabia
• All your tours and excursions are with an A/C vehicle
• The service of meet and assist at all your destinations
• Expert tour guide
• Our prices include all taxes and services

Excludes:

• Visa Entry for Saudi Arabia.
• International Flights
• Personal items.
• Tipping.
• Any other items not mentioned.
• Any Optional tours.
• Drinks during meals.
• Domestic airfares

Accommodation Plan (A) 5 stars:

1. Riyadh:   (Shaza Riyadh // Rosh Rayhaan by Rotana  //  Four Points By Sheraton Riyadh Khaldia)
2. Jeddah:(Prime Hotel – Jeddah, Al Hamra  // Radisson Blu Hotel, Jeddah Al Salam // Sheraton Jeddah Hotel // Mövenpick Hotel Tahlia Jeddah )

Accommodation Plan (B) Luxury:

1. Riyadh: (Hyatt Regency Riyadh Olaya   // Hilton Riyadh Hotel & Residences)
2. Jeddah: (Jeddah Hilton  //  Elaf Jeddah Hotel – Red Sea Mall )

Accommodation Plan (c) Ultimate Luxury:

1. Riyadh:  (Al Faisaliah Hotel   // Burj Rafal Hotel Riyadh  //  Marriott Riyadh Diplomatic Quarter  //  Narcissus Hotel and SPA Riyadh )
2. Jeddah: (Park Hyatt Jeddah – Marina, Club and Spa // Rosewood Jeddah )