Riyadh Season

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Are you ready for the biggest season in Saudi?! Riyadh season is now becoming one of the waited season among Saudis and the resident of Saudi. It was launched in 2019 and as far as I saw through the social media it was an EPIC season. The idea of Saudi seasons has developed as part of tourism attraction, each region has its best time of the year- when I say the best time of the year, I mean the weather is cold and or have that winter sun, yes we Saudis do love winter more than summer-. Some region like Assir and other southern region their best time of the year is summer – well to be honest, they have a wonderful weather all year round -, Riyadh best time of the year is winter. So, that’s how Saudi seasons has invented, in case you were wondering 🙂

As Riyadh season is around the corner (20 October till March 2022, hopefully) , which is so exciting, I thought I would write of what’s going to be held during this season. The season will have 14 zones spread all over the capital, you can enter 4 of them for free; however, nothing inside is for free. The other 10 zones, there is an entrance fee.

1- The first zone is the Boulevard, it has 200 restaurants + cafés + stores. There are also 4 theaters, 500 electronic games, 9 international studios, one golf course and 12 tennis courts .. The famous WWE will take place here on Riyadh boulevard in the second day of the season.

2- Nabd Alriyadh zone, will focus on poetry like poetry exhibition and more

3- Combat field, is the new zone in this season, in this zone you will experience different battlefield for 5 different eras ( from fighting with swords to fighting with drones, I’m still trying to process how that would look like in reality, it sounds amazing though)

4- The groves, this zone is all about celebrating world culture.

5- Riyadh safari, animal lover, this zone is for you ! they will have a giant tree ( I have no idea what kind of experience is that, but we will figure this out in couple weeks, right!), interaction with friendly animals, and a safari trip.

6- Al-Salam Tree zone, this zone will have entertainment shows, play ground for kids.

7- Riyadh front zone, there will be game festival, Saudi anime expo, Rush ( video game area), hack ( for those who like tech), and Ana Arabiah Exhibition, jewelry and perfume exhibition, Riyadh car exhibition.

8- Al-Murabaa zone, this zone will have art and music shows, 7 and 3 international restaurants and cafés , respectively.

9- Winter wonderland zone, it will have the largest sky loop in the world.

10- Al-Atheriya zone, has cafés and restaurants, music concerts

11- Oasis zone, this place is about sand experience, foods in the desert, camping, sand skating, concerts and more..

12- Khaloha Zone, it is more about native Arab (aka tribe) thing, poetry dialogue [ it sounds silly when I translate it to English, however, it is called in Arabic Mohawarah or in a very native way we call it radiyah, this is very famous tradition in Saudi Arabia and in my region western region whether it is a Hijazi cities or Makkah and Jeddah cities; we -the native- do it almost in every event. I used to see this in wedding when I was a kid, and I also used to see it in regular base in winter season because they like to do it in the open places as the weather is cold in Makkah during this season]. So, if you really want to see a very Native Arabian thing I encourage you to go there, although you won’t be able to understand anything (which sad because nothing like a native Arabian poetry even if it was Radiyah).

13- Qariat Zman zone (literal translation is an old time village), here you will see Dakkakin (small shops) that mimicking the old time, old entertainment shows and other things.

14- VIA Al-Riyadh Zone, international hotel, international social lounge, luxury cinema, 23 stores of luxury brands

Note: in this season,

they will have an international football game . I’m not sure at which zone is going to be

and they will have more than 18 local / Arab speaking play , 6 international play..

This is the end of my post, I hope you enjoy your visit to Riyadh season, and please tell which zone is your favorite; I would love to hear from you ..

Salam !