Makkah

Shopping and Malls 55 min read Abraj Al Bait Mall Abraj Al Bait Mall fills the lower floors of the Makkah Clock Royal Tower complex, directly across from the King Abdulaziz Gate of the… Shopping and Malls 48 min read Al Hijaz Mall Al Hijaz Mall is one of Makkah's biggest shopping centres, sitting on the Makkah-Jeddah highway in the west of the city, roughly a 15-20… Museums and Exhibitions 54 min read Al-Amoudi Museum The Al-Amoudi Museum is a private heritage museum on Prince Mohammed bin Salman Road, roughly a 15-20 minute drive from the Grand Mosque. Its… Mosque 111 min read Al-Mash’ar al-Haram Al-Mash'ar al-Haram is the sacred station at Muzdalifah, the open plain between Mina and Arafat near Makkah, where the Quran commands pilgrims returning from… Masjid al Haram 117 min read Al-Safa and Al-Marwah Safa and Marwa are two small hills enclosed within Masjid al-Haram in Makkah. Pilgrims walk between them seven times in the Sai ritual of… Cemeteries 108 min read Al-Shabeka Cemetery Al-Shabeka Cemetery (Maqbarat al-Shubaikah) is one of the oldest burial grounds of Makkah, in the Shubaikah district a short distance west of Masjid al-Haram.… Hajj area 122 min read Arafat Arafat is a wide desert plain about 20 kilometres southeast of Makkah where the central rite of Hajj takes place: the standing (wuquf) on… Hajj area 107 min read Ayn Zubaida Ayn Zubaida (the Spring of Zubaydah) is an early ninth-century aqueduct commissioned by Queen Zubaydah bint Jafar, wife of the Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid,… Masjid al Haram 52 min read Bab al-Salam Bab al-Salam: History of the Gate of Peace at Masjid al-Haram in Makkah Walk the eastern arcade of the Grand Mosque today, past the… Museums and Exhibitions 57 min read Clock Tower Museum The Clock Tower Museum occupies the top four floors of the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, directly above the Grand Mosque, with astronomy and timekeeping… Historical landmarks 107 min read Dar al-Arqam Dar al-Arqam was the house of the young companion al-Arqam ibn Abi al-Arqam at the foot of the hill of Safa in Makkah. In… Museums and Exhibitions 50 min read Exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques The Exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques Architecture displays original treasures from the Haramain - including an old door of the Kaaba, historic kiswa…