Today we will start our tour in the morning starting with The Tayebat Museum for a fascinating look into Jeddah’s long andcosmopolitan past, take an informative tour indeed the Tayebat Museum for a superbly curated representation of the city’s
2,500-year history. Located in the Al Faisaliyah district, the museum is housed in a multiroom complex that re-creates the
traditional Hijazi architecture of the old city, with bay windows overlaid with intricate wooden lattice work and ornate coral
masonry.
With several floors of in-depth exhibits, the museum offers a living history lesson on the foundation of Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
and the wider Arabian Peninsula. There is also an entire floor dedicated to the city’s rich Islamic heritage.
Before we move to the next tour we will have lunch in one of the local nice restaurants here in Jeddah that serves the
famous traditional dishes in Jeddah, after our lunch we will start cruising around the city and make short stops in the most
famous monuments like the world tallest flag pole, the world tallest fountain and the open air museum, then we will go
towards the beach to see the floating mosque and Jeddah waterfront to enjoy a walk on the beach, this is our last stop
before we start our tour in Al Balad. We will start our tour in Al Balad as local call it which means “ the town” as reference to the base of Jeddah. Al-Balad was
founded in the 7th century and historically served as the centre of Jeddah. Al-Balad’s defensive walls were torn down in the
1940s. In the 1970s and 1980s, when Jeddah began to become wealthier due to the oil boom, many Jeddawis moved
north, away from Al-Balad Al Balad is registered as a world heritage UNISCO site and since then the old buildings with its
unique window designs and doors are being preserved along with its unique buildings which some have been built using
sea shells and stones !. The old buildings once housed the famous Jeddah families and hosted the founder the late King
Abdulaziz when first entered Jeddah. Our tour will go through the history of these building including going inside one of the
buildings to see the interior designs , furniture and life back then Will also explain the historical importance of some sites
and locations while we wonder around the narrow streets to explain how merchants used to sell their goods and how
pilgrims used to get their supplies of cloth and food before they head to Makkah through the Makkah Gate in Al Balad.We will start our tour in Al Balad as local call it which means “ the town” as reference to the base of Jeddah. Al-Balad was
founded in the 7th century and historically served as the centre of Jeddah. Al-Balad’s defensive walls were torn down in the
1940s. In the 1970s and 1980s, when Jeddah began to become wealthier due to the oil boom, many Jeddawis moved
north, away from Al-Balad Al Balad is registered as a world heritage UNISCO site and since then the old buildings with its
unique window designs and doors are being preserved along with its unique buildings which some have been built using
sea shells and stones !. The old buildings once housed the famous Jeddah families and hosted the founder the late King
Abdulaziz when first entered Jeddah. Our tour will go through the history of these building including going inside one of the
buildings to see the interior designs , furniture and life back then Will also explain the historical importance of some sites
and locations while we wonder around the narrow streets to explain how merchants used to sell their goods and how
pilgrims used to get their supplies of cloth and food before they head to Makkah through the Makkah Gate in Al Balad.