Golden Tulip

Top choice in Saudi Arabia


Although this hotel looks like the front of a 1980s shopping mall, its interior is very elegant and rooms are dressed equally stylishly. It's the hotel most expats or visiting business folk choose to stay at, and has the most international air of all Hail's hotels. Plus there's an excellent on-site cafe-cum-restaurant. It's next to the STC office.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Saudi Arabia attractions

1. Local Heritage Museum

1.83 MILES

With the feel of a cluttered antique store, the private museum of Khalid Bin Hamoud Al Matrod is set in a traditional Najd house. The rooms, centred…

2. Aarif Castle

1.89 MILES

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3. Qishlah

2.03 MILES

We hope this immense fort-like palace will reopen one day. Impossible to ignore, the Qishlah (from the Turkish word for 'barracks') sits in the heart of…

4. Hail Flea Market

2.22 MILES

Like any flea market worthy of the name, here you'll find old rugs, vintage cameras, wires for contraptions you didn't know existed, and of course that…