Winter at Tantora and extra are ready for you.
AlUla’s occasions schedule is jam-packed with 4 thrilling, anticipated festivals, together with Winter at Tantora, which is returning by standard demand, in addition to three extra festivities: AlUla Skies, AlUla Arts, and AlUla’s Wellness Pageant, all below the banner of AlUla Moments.
These occasions will characteristic curated artwork, tradition, music, nature, wellness, delicacies, astronomical experiences, and way more. The occasions will embrace free and ticketed experiences.
For data almost about tickets and different data, go to experiencealula.com.
The 4 distinctive occasions will start on December 21 and run via March 30 in entrance of AlUla’s quite a few timeless marvels. Then, beginning in October, musical occasions will return to AlUla, with Maraya resuming its position because the venue for regional and worldwide artists.
Winter at Tantora, the Kingdom’s inaugural music and humanities occasion, returns from 21 December to 12 February.
The competition season will go off with a spectacular Candlelit Symphonic Live performance on the UNESCO World Heritage Web site of Hegra. As well as, equestrian occasions will embrace the eagerly awaited new high fashion horse vogue occasion, Ikmah Style Calvary, the return of the aggressive Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques Endurance Race, and the oh-so-chic AlUla Desert Polo.
A brand new Citrus Pageant will rejoice AlUla produce. As well as, the Harrat Commentary Deck with Again to Black restaurant will supply beautiful dawn and sundown views of AlUla from the highest of the Harrat Uwayrid. As well as, archaeology and cultural workshops will probably be launched on the varied heritage websites; stay immersion exhibits at AlUla Outdated City and within the oasis.
The AlUla Arts competition, which is able to start in February 2021, will carry collectively exhibitions and encounters made by a broad vary of inventive abilities to commemorate AlUla’s heritage as a cultural crossroads.
Among the Kingdom’s high artists will probably be an exhibition reflecting the innovative of up to date artwork on the award-winning Maraya, championing the ‘Artwork of our time.’
Al Jedidiah will probably be a hive of inventive actions and leisure. The outside Cinema El Housh options arthouse Saudi filmmakers and tailor-made artwork experiences amid AlUla’s Oasis and surrounding settings.
The AlUla Arts Pageant begins on February 13 and runs via March, with central installations persevering with till the tip of March.
It’s no secret that AlUla’s distinctive pure landscapes, from volcanic plains to historic heritage websites, are finest noticed from the air – presenting AlUla Skies. The sky will probably be alive with exercise, whether or not it’s drifting serenely above Hegra in a scorching air balloon, flying the size of the oasis in a classic aircraft, or using a helicopter over the rock formations of Madakheel.
Constellations, a singular sight, and sound expertise is a high-tech twist on AlUla’s famend star-gazing tour, whereas Symphony Underneath the Stars will probably be a spine-tingling orchestral live performance set below 1,000,000 glittering stars. All of the actions talked about above are bookable from 27 February to 12 March.
Leaning into AlUla’s historical past as a spot for respite and rest, AlUla’s cultural oasis will change into a focus for wellness this December. A shocking new Backyard of Moments expertise will use the weather of the setting interacting with area, gentle, and sound in thought-provoking installations.
As well as, as a part of the upcoming AlUla Wellness Pageant in March 2022, a 5 Senses Sanctuary will present skilled yoga, meditation, and mindfulness practitioners with a complete spectrum of thoughts, physique, and soul experiences.
For one thing extra energetic, the Eco-Path returns to AlUla, and AlUla Oasis Health Infusion will supply each day doses of endorphins within the type of expert-led group courses. AlUla Wellness Pageant will run from 17 March to 27 March.
Additionally coming again this 12 months would be the standard sunken seating and hearth pits round Elephant Rock. New journey experiences embrace mountain biking, the By way of Ferrata suspension bridge, prolonged zip line, and a few difficult new hikes and canyon experiences at Madakheel.
Eating choices will probably be prolonged throughout AlUla from new heritage web site eating places, the return of Annabel’s, and the Michelin starred chef restaurant, Maraya Social, on the rooftop of Maraya.
AlUla’s calendar takes inspiration from an historical vacation spot the place social gatherings and cultural exchanges have been a part of on a regular basis life.
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Vital Dates to Preserve an Eye On
- Winter at Tantora – December 21 to February 12
- AlUla Arts – February 13 to February 26
- AlUla Skies – February 27 to March 12
- AlUla Wellness Pageant – March 17 to March 27
