Places to visit in Madinah, Saudi Arabia
13 places to visit in Madinah, Saudi Arabia, each with LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own: Hegra, Hejaz Railway, Al-Baqi Cemetery and more. Stand at any of them with the app open and the stamp is yours, confirmed on site, in your Madinah volume.
1 UNESCO World Heritage site · 1 Heritage site · 5 Famous places to visit · 6 Hidden gems
UNESCO World Heritage sites in Madinah (1)
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Hegra
Nabataean tombs cut into sandstone outcrops in the desert near AlUla, the first site in Saudi Arabia to be inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Also known as Mada'in Salih, it was the southern city of the Nabataeans, who also built Petra, and holds more than 100 monumental tombs.
Heritage sites in Madinah (1)
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Hejaz Railway
A narrow gauge line that ran from Damascus to Medina, built by the Ottomans and opened to Medina in 1908. Parts were wrecked in the Arab Revolt, and old stations and engines still stand in the desert, including the restored station at AlUla.
Famous places to visit in Madinah (5)
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Al-Baqi Cemetery
The oldest cemetery in Medina, beside the Prophet's Mosque. Many of the early companions and family of the Prophet Muhammad are buried here, and its graves are left unmarked, in keeping with the Saudi practice of simple burial.
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Masjid al-Qiblatayn
A mosque in Medina about 5 km north west of the Prophet's Mosque, known as the Mosque of the Two Qiblas. Islamic tradition holds that the direction of prayer was changed here from Jerusalem to Mecca, and the mosque was rebuilt in the 1980s.
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Mount Uhud
A reddish mountain north of Medina, 1,077 metres high and about 7.5 km long. The second battle between the early Muslims and the Quraysh was fought at its foot in 625, and a cemetery of the fallen lies below the slope.
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Prophet's Mosque
The mosque in Medina that the Prophet Muhammad built, and the second largest mosque in Islam after the Masjid al-Haram. A green dome rises over his tomb, and the mosque has been enlarged many times since the 7th century.
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Quba Mosque
A mosque on the southern edge of Medina, first built in the lifetime of the Prophet Muhammad in the 7th century. It is widely regarded as the first mosque in Islam, and visitors come to pray two units of prayer there.
Hidden gems in Madinah (6)
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Al-Ghamama Mosque
A small mosque about 500 metres west of the Prophet's Mosque in Medina. Tradition holds that the Prophet led Eid prayers here, and that a cloud once shaded him, which gave the mosque its name, meaning the cloud.
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Dhu al-Hulayfah Mosque
A mosque at Abyar Ali, about 14 km south of Medina, which serves as the miqat, the point where pilgrims coming from the north enter the state of ihram. It is also called the Tree Mosque, and the prophet is said to have rested here on journeys to Mecca.
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Harrat Khaybar
A volcanic field of black lava flows and cinder cones north of Medina, covering roughly 12,000 square kilometres. Its most recent eruption was in the 7th century, and it surrounds the oasis town of Khaybar, famous for its old fortresses and date palms.
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Jabal Al-Fil
Elephant Rock, a freestanding sandstone formation near AlUla in northwestern Saudi Arabia, rising 52 metres at its highest point. Rain, wind and sand have eroded it over millions of years into the shape of an elephant with a raised trunk.
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Jabal Ikmah
An open air library in stone, a sandstone mountain in the AlUla area covered with ancient inscriptions and rock carvings. Most were left by the Dadanite and Lihyanite civilisations, and the texts include prayers, dedications and records of local life.
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Seven Mosques
A group of small historic mosques on the slope of Mount Sala in Medina, near the site of the Battle of the Trench in 627. Though only six mosques stand today, the area keeps its older name and draws a steady flow of visitors.
Collecting in Madinah
What are the best places to visit in Madinah?
LOQAH lists 13 places in Madinah. The best known include Hegra, Hejaz Railway, Al-Baqi Cemetery, Masjid al-Qiblatayn and Mount Uhud. Each has a stamp of its own to collect when you are there.
How many LOQAH stamps are there in Madinah?
13, and more are added over time. Each place has LOQAH's carefully crafted stamp of its own.
How do I collect a stamp in Madinah?
Open LOQAH at the place and get its stamp. LOQAH checks where you are once, at that moment; at the place itself the stamp is confirmed on site, with a gold badge.
I have been to places in Madinah before. Can I add them?
Yes. In Earlier trips, choose Madinah and swipe through its stamps, or import your Google Timeline. Each one goes into your volume with the date, if you know it.
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