Hayat Haql Hotel

Northern Saudi Arabia


Most of Haql's accommodation options are along Route 55 and resemble something out of a '70s British sitcom; this is the best of a bad bunch. Rooms are huge but very tired. It's on the southern fringes of town, making it easy to escape down the coast, and it has its own bay.


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