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Riyadh
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AMMAN

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Itinerary

Day 1: Riyadh
Welcome to Saudi Arabia, a country of contrasts that will leave you with unforgettable souvenirs! Transfer to the hotel. In the evening, we will include a transfer with entrance ticket to Boulevard Ryadh, the largest park in the kingdom, which will surprise you with its animation and life. The park has curious attractions, numerous restaurants with specialties from many different countries, live shows and, above all, a fountains eye-catching show with colored water. Free time to stroll around, enjoy the place and dine in one of its restaurants. Return to the hotel.
Day 2: Riyadh
Today (the order of activities may vary depending on the time of year) we will visit the impressive capital of Saudi Arabia. We will include the climb to the tower of just over 300 m high, the "Kingdom Centre", with its beautiful design and its "bridge-shaped" viewpoint that offers spectacular views over the city. We will also visit, surrounded by a beautiful park, the National Museum, the largest museum in the country, where we will learn about the history, culture, and art of the Kingdom. After that we will visit the Masmak Fortress, the ancient fortress of the city, whose interior allows us to understand the incredible change that took place in this city during the last century. Afterwards, we will have time to stroll through the neighborhood, with its souks and commercial life.

Free time for lunch in a shopping center- Mall- where you can choose from the various restaurants and types of food offered there.

In the afternoon we will also visit the district of Al Turaif DIRIYA, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This place - on the outskirts of Riyadh - was formerly the first capital of the Saudi dynasty, which we will be able to discover thanks to the vestiges of its numerous palaces and the urban complex at the edge of the oasis of Ad-Diriya.


At the end of the day, we will visit the Al Rajhi Mosque, the largest mosque in Riyadh with its Andalusian style architecture, where we will witness a prayer and have an introduction to Islam that will surely make us learn something about this religion. Return to hotel.
Day 3: Riyadh - Al Qasab - Shaqra - Ushaiqer – Buraydah
Today we follow the ancient route of pilgrims traveling from Iraq to Mecca, with its many historic towns in small oases. AL QASAB was known since ancient times for its salt and wheat production, also for its poets. We will visit the walled city and the small salt ponds where 200,000 tons of salt are still produced each year.

Desert landscapes of dunes lead us to SHAQRA, a city that is growing along with its university. We visit the well-fortified ancient city, with its picturesque old market and adobe alleys. Continue to USHAIQER. Lunch included before transferring to Ushaiqer Heritage Village, a village that was an important stop for pilgrims because of its springs and the beauty of its oasis. We will also visit its small museum and its Najdi architecture houses with its carved wooden doors, its beautiful windows and triangular roofs. Continuation to BURAYDAH, capital of the province of El Kasim with more than 600 000 inhabitants located in a large oasis. Arrival in the late afternoon and free time.


Day 4: Buraydah – Medina.-
Early in the morning we will visit the largest Camel Market in the world, located in Buraydah - a city that also houses a camel hospital. The city´s economy is also based on agriculture of oasis products (dates, lemons, oranges, wheat), and annually, around August, holds a huge date market that attracts many people from different places to buy their date annual requirement. We will visit "the city of dates" -more or less active depending on the time of the year- and we will be able to taste this sweet fruit of the palm tree. Afterwards, we will have time to stroll through the city center, with its vegetable market, its great mosque, its jewelry souks and its activity. We will visit the Al Oqilat Museum that tells us about the traditions of Arabia and the customs of the region. Free time for lunch.

In the afternoon, we continue our route by an excellent highway through the desert. Arrival in the evening to the holy city of MEDINA, "the luminous city". We find ourselves in an outstanding historical and religious destination as it is one of the two most sacred cities of Islam. Medina is visited by millions of pilgrims every year and has been forbidden to non-Muslims until very recently. Respect its inhabitants and beliefs and remember to use the required mode of dress. In the evening, we will go to see - today from outside - the Al Masjid Mosque, built by the prophet himself and the place where he is buried. We will be touched to see the thousands of people who enter at prayer time. Dinner included.


Day 5: Medina – Al-’Ula
Note: The Al-’Ula region is one of the most beautiful areas in the world, however its hotel infrastructure is extremely limited. On some occasions we will spend two nights in Medina (visiting in this case in the afternoon the Al Madinah Museum) leaving very early for Al-’Ula on Tuesday.

We will explore Medina. We will walk around the immense Prophet´s Mosque (Al Masjid an Nabawi), an amazing and luminous mosque of ten minarets with a capacity for one million visitors.. On the hill of UHUD, an important pilgrimage site, where the prophet´s forces clashed with Meccan troops. You can walk through its vast esplanade and climb the hill but remember to do so in silence and respecting the hundreds of pilgrims surrounding us at any given time. At the Mosque of Quba, in the year 622, the prophet and his followers laid the first stone of what was to be the first mosque in history, although the present building is more recent. From here, we will walk to the nearby garden and well of Ethiq where the different tribes of the place went out to drink water and greet the Prophet and his companions recently arrived in Medina after their persecution in Mecca. Afterwards we will have some free time in the city center to stroll around the shopping areas or -if you wish- visit the Hejaz Railway Museum (in the former Ottoman railway station).


In the afternoon we travel to one of the most spectacular places in the world: The region and oasis of AL-’ULA: an authentic open-air museum surrounded by nature, where you will find rock formations, canyons and ravines that compete with the majestic treasures carved by its ancient inhabitants. After arrival we will go to The Elephant Rock, "Jabal Al Fil" an impressive geomorphological phenomenon, a 52 meters high rock in the shape of an Elephant. Dinner included.


Day 6: Al-’Ula - Tabuk
In the region of Al-’Ula we will visit the enclosure of HEGRA (Madain Saleh), declared World Heritage by UNESCO, of Nabataean culture "the Other Petra" amazes us with its tombs excavated in the rock in a desert environment full of mystery. Lunch included. We will have free time to stroll and enjoy its comercial streets, and its magnificent Oasis. In the middle of the afternoon, we will leave for TABUK. Dinner included.
Day 7: Tabuk – Petra
We visit Tabuk, a city over half a million inhabitants, active provincial capital and one of the oldest cities in the country. We will visit the castle whose origin is 3500 years before Christ, and inside it, a museum tells the history of the castle and the city, from the great explorers who visited it, such as Ibn Battuta, to the pilgrims who stopped to drink from the fountains on their way to Mecca or Medina. After the visit, we will enter the Mud House Museum, a recreation of the interior of an adobe house where we will learn what traditional life was like in the past in this type of housing. Subsequently we walk through the active commercial area of the city center and we reach the old train station, today a museum that preserves the steam machines that connected Damascus with Medina.

Only 100 km separate us from JORDAN. Border procedures and continuation to WADI MUSA (town created around Petra), we will visit the Spring of Moses, where allegedly Moses hit the rock with his rod and the water gushed out, and the Petra Museum, an excellent sample that allows us to understand the history of the Nabataeans and get to know magnificent pieces found in the area. Dinner included. Travelers who wish to do so can go in their free time to an old Turkish bath or get to see the lights and sounds show in Petra.


Day 8: Petra- Wadi Rum.-
Today we have the most exciting day of the trip: First, we visit the impressive archaeological site of PETRA, which is accessed through a narrow canyon, and discover the temples and tombs excavated on the cliffs in this city that was founded 300 years before Christ. After lunch (included) we leave for the impressive desert of WADI RUM. At the Visitor Centre we board 4x4 vehicles to visit some of the most impressive landscapes. We stop in the town of RUM to visit the ruins of the Nabatean temple. We include a 45-minute camel ride through the desert. We will also visit the Khazali Canyon. In this spectacular place, we will see the engravings that reveal the origins of the Arabic language. Dinner and accommodation included in a desert camp.

Day 9: Wadi Rum- Aqaba.-
After breakfast we will leave for AQABA, Jordan’s second city. We will visit Jordan’s second city, a modern, commercial port city. Afternoon free to enjoy the hotel-resort and the warm waters of the Red Sea!
Day 10: Aqaba-Amman.-
After breakfast we will take the "desert road" to AMMAN. Arrival at noon and free time to visit the capital of the kingdom.

NOTE: Depending on the number of travelers, the trip from Aqaba to Amman can be made by regular VIP coach service.


Day 11: Amman- Ajlun- Jerash- Amman.-
After breakfast, we travel to the north of Jordan. In the mountains, we discover the AJLUN FORTRESS, a mighty castle from the 12th Century. Muslims and Orthodox Christians have always lived in this area. We will visit the old CHURCH OF SAINT SERGIUS. Shall we all pray for peace? Lunch is included. We continue to JERASH, and visit its impressive Roman archaeological site. Return to AMMAN. Arrival and accommodation.
Day 12: Amman- Castles of the Desert- Madaba- Mount Nebo- Amman.-
We will depart towards the CASTLES OF THE DESERT, built between the 7th and 8th centuries. We will visit QASR KHARANA, with its imposing structure of thick walls and the QUSAYR AMRA World Heritage Site, notable for its remarkable frescoes. Then, we travel to MADABA, lunch is included. We will visit the Madaba Archaeological Park, which we cross via an ancient Roman road, and the Church of St. George, with its fantastic 6th Century mosaic representing the oldest known map of the Holy Land. We continue to MOUNT NEBO, where Moses stopped to look over the Promised Land. Return to Amman. Arrival and free time.
Day 13:
After breakfast, end of our services.

Price includes

Included

  • Europamundo General Services: Travel by bus with English speaking guide, basic travel insurance, hotel and breakfast buffet.
  • Includes arrival transfer
  • Includes departure transfer
  • City tour in: Riyadh, Medina
  • Excursion: 4x4 vehicles, camel rides
  • Evening transfer: Boulevard Riyadh in Riyadh, Elephant Rock in Al Ula
  • Experiences: Kingdom Centre Tower and introduction to Islam in Al Rajhi mosque in Riyadh, Camel Market and date tasting experience in Buraydah
  • Ticket admission: Boulevard Riyadh, National Museum, Masmak Fortress and Al Rajhi Mosque in Riyadh, Ushaiqer Heritage Village , Oqilat Museum in Buraydah , garden and well of Ethiq in Medina , Hegra and the Elephant Rock in Al Ula , Castle, Mud House museum and old train station in Tabuk , Spring of Moses and Petra Museum in Petra , Arqueological Site , Visitor Centre, 4x4 vehicles and camel rides , Fortress and Church of Saint Sergius in Ajlun, Archaeological site in Jerash; , Castle of Qasr Kharana and Castle of Qusayr Amra in Castles of the Dessert; , Church of St. George, Madaba Archaeological Park
  • 5 Lunch included in: Ushaiqer, Al ula, PETRA, JERASH, Madaba
  • 5 dinner included in: Medina, Al ula, Tabuk, PETRA, WADI RUM



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Planned Hotels

SAUDI ARABIA
WARWICK RIAD
****
545543049
Al Malaz - 11564 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , 11564 , Riad , ARABIA SAUDITA
BEST WESTERN PLUS BURAIDAH
****
163820606
Faisal Bin Misha´L Road, Al Montaza Area, Buraydah , 51451 , Buraida , ARABIA SAUDITA
MEDINA SEASON STAR
****
148355333
6055 King Abdul Aziz Rd, 6055, Al Aridh, 2712, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42314, Saudi Arabia , 6055 , Medina , ARABIA SAUDITA
OLIVE TREE
****
570736613
Ar Rabwah, 20, Tabuk 47311, Saudi Arabia , 47311 , Tabuk , ARABIA SAUDITA
WARWICK RIAD
****
545543049
Al Malaz - 11564 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia , 11564 , Riad , ARABIA SAUDITA
LE MERIDIEN MEDINA
****
148460777
Khaled Bin El Waleed Road, Al Jamiah, Medina , 42351 , Medina , ARABIA SAUDITA
SAHARY AL ULA RESORT
****
551053222
AlUla 43515 , 0 , Al ula , ARABIA SAUDITA
SKYLINE HOTEL
****
144227552
King Fahd Branch Road, , 47312 , Tabuk , ARABIA SAUDITA
GOLDEN DUNE ALMALAZ
****
114546198
7415 Salah Ad Din Al Ayyubi Road 7415 Salah Ad Din Al Ayyubi Rd, 2166, Al Malaz, Riyadh 12831, Al Ma , 12831 , Riad , ARABIA SAUDITA
SEASON STAR
****
14835533
6055 King Abdul Aziz Rd, 6055, Al Aridh, 2712, Al Madinah Al Munawwarah 42314, Saudi Arabia. , 6055 , Medina , ARABIA SAUDITA
EWAA TABUK
****
6546085284
Turki bn Abdulla, Al Salam, Tabuk 47914, Saudi Arabia , 47914 , Tabuk , ARABIA SAUDITA
JORDAN
PETRA MOON
****
32156220
Petra/Wadi Musa 71810, Jordania , 71810 , PETRA , JORDANIA
CAMPAMENTO JABAL BURDAH
****
0
Wadi rum village, 77110 , 0 , WADI RUM , JORDANIA
LACOSTA
****
32090400
Al Nahdah street, 77110 Aqaba, Jordan , 77100 , AQABA , JORDANIA
HOTEL MENA TYCHE
****
962656071
reservation@advisertours.com
ABDALLAH BEN OMAR ST. 11124 AMMAN , 11134 , AMMAN , JORDANIA
MOVENPICK NABATEAN CASTLE
****
2157201
Queen Rania Street , 000 , PETRA , JORDANIA
LUXURY MAGIC CAMP
****
799245639
Wadi Rum El Dessi , 0 , WADI RUM , JORDANIA
GRAND TALA BAY RESORT
*****
32090777
Southern Beach, Tala Bay, 77110 Áqaba, Jordania , 77110 , AQABA , JORDANIA
SEVEN ROSES
****
5833544
Saleh Al-Smadi Street, 7th , 11195 , AMMAN , JORDANIA
HOTEL PANORAMA
****
32157393
Wadi Musa, Jordania , 0 , PETRA , JORDANIA
PANORAMA CAMP
****
2795725000
JFFH+6G8, Unnamed Road, Disah , 0000 , WADI RUM , JORDANIA
ORYX AQABA
****
32051111
operacionesoriente@europamundo.com
AL SHARIF SHAKIR BIN ZAYD STREET, Aqaba, Jordania , 0 , AQABA , JORDANIA
HARIR PALACE
****
797740001
Al-Wifaq Street, Amman 11193 , 11193 , AMMAN , JORDANIA
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