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Ummahat Islands

Ummahat is home to two of our most exclusive resorts, the St. Regis Red Sea Resort and Nujuma, A Ritz-Carlton Reserve. Surrounded by crystal-clear waters, white sandy beaches and an abundance of thriving coral reefs, guests of the island will experience new levels of luxury, marrying the very best of The Red Sea with the incredible natural beauty of the Red Sea coast.

Sheybarah Island

A 45-minute boat ride from the mainland, a stay on Sheybarah guarantees ultimate exclusivity and bliss. Surrounded by crystal clear waters and away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life, guests can enjoy water-based activities or choose to unwind on one of the island’s many white sandy beaches.

Shura Island

Shura is the main hub island at The Red Sea. With a natural dolphin shape, the island is one of 92 in our archipelago and home to stunning vistas, incredible native fauna and flora, and beautiful wildlife.

Southern Dunes

Six Senses Southern Dunes, The Red Sea, is one of two inland resorts. It is based around 100km northeast of the town of Umluj, a beach town on Saudi Arabia's Red Sea coast.

Turtle Bay

Delivering and operating a destination as ambitious as The Red Sea requires a happy, healthy, and fulfilled community of people enjoying a high standard of living and modern lifestyle. It is a state-of-the-art residential and commercial area that will house around 14,000 workers, staff, and management at The Red Sea.

Desert Rock

Set in a hidden valley and nestled between the mountains, Desert Rock allows guests to immerse themselves in nature on a whole new level, while offering unparalleled luxury.

Landscape Nursery

At over one million square meters, our Landscape Nursery is the largest in the region and is part of our planet first approach to enriching the natural environment around us and setting new standards in sustainable development. It is now fully operational and in total will provide more than 25 million plants for The Red Sea and Amaala, reducing our reliance on importing foreign species of plants and instead allowing native plants to thrive.

Welcome to Red Sea International Airport (RSI)

Your luxury transit hub to The Red Sea and AMAALA destinations – and beyond.

With its own international airport, The Red Sea can be reached in three hours by 250 million people. Designed for seamless luxury, and placed where Europe, Asia and Africa meet, it’s the perfect destination for adventure.

The Red Sea International Airport (RSI) is a sustainable gateway opening Saudi Arabia up to the world. Guests are guaranteed a seamless and luxurious journey as they arrive to and depart from their stay at The Red Sea or Amaala.

Location

Red Sea International Airport is 90km south of Al Wajh in the west of Saudi Arabia. A transit hub for visitors, it is easily accessible, with 250 million people within just three hours’ flying time.

Transport to and from RSI

If you are staying at The Red Sea destination, you will be transported via seaplane, luxury yacht, or electric vehicle to and from RSI.

Smart Luggage

Seamless Travel at The Red Sea

WHY YOUR COMFORT IS OUR TOP PRIORITY?

We are committed to delivering world-leading experiences. Our revolutionary, smart luggage system is an essential part of this offering, ensuring a stress-free, timesaving, and truly seamless travel experience from the moment you arrive. The future of travel is here.

Travel Experience

[1] Luggage Check-in

At check-in, flight information is seamlessly captured and forwarded to the Airlines Departure Control System. Bag tags are generated and attached to guests’ luggage.

[2] Arrival to RSI

Upon arrival at Red Sea International (RSI), guests are asked for accommodation details, which are updated in the Smart Luggage Hub for baggage sorting.

[3] Hassle Free

Guests proceed to chauffeurs while luggage is scanned and loaded on to the correct delivery vehicle.

[4] Bag Tags Tracking

Pre-mapped routes ensure smooth transitions – such as land to boat to island – while bag tags enable proper tracking.

[5] Delivery to Your Room

Luggage delivery is signed off at the hotel and the baggage is delivered to the guest’s room.

[6] Delivery to RSI

For the return journey, guests can conveniently check in their baggage at the hotel. A new bag tag is issued and the reverse process starts for safe luggage delivery to RSI.

Fly to RSI with Saudia, offering four weekly flights from King Khalid International Airport (RUH) in Riyadh and two from King Abdulaziz International Airport (JED) in Jeddah. You can also choose flydubai, with two weekly flights from Dubai International (DXB). Book now and stay tuned for updates on more flights and new routes.

[1] Sunday

SV1567・JED to RSI (Arriving time: 07:35) - A/C - A320  

SV1566・RSI to JED (Departing time: 08:30 - A/C - A320 

SV1569・RUH to RSI (Arriving time: 09:35) - A/C - A321 

SV1568・RSI to RUH (Departing time: 10:15) - A/C - A321 

FZ927 ・DXB to RSI (Arriving time: 13:00)  

FZ928 ・RSI to DXB (Departing time: 14:00) 

[2] Tuesday

SV1569・RUH to RSI (Arriving time: 12:30) - A/C - A320 

SV1568・RSI to RUH (Departing time: 13:10) - A/C - A320

[3] Thursday

SV1567・JED to RSI (Arriving time: 14:15) - A/C-A320 

SV1566・RSI to JED (Departing time: 15:10) - A/C - A320  

SV1569・RUH to RSI (Arriving time: 15:55) - A/C - A321 

SV1568・RSI to RUH (Departing time: 16:30) - A/C - A321  

FZ927 ・DXB to RSI (Arriving time: 11:10)  

FZ928 ・RSI to DXB (Departing time: 12:10)

[4] Saturday

SV1562・RSI to RUH (Departing time: 20:40) - A/C - A321 

SV1563・RUH to RSI (Arriving time: 19:55) - A/C - A321

Mada’in Saleh, not far from al-Ula (22 km), was known as al-Hijr, or Hegra, by the Nabataean people who carved its magnificent tombs into the golden Quweira sandstone outcrops. The delicate details on the

entrance portals and the smooth surfaces of its 111 tomb façades reflect the great skills of the masons of their time. The splendor of the natural setting here must have reminded the Nabataeans of their capital, Petra, hewn into the rosey sandstone cliffs to the north in modern-day Jordan. It is no wonder that they chose this very spot to build their second city, Hegra. Based on the many

dated tomb inscriptions, Hegra thrived between 1 BCE -74 CE.

The Nabataeans began as pastoral nomads, raising their sheep, goats, and camels in the desert as so many other Arabian tribes have done through the millennia. They also practiced oasis agriculture, utilizing a set

of wells dug into the rock. Their origin is uncertain, but there is a strong possibility that they came from the Hejaz region of northwest Saudi Arabia. The deities they worshipped were similar to those honored by ancient cultures in that area and the root consonants of their name – n, b, t, w – occur in the early Semitic of the Hejaz. From early in their history, they had connections with Mesopotamia and may have been the Nabatu Arabs mentioned by the Assyrians in the eighth century BCE. Alexander the Great’s officer Hieronymus of Cardia wrote of the Nabataeans as having an ascetic life with harsh laws. They were also known for their incredible familiarity with the desert and their ability to fade into it to evade enemy tribes. Their system of hidden cisterns dug deep in the interior provided water for their livestock and their people.

The real cause of the success of the Nabataeans, however, was control over much of the spice trade. Frankincense, myrrh, and other spices from southern Arabia were brought up to the north along trade routes to be

purchased by the Greeks, Romans Egyptians, Phoenicians, and others around the Mediterranean and in the Near East. The Nabataeans built their empire as the middlemen. Hegra was a crossroads where the major north-south incense route intersected a road from the Red Sea to the Persian Gulf.

Mada’in Saleh has been s a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 2008.

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Edge of the World is the name of the 1.131 m2 height cliff that lies some 100 km from Riyadh at the end of the 800 km extending Tuwaik Mountain range. Edge of the World is the perfect destination of mountain climbing and hiking lovers. Discover the breathtaking off-cliff spectacular views.

Get Ready for the Journey

 Before taking off on a journey to the Edge of the World in the northwest of Riyadh, you can look up the available trips in the list of Experiences to book your journey. It would be best to drive a four-wheel car due to the

roughness of the roads. Also, make sure to equip yourself with everything you need as the area is wild and barren with no services available. You may encounter a mobile network outage, so you had better go with a group of people or a tourism expert. It is also advisable to put on trainers appropriate for hiking and climbing cliffs for a spectacular adventure in the mountains. It will be such a worthwhile challenge to mount the cliff to reach its top and enjoy the astonishing views overlooking a deep valley and extending barren desert. The best time to reach the top of the cliff is at sunrise or sunset, so pick your time to enjoy the magnificent view of the gradation of the sky colours.

Nature Surrounding Edge of the World

On the cliffs of Tuwaik Mountain with its distinguishing dry soil-free surface, you can enjoy the desert environment view with its arid features. You will notice samar trees and acacias spreading over the land of

the valley, while ghodi trees and pole plants cover the majority of the high fixed sand dunes. The characteristics of the carved mountains with their intriguing sight tell the story of their long resistance to erosion and

survival against time factors. Exploring the area, you may also discover some snails and marine life fossils spreading here and there indicating the fact that the area had once been a marine habitat. Finally, winter-time is so special at Edge of the World when the beautiful nature is accompanied by the cold weather and rainy season.

Few sites are more striking than the ancient desert city of Diriyah, wrapped in the green oasis of Wadi Hanifa just outside Riyadh. It was once a hotbed of culture, a historic crossroads for pilgrims and traders throughout the centuries, and the ancestral seat of the royal dynasty. Today Diriyah’s museums, such as the spectacular Salwa Palace, delve into the citadel’s storied past. Dotted around its magnificent mud-brick architecture and lining its palm-fringed avenues, restaurants and coffee shops also nod to tradition with Najdi plates such as gereesh bil laban, cracked wheat cooked in a yogurt sauce.

Diriyah Gate

Renewed as Saudi Arabia’s cultural capital, the historic city of Diriyah will showcase Saudi Arabia’s 300+ years of authentic culture and history by delivering one-of-a-kind inspiring heritage experiences, educational and cultural opportunities, world-class residential living, and outstanding lifestyle offerings to include shopping, entertainment, and dining experiences.

Located just 20 minutes northwest of Riyadh’s city center, Diriyah will be transformed into one of the world’s foremost lifestyle destinations for culture and heritage, hospitality, retail, and education, and will become one of the world’s great gathering places.

At the heart of the development is the At-Turaif UNESCO World Heritage Site, an iconic mud-brick city, and the home of the First House of the Al Saud family and capital of the First Saudi State, preserved and restored for future generations.

Combining traditional Najdi architectural typology and new urbanism, Diriyah will be a place that connects emotionally with visitors and residents, promotes, and celebrates the destination’s rich heritage and reveals the origins of modern Saudi Arabia and the spiritual values in which it is rooted.

Under the mandate of Diriyah Gate Development Authority, and as one of the Public Investment Fund's projects, the project contributes to Vision 2030, by its target of 27 million local and international visitors by 2030. This supports the national tourism strategy which aims to host 100 million worldwide tourists in the Kingdom by 2030.

A village out of this world

​The historical village of Zee Al-Ain is the jewel of Al-Bahah Province and will take you by surprise. Located down the cliffs of the City of Al-Bahah it gathers unique features that make this place enchanting - the most striking being the whiteness of the marble hill the village was built on, which contrasts with the darker shades of the grandiose Sarawat mountains in the background.

The village was named after a water spring that flows continuously from the nearby mountains to several reservoirs, and each particular pond has its own name. There is a local legend that tells of a man who lost his cane in one of the valleys, and to retrieve it he tracked it until he reached the village, where he enlisted the help of the inhabitants and retrieved his cane after digging up the spring.

The village dates back about 400 years, and it witnessed the battles between the Ottoman Turks and its inhabitants.

Zee Al-Ayn has been placed on the list of tentative UNESCO World Heritage Sites thanks to its exceptional features. The village has 49 dwellings, 9 of which are composed of one floor, 19 from two floors, 11 from three floors and 10 from four floors.

The village was constructed using load-bearing walls ("Medamik") and the thickness of the walls are between 0.7 to almost 0.9 meters.

Structures are roofed using cedar wood. The big rooms are roofed using columns known as "Al-zafer", and above the cedar wood there is a kind of stone known as "Salat", and the stones are covered with mud. The lower floors are the reception and living areas, the upper floors for sleeping. Some of the buildings still exist since the establishment of the village, some are partially run-down but some are completely demolished.

The houses are now empty but some doors are still open so that visitors can enter and experience how the life of the inhabitants of Zee Al-Ayn was several centuries ago. One of the striking aspects of these Arabian traditional houses is the cool temperature they offer.

Don't forget to go to the bottom right of the marble hill to see the natural spring that gave its name to Zee Ayn historical village!