Hi Steve..We are going next week to the resort!!, Can't wait and thanks for the good tips about PAI.. We are also staying in the Beach Bungalow... Any advice, gratefully received! Cheers Gary & Marcia
I love your video! I have booked the resort recently. I am very concern about the snorkeling in the resort. The corals and fish seen in the last part of this video are very beautiful! Is this coral area seen near the water bungalow? How far is the reef from the beach? Is it easy to swim to the reef? I am a swimming beginner 😂
Yes, you can - although it's fairly remote - so flying could be a better option and then to hire a car from the airport. Most definitely you can drive yourself there though.
Al Ula merupakan kota yang terletak di Provinsi Al-Ula, Arab Saudi. Berjarak sekitar 400 km dari utara Madinah, kota ini pada zaman dahulu menjadi ibu kota Lihyanites, kerajaan kuno di Arab pada abad-7. Kota kuno ini juga disebut Hegra atau Al-Hijr yang dipenuhi dengan gunung-gunung besar dan ukiran konstruksi luar biasa indah yang tidak tersentuh selama berabad-abad. Al Ula dikenal sebagai kota terkutuk juga berhantu. Dalam khazanah Islam, Al Ula dikenal dengan nama Madain Saleh yang merupakan rumah bagi bangsa Tsamud, kaum Nabi Saleh AS.Tempat yang Terlarang Menurut sebuah riwayat, dulu Nabi Muhammad SAW menghindari kota tersebut dengan mempercepat langkahnya saat melewatinya. Nabi SAW pernah melewati kota Al Ula saat dalam perjalanannya menuju Perang Tabuk antara Arab dan Bizantium, seperti dikutip dari almanhaj.or.id. Imam Ahmad meriwayatkan dari jalan Abdulah bin Umar dari Nafi'[1]: 417 نَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِالنَّاسِ عَامَتَبُوكَالْحِجْرَ عِنْدَ بُيُوتِثَمُودَ ، فَاسْتَقَى النَّاسُ مِنَ الْآبَارِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا ثَمُودُ ، فَعَجَنُوا . وَنَصَبُوا الْقُدُورَ بِاللَّحْمِ ، فَأَمَرَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَهْرَقُوا الْقُدُورَ ، وَعَلَفُوا الْعَجِينَ الْإِبِلَ ، ثُمَّ ارْتَحَلَ بِهِمْ حَتَّى نَزَلَ بِهِمْ عَلَى الْبِثَرِ الَّتِي كَانَتْ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهَا النَّاقَةُ ، وَنَهَاهُمْ أَنْ يَدْخُلُوا عَلَى الْقَوْمِالَّذِينَ عُذِّبُوا فَقَالَ : إِنِّي أَخْشَى أَنْ يُصِيبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَا أَصَابَهُمْ فَلَا تَدْخُلُوا عَلَيْهِمْ Rasûlullâh Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam tiba pada tahun terjadinya perang Tabuk di Hijr; tempat tinggal Tsamud (kaum Nabi Shalih Alaihissallam), kaum Muslim mengambil air minum dari sumur-sumur air minum kaum Tsamud. Mereka membuat adonan makanan dan meletakkan daging di panci. Rasûlullâh Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam kemudian memerintahkan mereka untuk menumpahkan (isi)panci dan memberikan adonan makanan tersebut untuk makanan unta. Rasûlullah Shallallahu 'alaihi wa sallam bersama mereka pergi dari tempat tersebut hingga tiba di sumur tempat minum unta (unta Nabi Shalih Alaihissallam). Rasûlullâh melarang masuk (tempat) kaum yang diadzab dengan mengatakan, "Aku takut kalian ditimpa musibah yang pernah menimpa mereka, maka janganlah kalian masuk!
Hi Steve, great video (ignore the hater!), thanks. We go there next month and are looking forward to it. We are all-inclusive so assume we don’t have the trips included. We are planning to bring our own snorkel equipment but any other top tips you would have to make the holiday perfect? Thanks.
Hi Rob. You've picked a dream destination. Get in contact with the team there and request Premium all Inclusive. They may well see this, but we checked prices and they shifted quite a bit to the point where PAI worked out 'just' over what we had paid, and we booked really early. I kind of complained about booking early and that we committed to the price at the time, but subsequently there seemed to be as good a deals there for PAI much later - so what was the point in securing a room early doors etc - anyway, they said they would include PAI benefits to our package as we had booked way ahead of time. It's worth asking - as it includes 3 excursions - which are really worth it, and a romantic beach dinner. Like I said in the video, we stayed at one of the beach villas, which in our opinion was much better. It wasn't a budget thing for us, as we like the beach - which you don't get in the water villas. Hope you have a great time - if you have any further questions just let me know.
@@__-dh2xt that’s the matter, thinking that it is like other countries. Some places in our world are sacred, and can not be tempered with. And if you knew of a place that is likely to erupt, surely you would avoided, or not, depending on the individual person I guess.
@@jellycodingAm I missing something? Am I suddenly accountable to you? You’ve made it clear you don’t like the quality, which is fine - but I’m not here to answer to you? What a weird comment 😂
Hi I’m coming here for my honeymoon 4th August. We booked all inclusive do we still need to pay for things? As you said around £1000 a night 😮 lol x thanks x
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I LUVed this! This was stellar & so beautifully curated. I adored the informative details. I felt like I was truly there! Thank you immensely for sharing this. Killer 👏🏻⚡️💫🔥
I have been to the maldives a couple of times not this island thou .they are very stunninv in every way .looks like you both had a good time i would highly recommend everyone go to the maldives its stunning .
It looks like a lovely place. I've done untold Islands in the Caribbean, and trust me, the maldives is the most stunning .I hope you do get a chance to return .
What was the coral reef like there was it good for diving or just for snorkelling .some islands have house reefs on them..thanks for your reply earlier
@@robertfisher2844 We only did snorkeling, but there were diving trips from the landing jetty - there is a dive school based there, and they go off diving with nurse sharks. However, we got chatting to a couple who said the reefs directly off the island were fairly sparce in colour, although marine life was amazing. The sand bank excursion saw way better colour in the corals and some of the guys saw turtles and rays there.
Thank you for your feedback on the diving there .do apologise for the late reply. I didn't see the reply .I'm sure that what you see just off the island is good anyway I've done a few dive trips before on other islands, and it's been good, but to be honest, that's what you would expect in the maldives.
7 Nights in a Beach Villa was £4,575 (book early and direct on their website). Premium All Inclusive, which is literally that. Mini fridge topped up every day - with beer, spirits, tonics, mixers etc. 2 Excursions - for us Sunset Cruise and Sand Bank excursion. Massage for 2, romantic beach dinner - all included. Flights with FlyDubai were £1,200 (for 2, from Dammam, Saudi Arabia) Sea Plane return transfers £610 (for 2, from Male) Then there were a few incidentals at the resort, shop etc. which is added to the final bill. I would say, budget for £1,000 per night the you'll be about right. Expensive, but we'd pay it again and again!
They do appear, or may well be closer than other resorts but our experience would suggest that isn't noticeable on the ground. There's foliage between each villa, and when we were there it seemed deserted although we were told they are 90% occupancy throughout the year. It is very well balanced - and as you'll notice from the video there's no evidence of crowding.
Saudi Arabia is the only country with a coastline that stretches along both the Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, and most of its terrain is arid desert, lowlands, steppes and mountains.Its capital and largest city is Riyadh.The country is home to Mecca and Medina, the two most sacred cities. Love Saudi Arabia,beautiful country.Greeting to this beautiful and expensive country from Chicago, Illinois. 👋🇺🇸🙏
