Arabie saoudite
Médine
A calm city of visits: the Prophet's Mosque, Quba Mosque and the palm farms around it.
- Séjour type: 2 à 3 jours
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Pourquoi Médine ?
The Prophet's Mosque
The calm of the Prophet's Mosque at the heart of the city.
Quba Mosque
A visit to Quba Mosque, south of the centre.
Plain of palms
A high plain of date palms ringed by black volcanic hills.
Avant de partir
Devise
riyal saoudien
Langue
arabe
Décalage horaire
UTC+3
Se déplacer
À pied
Conduite
À droite
Aéroports
MED
Quand partir à Médine
Novembre à mars
Lieux à Médine
The Prophet's Mosque
Lieu de culteQuba Mosque
Lieu de culteThe volcanic hills
NatureThe date farms
Gastronomie
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Programmes pour Médine
Jour 1
- Central area on foot
Conseils locaux
Conseils d'initiés
Stay within walking distance of the centre: almost everything is there, and outer districts mean a car for everything.
Take the high-speed train to or from Jeddah, not a flight: the one intercity route where the train is better.
Coutumes et sécurité
Shops and restaurants close briefly and predictably at each of the five prayers; plan the day around it.
Dress is visibly more conservative than in Riyadh or Jeddah: loose clothing covering shoulders, arms and legs.
People come to Madinah for a reason; photographing people, loud groups and street noise sit badly in the central area.
Repas et prière
All food sold in the country is halal. Pork and alcohol are not sold at all, hotels included.
Mosques are in every district, and the five prayers set the city's rhythm, more visibly than anywhere else.
Se déplacer à Médine
À pied
The central area is laid out to be walked and is the part of the city most visitors spend their time in.
Recommandé
VTC
Ride-hailing reaches the outer districts and the airport, with the fare settled in the app.
Train
The high-speed railway runs to Jeddah along the Hejaz, which is the one intercity journey here that needs no flight.
Depuis l’aéroport
- MED
Aéroport du prince Mohammad ben Abdelaziz
Taxi et VTC
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À propos de Médine
Madinah has a single centre and everything is measured from it. The mosque and the open ground around it are the city's plan, and the districts spread outwards in rings; the further out you go, the more ordinary a Saudi city it becomes.
The setting is a high plain ringed by black volcanic hills and basalt fields, with date palms on the flat ground between. It is a very different landscape from the Red Sea coast a few hours west.
Photo credits
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