Saudi Arabia is the largest country in the Middle East. It shares its borders with Jordan, Qatar, Iraq, Kuwait, Oman, Yemen and the United Arab Emirates.
It also has coast lines across the Persian Gulf and the Red Sea. Saudi Arabia also has a bridge that connects it to the island nation of Bahrain.
There are some amazing Saudi Arabia hotels just before crossing over to Bahrain. It is always subject to high rates of tourist influx as it contains the holy Muslim cities of Mecca and Medina.
Hence it goes without saying that it is important to do your Saudi Arabia hotels booking at least a few months in advance. Even the cheap Saudi Arabia hotels get filled up quickly during the Hajj season.
As a country Saudi Arabia has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. It is also a petroleum based economy in every sense of the word.
Saudi Arabia has used the income obtained from its petroleum production facilities to build well planned and efficient modern day cities and roads.
One of the main tourist attractions in Saudi Arabia is the Madain Saleh. It is a Ruined Nabataean city that is very much similar to Petra.
The major cities of Saudi Arabia are Riyadh, Abha, Dhahran, Jeddah, Jubail, Mecca, Medina and Najran. Of these – Najran has a remarkable fortress.
Jubail has the largest industrial city. Mecca contains the holiest shrine of the muslims. Medina is site of the Prophet’s Mosque. Abha is known as the mountain resort city, correspondingly – it has some fine Saudi Arabia hotels too. |
