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Coral houses with wooden roshans form an axis between Bab Makkah and the Red Sea port arches

Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah

From Bab Makkah through markets and merchants' houses to Bab al-Bunt

3 hr 30 min without the full museum visit; up to 4 hr 15 min with the museum3.1 km
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  1. Al-Alawi Market: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    The market will explain how waiting for a favorable wind turned newcomers into traders and residents of Jeddah.

  2. Al-Shafi'i Mosque: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    Here you will encounter a surviving building and an unrealized plan for its permanent upkeep.

  3. Bab al-Bunt and the Red Sea Museum: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    The finale will bring the walk back to the seaward entrance, where the journey began with doctors, customs, and payment.

  4. Bab Makkah: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    Here, the eastern edge of the pilgrimage corridor and the choice that began at the city gate come into view.

  5. Kabil Street and Al-Shona: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    This point connects a siege-time transaction, the city’s warehouses, and the emergence of an electrified commercial passage.

  6. Matbouli House: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    The house will connect grain inspection, family income, and a month of free hospitality for pilgrims.

  7. Nassif House: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    Here you will see how mercantile hospitality helped the owner retain his role after the change of power.

  8. Ribat Al-Khunji Al-Kabir: story on the “Al-Balad: A Pilgrim's Path Through Old Jeddah” route

    This stop shows how a merchant waqf turned a city house into separate housing for women without support.

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