'Asir Region, Saudi Arabia · Asia
Khamis Mushait sits on the route: 30 minutes from Abha, 33km from Al Habala Hanging Village.
Khamis Mushait is in 'Asir Region, Saudi Arabia, with about 390,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Abha, about 26 km away.
Khamis Mushayt or Khamis Mushait (Arabic: خميس مشيط, Ḫamīs Mušayṭ Arabic pronunciation: [xamiːs muʃajtˤ], locally: [xamiːs‿ɪmʃeːtˤ]) is a city in south-west Saudi Arabia, located east of Abha, the provincial seat of the Asir Province 884 kilometres (549 mi) from the national capital of Riyadh. It is the capital of theRead more
Shahran tribe in the Asir region.
It is the fifth-largest city in Saudi Arabia after Riyadh, Jeddah, Mecca and Medina, with an estimated metro population of 1,353,000 as of 2017. Khamis Mushayt is noted for being the fourth largest trading centre in Saudi Arabia, and its military airbase.
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Within an hour or so of Khamis Mushait: Al Habala Hanging Village (33 km), Rijal Almaa (50 km).
Khamis Mushait is in 'Asir Region, Saudi Arabia, about 26 km from Abha.
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2 notable places within an hour's drive.
scenic viewpoint
An abandoned stone village on a ledge 300m below the Asir escarpment rim, settled by the Qahtan tribe to escape Ottoman reach and once reached only by rope ladders. A cable car now descends to it in five minutes.
33 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
Sixty stone tower-houses up to eight storeys tall, banded with white quartz and hung with painted wooden windows, in a valley 50km west of Abha. The Al Alwan Palace inside holds a museum of 2,000-plus local antiquities.
50 km · about 55 min drive
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Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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