Discovering Saudi Arabia’s Rich Heritage

• Arrival in the country’s capital: Riyadh.
• Meet your guide. He will tell you more about the trip and the country.
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• Overnight stay in Riyadh.

• Highlight: Deira Souk, this market is known for its many copper products. You will also find traditional daggers and knives here.
• Al Masmak Fort, an old building made of mud and clay. The fort was one of the most important places in the creation of present-day Saudi Arabia.
• We leave Riyadh for a short drive to Al Diriyah, the former capital of the Najd region.
• Al Diriyah is the birthplace of the Saudi Kingdom and has been listen as a UNESCO World Heritage Site as a perfect example of Najdi architecture.
• Return to Riyadh.
• Overnight stay in Riyadh.

• Flight to Al Ula.
• Upon arrival we’ll take a tour of the old town of Al Ula, a place where pilgrims, travellers and permanent settlers met throught the ages. The town was inhabited from the 12th Century until the early 1980s.
• Overnight stay in Al Ula.

On the fourth day in the itinerary of Uzbekistan packages from Mumbai, have your breakfast at the hotel, and then get ready to visit some of the famous historic places nearby. Take the walking tour as a part of the leisure time today and see places like Caravanserai Rabat Malik. Have lunch at Uzbek Traditional Restaurant. Reach here in Samarkand by late evening. Check-in at the hotel. Dinner and overnight stay at the hotel.

• Flight to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia’s most progressive city, located on the Red Sea.
• Relaxed afternoon in Jeddah.
• Overnight stay in Jeddah.

• Highlight: Walk through old Jeddah (Al Balad), where you can find many old Ottoman houses. Most of these houses are built of coral and reinforced with wood as the beams cross the inner walls.
• Nasif House and Baashen House, the most famous houses from the Ottoman period.
• Visit the old gold market at Gabel Street and the Ukash Mosque.
• Visit to the House of Islamic Art Museum.
• Drive over the Corniche, the street along the Red Sea, see for example the floating mosque.
• Overnight stay in Jeddah.