Top Attractions in Jeddah

The UNESCO-listed old town: coral-stone tower houses with wooden roshan balconies, 1,400-year-old market lanes, and a restoration wave turning merchant mansions into museums and cafés.

Jeddah's underrated superpower: warm, clear Red Sea reefs minutes north of the city — wall dives, wrecks and beach clubs along Obhur creek.

Thirty kilometres of sculpted Red Sea waterfront, floating mosque included — crowned after dark by the world's tallest fountain jetting 260 m over the bay.

The white 'floating mosque' on stilts over the Red Sea — at high tide it appears to rest on the water; at dawn it's Jeddah's most serene photograph.