Yanbu

Yanbu Province is located west of Madinah and is dotted with many tourist attractions. It can be considered as consisting of two different cities representing its past and future, where the city of Yanbu represents the sea, history, antiquities and ancient heritage, while the industrial city of Yanbu represents modernity and the pattern of new, well-planned cities and a center of urbanization and industry, manufacturing, and petrochemical industries. Among its most important tourist attractions:

Tourist Attractions

Mount Radwa

Mount Radwa stands as a towering icon with a height of 2,282 meters. Over the years, its serrated peaks and unique red color have inspired many Arab poets, including Hassan bin Thabit who was one of the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, may God bless him and grant him peace. There are hundreds of trees and shrubs in the mountain that form a charming natural painting as far as the eye can see, and many wild animals live in it, such as wolves, lynxes, tigers, and caribou that wander among these landscapes.

Diving and beach activities in the Red Sea

Yanbu is known as the "Pearl of the Red Sea" and "the diving capital of the Kingdom", as its sea inhabits countless treasures and wondrous sea creatures. It also has many famous diving sites, including the Seven Sisters Reef, a series of coral reefs that are home to hammerhead sharks, schools of barracuda fish, and sunken shipwrecks.

Thomas Edward Lawrence House

Among the crumbling buildings built of coral stone, lies the house in which Thomas Edward Lawrence, a British intelligence officer who lived there in the years 1915 and 1916 AD, author of the book "The Seven Pillars of Wisdom" which inspired the movie "Lawrence of Arabia". The house has been renovated to become a tourist attraction and museum that showcases the distinguished story of this officer who changed the face of the Arab world forever.

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