I can't get enough of these from Madain Saleh, an archaeological site located in Hejaz, SaudiArabia. It is 6 kilometers north of the site and is close to the entrance of Madain Saleh. Staying overnight at Madain Saleh is not allowed, so most visitors use a hotel in Al-Ula.You can, if so equipped, camp quite close to the gates of Madain Saleh quite readily.
A permit is no longer required for visiting Madain Saleh (however passport or Iqama is being carfully checke at the gate). ١٠١٠٦٠٨٥٣١ Get in . Both airports are really small and rarely have flights. These inscriptions indicated the ownership of the triclinium they were written next to.Early Islamic inscription (photo: Florent Egal)The Nabatean people mastered the management of water resources with drainage systems to collect rain waters and direct them either towards a cistern or towards the 130 wells discovered so far along the main wadi (dry valley) that crosses the site of Madain Saleh.Al-Farid tomb (photo: Florent Egal)Inscription in Nabatean script above a tomb's door (photo: Florent Egal)The main Triclinium (photo: F. Egal)مؤسسة دليل المرشد للتسويق الالكتروني س.ت. Since 2018 visits can be made only in the frame of the Winter at Tantora festival, you will find more information about it on the dedicated website. Tourist traps get more than 11 tourists on a tour bus to see the remarkable remnants of a 2,000-year-old civilization, freshly refurbished this year. FLY - al-Wedjh and al-Ula are the closest towns with airports (al-Ula is 20 minutes from Madain Saleh and as M-saleh is only a ruin, al-Ula essentially is where you are while in M-saleh). They are composed of three benches where people used to seat while musicians were playing.If the oldest monumental tombs of Petra are dated to around 50 BCE, the construction of tombs in Madain Saleh probably started some 50 years later during the first year of the CE.Nabatean inscriptions are also found next to the Triclinium, the places where the Nabateans used to gather for festivities or rituals. Your tour guide should guide you to the best places to eat.Al-Ula/Madain Saleh is as safe as the rest of Saudi Arabia. As it is, though, few foreigners get visa to visit and many Muslims refuse to enter the area due to a section in the Qur'an (Al-Hijr 15:80) often interpreted as a curse against it. By plane Only northen entrance gate is open, but area around southen gate (outside fence) makes a good camping spot. There are hotels and tour groups which can arrange them on your behalf however you will need to apply in advance. But this name started to be used only during the Ottoman occupation of the Hejaz, whereas the people who built this city, the Nabateans, called it Hijra (as it appears in some ancient inscriptions at the site), and the Romans used to call it Hegra. Get in . We're here to provide you with glimpses into the variety of beauty that is found all over this fascinating countryInscription in Nabatean script (photo: Florent Egal)Hejaz Railway station of Madain Saleh (photo: Florent Egal)One of Madain Saleh's best preserved monumental tombs (photo: Florent Egal)One of the 2000 tombs found on the site (photo: Florent Egal)Inside a tomb (photo: Florent Egal)2 of the 130 wells of Madain Saleh (photo: Florent Egal)My name is Florent Egal, I am a French national living in Riyadh since January 2010.