The Itinerary Saudi Arabia itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Saudi Arabia, from 3–7 days — with what every trip actually costs.
- 3–7
- days
- Middle East
- region
Planning a trip to Saudi Arabia
Pulled from the 2 routes below — so it says what these itineraries actually do, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Oct–Mar — the months these routes agree on.
How long you need
3–7 days. The shortest is AlUla in 3 days: Hegra, Elephant Rock and the old town; the longest is Saudi Arabia in 7 days: Riyadh and AlUla.
What it costs
≈ AED 550 to ≈ AED 750 per person per day, depending on the route. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
Embassy or consulate in advance, 90 days. Issued at the border to holders of certain Schengen, UK or US visas. The tourist visa is separate from an Umrah permit. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Hegra · AlUla Old Town · Elephant Rock · Riyadh · Diriyah · AlUla.
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Best for: Nabataean tombs with no queue, in a country that was closed until 2019
AlUla in 3 days: Hegra, Elephant Rock and the old town
Hegra → AlUla Old Town → Elephant Rock → Dadan and Jabal Ikmah
Saudi Arabia's first UNESCO site, 500km of sandstone valley, and the tombs Petra's builders cut here first — with far fewer people. How the rawi guide system works, when the season actually runs, and why you need a car.
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Best for: History + desert
Saudi Arabia in 7 days: Riyadh and AlUla
Riyadh → Diriyah → AlUla → Hegra
The trip next door that nobody's done yet: Nabataean tombs to rival Petra with a hundredth of the crowd, a cliff edge that ends the world outside Riyadh, and mud-brick palaces reborn as the Kingdom's showpiece — with the one-year multiple-entry eVisa decoded and the winter-only flight hack that lands you home from the desert direct.
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