Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)
Al-Suwaidi is a residential neighbourhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Urayja located on the right bank of Wadi Hanifa in southwestern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Al-Suwaidi is a residential neighbourhood and a subject of Baladiyah al-Urayja located on the right bank of Wadi Hanifa in southwestern Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It is one of the city's 'residential districts' and is relatively overpopulated in terms of the standards of Riyadh.
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Worth seeing in and around Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)
3 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Al Suwaidi Park
Al Suwaidi Park is an urban park in the al-Suwaidi neighborhood of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Opened in 1983, it covers an area of almost 25 acres.
2.7 km · public park in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia · Wikipedia - 02Qaṣr 'Atīqa
Qaṣr 'Atīqa was a fortified palace near Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was one of the earliest palaces erected outside the old town.
3.6 km · historic building in Riyadh · Wikipedia - 03Qaṣr al-Badi'a
Qaṣr al-Badi'a is a royal palace in the al-Badi'ah neighbourhood in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. It was erected outside the old town in the 1930s at the behest of King ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz Ibn Saud.
2.5 km · royal palace in the al-Badi'ah neighbourhood in Riyadh · Wikipedia
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Getting to Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)
- Airports
- King Khalid (RUH), 41 km · Al-Ahsa (HOF), 294 km
- Riyadh → Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)11 km · quickest by road, 30 min · SAR4.5–6
- Hofuf → Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)307 km · quickest by road, 4h 55m · SAR90–120
- Qassim → Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)368 km · quickest by road, 5h 25m · SAR115–150
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No local-transport research exists yet for Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh). What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundFlat-fare minibuses (SR3) rumble the streets of Riyadh, but these are mostly used by laborers.
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Next door to Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh)
Al-Suwaidi (Riyadh) is 12 km from Riyadh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.