Det sker i AlUla (Al-'Ula), Saudi Arabia året igennem

Tætpakket — AlUla Arts Festival, Winter at Tantora

• Festival

  AlUla Arts Festival

  16. jan. – 14. feb. · normaltTætpakket

  A month of installations and light works through the oasis and the old town, timed for the coldest and clearest weeks. The desert polo and the trail race sit inside the same window. Kilde ↗

• Helligdag

  Ramadan

  18. feb. – 19. mar.Lukninger

  Sites and restaurants move to evening hours through the fast and the old town tours start after iftar. The weather is at its best, so timing is the only real constraint. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dark-sky season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Winter at Tantora (15. dec. – 12. jan. (normalt))

Tætpakket — AlUla Arts Festival, Ramadan

Intet nyt begynder i februar.

Stadig i gang: AlUla Arts Festival (16. jan. – 14. feb. (normalt)), Ramadan (18. feb. – 19. mar.), Dark-sky season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Travlt — Ramadan, skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i marts.

Stadig i gang: Ramadan (18. feb. – 19. mar.), Dark-sky season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Festival

  AlUla Skies Festival

  17.–26. apr.Mørk himmelBook tidligt

  Ten days of balloon flights over Hegra at dawn and tethered glow nights after dark. Flights sell out weeks ahead and are cancelled outright when the wind gets up. Kilde ↗

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stille — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

• Sæson

  Sites on summer hours

  1. jun. – 15. sep. · normaltEkstrem varme

  Visits move to the first hour after sunrise and to the evening; the middle of the day is spent indoors. The valley is at its emptiest and cheapest for exactly that reason.

Stille — skoleferie på 5 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Sites on summer hours (1. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Stille — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en af stedets værste måneder vejrmæssigt

Intet nyt begynder i august.

Stadig i gang: Sites on summer hours (1. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Travlt — Saudi National Day, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Helligdag

  Saudi National Day

  23.–24. sep.National helligdagLukningerTætpakket

  23 September is a public holiday, often joined to a weekend. Government offices close, streets and buildings are lit green, and evening events and fireworks draw families out, with domestic flights and hotels busier around it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Sites on summer hours (1. jun. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

• Natur

  Dark-sky season

  1. okt. – 31. mar. · normalt

  AlUla keeps its skies dark deliberately, and the cool half of the year gives the steady, dust-free nights. Gharameel after moonset is the reason people stay a second night.

Travlt — Ancient Kingdoms Festival

• Festival

  Ancient Kingdoms Festival

  20. nov. – 6. dec. · normaltStor festivalTætpakket

  A fortnight of heritage programming across Hegra, Dadan, Jabal Ikmah and the Old Town, with guided walks, evening shows and art installations built around the Nabataean, Dadanite and Lihyanite kingdoms. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dark-sky season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt))

Tætpakket — Ancient Kingdoms Festival, Winter at Tantora

• Festival

  Winter at Tantora

  15. dec. – 12. jan. · normaltMusikfestivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  The winter concert programme, staged outdoors between the canyon walls over three weeks around the new year. Rooms in the valley are the year's scarcest while it runs. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Dark-sky season (1. okt. – 31. mar. (normalt)), Ancient Kingdoms Festival (20. nov. – 6. dec. (normalt))