Saudi Arabia is opening up to tourism - and offering an abundance of historical wonders
Adventure in Arabia: Saudi Arabia is opening up to tourism and offers an abundance of historical wonders. :I'm an astrologer - here's where you should travel this summer
Sitting in a black Bedouin tent in the middle of the Arabian desert, I snack on a hot meal and freshly baked bread dipped in lamb fat.
"It was the staple Bedouin diet, along with dates," says our host, handsome in his long white robe.< /p>
'On special occasions they slaughtered a goat. Desert hospitality requires that if a stranger comes to your camp, you must feed and water him for three days. '
Dyspeptic camel puffs float; outside I can see a peregrine falcon swooping gracefully towards its owner's arm.
This is Gharameel, AlUla County, Saudi Arabia , and who would imagine Andy Warhol in this timeless landscape, his work displayed in a futuristic desert gallery?
![Moving: Teresa Levonian Cole explores AlUla County in Saudi Arabia, stopping at the historic site of Hegra (above) en route - a place 'popular with hot air balloon enthusiasts', she reveals</h2></div>
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Sitting in a black Bedouin tent in the middle of the Arabian desert, I snack on a hot meal and freshly baked bread dipped in lamb fat.
"It was the staple Bedouin diet, along with dates," says our host, handsome in his long white robe.< /p>
'On special occasions they slaughtered a goat. Desert hospitality requires that if a stranger comes to your camp, you must feed and water him for three days. '
Dyspeptic camel puffs float; outside I can see a peregrine falcon swooping gracefully towards its owner's arm.
This is Gharameel, AlUla County, Saudi Arabia , and who would imagine Andy Warhol in this timeless landscape, his work displayed in a futuristic desert gallery?
![Moving: Teresa Levonian Cole explores AlUla County in Saudi Arabia, stopping at the historic site of Hegra (above) en route - a place 'popular with hot air balloon enthusiasts', she reveals
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