AlUla’s growing reputation as a world-class destination for hospitality and gastronomy has been further elevated with the inclusion of several of its hotels and restaurants in the Michelin Guide 2025.

This recognition celebrates the exceptional quality, distinctiveness and authenticity of AlUla’s hospitality offerings, with each reflecting the destination’s sense of place and deep cultural heritage.

Among the Michelin Guide Hotels, Banyan Tree AlUla has been distinguished with One Michelin Key, a mark of excellence that recognises outstanding hospitality and service. It is among the first seven hotels in the Kingdom to receive the prestigious Michelin Key distinction. Set amid the sandstone canyons of the Ashar Valley, the five-star Banyan Tree AlUla combines minimalist luxury with a strong connection to nature, offering guests a sanctuary of serenity and sustainable design.

The Chedi Hegra, the first hotel to be located within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, was highlighted by Michelin as a new destination to watch. The luxury property occupies several existing historical structures, including an old railway station, Hegra Fort, and other surrounding buildings. Original structural and exterior walls, some built from mud brick, have been carefully preserved and integrated into the hotel’s modern architecture.

Also featured in the guide is Dar Tantora The House Hotel, an eco-hotel set within AlUla Old Town, known for its labyrinthine streets, mudbrick houses and imposing fort. Hailed in 2024 in TIME Magazine 2024 travel list of World's Greatest Places, the mudbrick buildings in this special part of Old Town have been meticulously restored into boutique-style accommodation.

Our Habitas AlUla, a lifestyle resort that champions sustainability and wellness, and Caravan by Habitas AlUla, offering a laid-back, adventure-inspired stay under the stars, have also been featured on the coveted list.

In the Michelin Guide Restaurants selection, Joontos at Dar Tantora The House Hotel was awarded the coveted Bib Gourmand, recognising exceptional cuisine at outstanding value. The restaurant, located within the intimate Dar Tantora property, brings together traditional Saudi flavours with a creative, contemporary twist.

Harrat at Banyan Tree AlUla, renowned for its elevated Saudi-inspired fine dining, and Tama at Our Habitas AlUla, celebrated for its farm-to-table menus crafted from locally sourced produce, were also recognised for their distinctive culinary excellence and contribution to AlUla’s dynamic dining scene.

This milestone reinforces AlUla’s emergence as one of the region’s most captivating destinations for travellers seeking world-class hospitality, luxury and gastronomy, set amid natural landscapes.

Visit experiencealula.com to learn more.

• ENDS -

For further information, please contact:
media@rcu.gov.sa; RCU.Destination@hkstrategies.com

Multimedia gallery:
High-resolution photos can be found here.

About AlUla:

Located 1,100 km from Riyadh, in North-West Saudi Arabia, AlUla is a place of extraordinary natural and human heritage. The vast area, covering 22,561km², includes a lush oasis valley, towering sandstone mountains and ancient cultural heritage sites dating back thousands of years to when the Lihyan and Nabataean kingdoms reigned.

The most well-known and recognised site in AlUla is Hegra, Saudi Arabia’s first UNESCO World Heritage Site. A 52-hectare ancient city, Hegra was the principal southern city of the Nabataean Kingdom and is comprised of over 140 well-preserved tombs, many with elaborate facades cut out of the sandstone outcrops surrounding the walled urban settlement.

Current research also suggests Hegra was the most southern outpost of the Roman Empire after the Roman’s conquered the Nabataeans in 106 CE.

In addition to Hegra, AlUla is also home to ancient Dadan, the capital of the Dadan and Lihyan Kingdoms and considered to be one of the most developed 1st millennium BCE cities of the Arabian Peninsula, and Jabal Ikmah, an open air library of hundreds of inscriptions and writings in many different languages, which has been recently listed on the UNESCO’s memory of the World Register. Also AlUla Old Town Village, a labyrinth of more than 900 mudbrick homes developed from at least the 12th century, which has been selected as one of the World’s Best Tourism Villages in 2022 by the UNWTO.

For more information, please visit: experiencealula.com