
The Nabataean south
6 days, 5 nights. Hegra, Dadan and the inscription canyon at Jabal Ikmah, then Madinah.

The country page - how the regions fit together, and how long each one needs.

6 days, 5 nights. Hegra, Dadan and the inscription canyon at Jabal Ikmah, then Madinah.

9 days, 8 nights. Riyadh, AlUla and Abha, with the whole route timed around first and last light.

7 days, 6 nights. Riyadh, AlUla and Jeddah, with Diriyah and Historic Jeddah.

8 days, 7 nights. Jeddah, Taif and Riyadh, with shorter drives and earlier finishes.

10 days, 9 nights. Five nights in AlUla, then Madinah and Jeddah at walking pace.

5 days, 4 nights in AlUla, timed for the cool season: Hegra, Dadan, Jabal Ikmah and the Old Town.

8 days, 7 nights. Jeddah, Taif, Abha and Al Ahsa: markets, mountain towns and the palm oasis.

7 days, 6 nights. Riyadh, AlUla, Madinah and Jeddah, taking in Hegra, At-Turaif and the old quarter of Al-Balad.

4 days, 3 nights in Jeddah. The old quarter of Al-Balad, the corniche and a day out on the Red Sea.

A full day of dune driving on the edge of the Rub al Khali, the greatest expanse of windblown sand on Earth.

A full day at Hegra, Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO World Heritage Site, visited by vehicle with a guide.

A full day at Dadan and Jabal Ikmah, the capital of two early kingdoms and a cliff face covered in inscriptions.

A half day timed for the last light at Elephant Rock, the 52-metre sandstone monolith outside AlUla.

A half day walking the mud-brick lanes of AlUla Old Town and the AlJadidah district beside it.

A half-day 4x4 run into Sharaan Nature Reserve, across red rock and open sand, in the cooler months.