An Enchanting Jewel on the Red Sea! and other Jiddah, Saudi Arabia Things to Do Tips

Jeddah old city,located at the heart of the down town,the buildings are painted in white with wooden dark brown windows,a very impressive to see,with it`s small streets and friendly people.

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Address: Down town
Directions: Check this link to the map of the downtown:

http://www.alnokhba.com/cgi-alnokhba/get_roads.cgi?type=getinf&code=2191&lng=e

Jiddah means Grandmother in the Arabic language,which is believed that Eve was burried here,this is the wall of Ommana Hawwa(or our mother Eve)cemetery.

See the street next to it,this used to be my playgroeund...i used to cycle all the time and use my roller skates back in the early 80s.

long ago I remember the non-Arab pilgrims used to come here and read some prayers,and visit this place,but the the government built this wall around it and forbid the pilgrims to visit it...because their worship should be towards Allah(God)and no other soul.

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Address: Al Amariyyah Dist.
Directions: Take Khalid Ibn Al Waleed street south,when you reach the end of the roud,turn left,it will be on your right hand side.

In this picture you can see more of the old buildings in Jeddah,where the windows apear more(it`s called Rawasheen in the local language).
When I took this picture I relised that there was a man looking from the window(Not seen in the picture).for a second I thought he would come out of his house and ask me why the heck am I taking pictures of his house,,but thank God he didn`t,LOL!!!

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Address: Down Town(behind Souk Al Nada).

Long ago Jeddah was surrounded by a huge wall and it had gates to enter the city.
Now this gate(where passengers from Makkah would come through)is the one of the remaining gates,located at the Downtown of Jedddah.

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Address: city center

Actually this view is from the 13th floor but the building has the first floor as the ground floor and the ground floor is the basment(just so we don`t have the number 13).
But still a wonderful view form the top.

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Address: coast line and beaches
Directions: This was taken from Khozamah Building.

here is the map to it :
http://www.alnokhba.com/cgi-alnokhba/get_roads.cgi?type=getinf&code=2066&lng=e

One of Jiddah Festival attractions that aime at promoting domestic tourism and attracting visitors and holidaymakers from outside the Jeddah area,The first summer festival in 1999 attracted 1.2 million visitors.
We have been to the circus 3 times,(three summers).
It provides shows with "male only"jugglers and preformers,who come from many other countries such as:Mexico,Ecuador,Romania,France,Morocco and Spain.
The first circus held in Jiddah had many shows involving animals(Bears,Lions,and Tigers).
The tickets are from 40-120 Riyals(10-32$)for adults
and from 35-50 Riyals(10-13$)for children.

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Phone: +966-2-6609990
Address: Jiddah city,Alandalus St.
Directions: here is the map for the Al Andalus street:

http://www.alnokhba.com/cgi-alnokhba/get_roads.cgi?type=getinf&code=2031&lng=e

it`s just behind ToysRus

This picture is one of the kids games provided at the circus place.
the tickets for kids to play is about 1.5$(5 Riyals).

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Address: Al Andalus ST.

Most camel rides are located along the sea front(Corniche).
A five minute ride costs about 10 Riyals(less than 2$).

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Address: Jeddah corniche

Ever since I was a child this was almost the only entertainment in Jiddah.
My father used to take us on weekends(it`s Thursdays & Fridays here)to camp at the beach.
We had a tent and my father and my brothers used to set it up and go fishing all day and night.
Now(where we used to camp is all built up with houses and the coast line has been moved further west(the government actually dumped the water with sands to make Jiddah a little wider).
This is a picture of a private beach I go there with my family(kids and husband)to have a swim and to snorkel.

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Address: coast line and beaches

Here is a picture of the main road that leads to the downtown Jeddah,King Abdul Aziz street,,from it you can turn into Gabil street,,the city`s oldest shopping street.
Nowadays you can find sevral shopping malls and centers with in the area as well as many restaurants and cafes.

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Address: DownTown