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Old town

The Al Ula heritage village is centered around the Mousa Bin Nusair fort and is adjacent to the Al Ula oasis. It consists of dried mud houses, built next to each other and criss-crossed by a maze of narrow alleys. Here is where the local population lived for eight centuries, before they moved to the new settlement in the 20th century. The 6th century Mousa Bin Nusair fort is built on a rock outcrop and overlooks the area. The heritage village is currently being restored and is managed by the Royal Commission for Al Ula.


01 Door	02 Narrow alley	03 House interior	04 House interior	05 Staircase	06 Minaret


07 Minaret	08 Mosque	09 Stone walls	10 Stone walls	11 Mousa Bin Nusair fort


12 Mousa Bin Nusair fort	13 Mousa Bin Nusair fort	14 Mousa Bin Nusair fort	15 Mousa Bin Nusair fort


16 Mousa Bin Nusair fort	17 Panoramic view over old town	18 Panoramic view over old town	19 Panoramic view over old town


20 View over old town	21 View over Al Ula valley


22 View over Al Ula valley	23 Mousa Bin Nusair fort	24 Mud houses


25 Tourists on terrace	26 Tourists on terrace	27 Panoramic view over old town


28 Panoramic view over old town	29 Mud houses	30 Mud houses


31 Mud houses	32 Mud houses	33 Old town and Al Ula valley


34 Old town and Al Ula valley	35 Old town and cliffs	36 Mud houses


37 Mud houses	38 Old town and Al Ula valley

39 Old town and Al Ula valley

Other Al Ula galleries: Hegra ▪ Dadan ▪ Jabal Ikmah ▪ Urban centre ▪ Oasis ▪ Elephant rock ▪ Harrat viewpoint ▪ Scenery

Categories: Ruins ▪ Historic centres ▪ Mud brick architecture

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