A Bridge Between Tuscany And The Arabian Desert

Until a couple of years ago Al Ula was off the map for most people outside Saudi Arabia. You’ll hear about it more and more.

I recently came back from a working trip in Al Ula, a governorate in the desert dominated by monumental sandstone formations 1,100 km from Riyadh, north-west Saudi Arabia. As a result of the Saudi cultural commission’s resolution to open up to touris...

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