Al-Ula
Al-Ula Old Town is a walled settlement of some 900 mud-brick and stone houses packed along narrow covered lanes below a hill crowned by an old fort, known as…
Al-Ula Old Town is a walled settlement of some 900 mud-brick and stone houses packed along narrow covered lanes below a hill crowned by an old fort, known as the castle of Musa ibn Nusayr. Built from about the twelfth century on the pilgrim road between Syria and Makkah, it was lived in until the 1980s, when its families moved to the new town nearby. The town has been restored and opened to visitors, with shops and cafés along its main street and paths up to the fort for views over the oasis. Masjid al-Izam, where Nabi Muhammad ﷺ prayed on the way to Tabuk, stands within the old town.