Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

Jeddah is the second largest city after Riyadh located on the west coast of red sea, major urban center of Saudi Arabia. Jeddah is an industrial and active commercial center with modern features, squares and courtyards. 80KM long beautiful Corniche on Red Sea coast is the leading recreation point for local residents during the weekend. King Fahad Fountain became a landmark sending beautiful colored water up to two hundred and sixty meters. Excavations in the old city suggest that Jeddah was founded as a fishing hamlet in 500 BC and the archaeological studies have shown the area was settled earlier by the stone ages and visited by Alexander the Great in 356BC. There may be about dozen of museums or collections with a wide variety of educational aims. Historical area in Jeddah is an eminent, unique pattern for architecture with beautiful residential buildings, palaces, mosques and the shopping centers still maintaining its urban heritage and local cultures.
Jeddah is fast converting into buzzing cosmopolitan hub, home to gleaming hotels and big-ticket events like the Red Sea International Film Festival, Dakar Rally, Jeddah Season and summer festivals, music concerts are some to name it. Desert safari, bedouin style desert camps, Scuba diving attracts thousands of adventure lovers each year to Jeddah.