Mosque
Beaches, cities and heritage sites: what to see, what to eat and where to stay — and the flights to get there.
MosqueJeddah, Saudi ArabiaAl Rahma Mosque (Floating Mosque)A white mosque built on pillars over the Red Sea on the North Corniche — at high tide it seems to float on the water.
MosqueMadinah, Saudi ArabiaAl-Masjid an-Nabawi (The Prophet's Mosque)The second holiest mosque in Islam, built by the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ in 622 CE and home to his resting place beneath the Green Dome. Its vast marble courtyards and giant shade umbrellas hold hundreds of thousands of worshippers.
MosqueMadinah, Saudi ArabiaMasjid al-QiblataynThe "Mosque of the Two Qiblas", where — according to Islamic tradition — the command came during prayer to turn the qibla from Jerusalem to the Ka'bah in Makkah.
MosqueMadinah, Saudi ArabiaQuba MosqueThe first mosque built in Islam, founded by the Prophet ﷺ on his arrival at Madinah in 622 CE. Praying two rak'ahs here carries, according to hadith, the reward of an Umrah.