Our Habitas AlUla

Head out from the retreat to Gharameel as dusk fades. A guide sets up the telescope and orients you to the desert sky. Learn how to read constellations, track planets and spot distant clusters with the naked eye. The air cools and the rocks frame the horizon while stars build overhead. Between observations, you’ll share a simple alfresco dinner prepared on site.

There is time to ask questions, photograph the sky and sit back on rugs to watch satellites pass. You’ll return late, grounded by scale, with maps of the night still fresh. Logistics are handled, transport included, timings flexible and safety briefed.

Visit ATHR Gallery during your stay, set within AlUla’s growing cultural district. Move through exhibitions featuring contemporary Arab artists working across painting, sculpture, photography and mixed media. A guide explains how regional history, craft and current social questions shape the work you see. You’re free to take your time, ask questions and connect pieces back to places you have visited around AlUla.

The experience offers context rather than instruction, encouraging observation and dialogue. Leave with a clearer sense of how local art is evolving today and how tradition continues to inform new voices across the region within Saudi Arabia’s creative landscape.

Set out on a guided heritage tour through AlUla’s ancient city and surrounding rock-cut monuments. Walk along original pathways, passing carved façades, burial chambers and gathering spaces shaped nearly two thousand years ago. A local guide explains how Nabataean traders lived, worked and connected this settlement to wider trade routes across the region.

Explore restored courtyards, inscriptions and tomb entrances, learning how stone, water and location defined daily life. The visit balances movement and discussion, allowing time to observe details at your own pace. You’ll leave with a grounded understanding of why this site became Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage listing.