Saudi Arabia Travel - One Day in Riyadh 🇸🇦 المملكة العربية السعودية مدينة الرياض السفر سياحة أجنبي

Saudi Arabia has long been off limits to foreign tourists and travelers. Since a few months, however, it’s possible to visit the country on a tourist visa. I made use of this opportunity and traveled to Saudi Arabia for 2 weeks, including Riyadh, the Edge of the World, Jeddah, Medina, Al Ula, Umluj, and the Red Sea coast.

In this video I travel to Riyadh, the capital city in the center of the country. After visiting a mosque for Friday prayer and eating lunch with the locals, I tour to modern shopping malls, museums, traditional bazaars, a construction site with migrant workers, the famous Sky Bridge Kingdom Tower, and finally the Riyadh Season Festival, designed to promote tourism and culture. While I spent almost 3 days in Riyadh, I comprised the video to make it into one single day.

This is the first episode of a 6 part vlog style series about my journey through Saudi Arabia. For other episodes, please click here:

Episode 2 - Journey to the Edge of the World:    • Saudi Arabia Desert - Edge of the Wor...  

Episode 3 - Medina as Non Muslim:    • Medina as Non Muslim - Solo Travel in...  

Episode 4 - Umluj Islands in the Red Sea:    • Middle East Travel - Tropical Paradis...  

Episode 5 - Camel Racing in Saudi Arabia:    • Camel Racing in Saudi Arabia - Middle...  

Episode 6 - Jeddah City Tour:    • Jeddah City Tour - The Liberal Saudi ...  

Saudi Arabia is mostly known in the ‘Western world’ for its petroleum export, the birthplace of Islam, and unfortunately also poor human rights record. But as I discover there is much more to this massive country than first meets the eye. In these series I hope to give a glimpse into what was once an almost ‘forbidden place’ for independent travelers, and is now open for visitors from around the world.

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Note: I travel independently and take no money from sponsors. This journey through Saudi Arabia was paid for and organized entirely by myself.

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