Makkah also known as the ‘Capital of Islam’ remains a beautiful city of Saudia Arabia. The holy city of Makkah possesses various exquisite and magnificent places with exceptional cultural and historical significance for Muslims. That’s why the city witness arrival of millions of pilgrims through their Umrah Packages 2022 London from across the globe. Pilgrims come here and undertake the holy pilgrimages of Hajj and Umrah.
In addition to the Hajj and Umrah rituals, there’s a lot of holy sites in the city that you can visit and explore. Here’s a brief description of the top 5 things to do in Makkah.
- Masjid-al-Haram.
Masjid-al-Haram is the focal point of Makkah city. It remains the holiest mosque of Islam and also the largest in the world. The grand mosque of Makkah has a capacity of housing four million pilgrims at a time!
In addition, the holy rituals of Umrah are performed here as well as some of the Hajj rituals are also observed within this mosque.
Holy Kaabah, Maqam-e-Ibrahim, Zamzam well, Hajar-al-Aswad, Safah and Marwah hills, Hijr Ismail – all are present inside it. - Abraj Al Bait Complex.
Commonly known as ‘Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower’, Abraj-al-Bait complex is a 5-star hotel that remains located next to the Masjid-al-Haram. Sharing the closest proximity with the Haramain, it’s an ideal hotel location for hajj and umrah pilgrims.
Abraj-al-Bait Complex is among the world’s tallest buildings housing;
• 120 floors.
• 1542 guest rooms, suites, and residences.
• 9 state-of-the-art restaurants with international cuisines.
• 56 elevators that allow easy access for pilgrims to Haramain.
All of this and combined with lavish design and with the warm tradition of genuine Arab hospitality. - Mina.
Also known as the ‘Tent city’, Mina is famous for being the region that hosts millions of pilgrims during the annual Hajj pilgrimage. This artificial neighborhood remains made up of 100,000 air-conditioned, Teflon-coated tents in order to withstand temperatures as high as 700 degrees Celsius.
All in all, providing a comfortable temporary home with efficient heat resistance for hajj pilgrims that have gathered there from all over the world. There are separate regions for Men and Women here. - Mall of Makkah.
Makkah Mall is the famous shopping center of the city dedicated to providing a vibrant and unique upscale shopping, dining, and entertainment environment for everyone. In fact, it remains considered as the most complete and most important shopping center in Makkah not only by the tourists but also by the locals.
The Mall of Makkah offers a broad diversity of local and international brands, supermarkets as well as restaurants in order to provide an ultimate shopping and leisure experience designed to satisfy all customers. - Al Wahba Crater.
Located northeast of the Makkah city, Al Wahba Crater lies in a desert area. This massive crater is approximately measured one mile across with 850-feet cliff faces, stretching to the bottom of the pit. The bottom of this crater gets filled with water during the wet season, while turns into a salt-pan in the summer.
These are the top 5 things to visit in Makkah.
These are some of the fundamental rites of the umrah pilgrimage that a pilgrim needs to offer in order to make his/her pilgrimage valid.