Arabie saoudite
Dammam
The Gulf coast: evenings by the sea, Tarout Island and a day in the Al-Ahsa oasis.
- Séjour type: 2 à 3 jours
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Pourquoi Dammam ?
Gulf evenings
Evenings on the Gulf shore between Dammam and Khobar.
Al-Ahsa oasis
The UNESCO-listed Al-Ahsa oasis of springs and date palms, inland.
Tarout Island
Long-settled Tarout Island and the causeway across to Bahrain.
Avant de partir
Devise
riyal saoudien
Langue
arabe
Décalage horaire
UTC+3
Se déplacer
Voiture
Conduite
À droite
Aéroports
DMM
Quand partir à Dammam
Novembre à mars
Lieux à Dammam
Al-Ahsa oasis
NatureThe King Fahd Causeway
MonumentTarout Island
MonumentThe Gulf shore
Nature
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Programmes pour Dammam
Conseils locaux
Conseils d'initiés
Give a day to Al-Ahsa. People live on the coast; the oasis is what the region is about.
If the trip continues to Bahrain, the causeway is the crossing, and a journey in itself.
Coutumes et sécurité
Shops and restaurants close briefly and predictably at each of the five prayers; plan the day around it.
Gulf summer is humid as well as extreme, so being outside is harder than in the drier interior heat.
Repas et prière
All food sold in the country is halal. Pork and alcohol are not sold at all, hotels included.
Mosques are across all three towns, and prayer rooms are in the malls, the offices and the airport.
Se déplacer à Dammam
Voiture
Dammam, Khobar and Dhahran run together and are covered by road; so is everything inland.
Recommandé
VTC
The usual alternative to driving, with the fare settled in the app.
Train
The national railway runs west to Riyadh across the desert.
Depuis l’aéroport
- DMM
Aéroport international du roi Fahd
Taxi et VTC
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À propos de Dammam
Dammam is really one built-up stretch with Khobar and Dhahran, and a visit moves between them without noticing where one ends. The water is on one side, the desert on the other, and the oasis is inland from both.
This is the Gulf, not the Red Sea: shallow, flat and much hotter in summer, with humidity on top of the heat. The region's interest is the oasis and the older settlements rather than the shoreline.
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