In addition to Silver Sands Beach, I was also able to make it to
Al Murjan Beach Resort this past weekend.
The beach area itself at Al Murjan is not as nice as Silver Sands Beach, but it makes up for it with a cool layout. The pier extends out into the Red Sea where you can go enjoy the ocean breezes and look down the coastline at downtown Jeddah. The passageways beneath the pier look fun too. There is also an island in the middle of the mini-bay that you can swim around or pull yourself up on to smoke a
Hookah. A swimming pool and snack bar round things out.
Finding Al Murjan beach involved the same googling, driving around, u-turns, talking to people, knocking on doors, and 200 SAR ($50 for my wife and I for the whole day) - and it was worth it once again. I think I have the routine down now. It should be a lot easier from now on to find other beaches in north Jeddah.
My rankings of Jeddah beaches so far:
- Silver Sands
- Al Murjan
- Turkey Gholam/Dream Beach
Here are 12 pictures of Al Murjan Beach Resort that I took while the security guard driving around on the golf cart wasn't looking (there's a big sign that says "No Cameras"). :)
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here to learn how to get there.
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| A mini-beach adjacent to the larger beach where everyone was. |
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| Standing on the mini-beach and looking out at the villas. |
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| Looking at the end of the pier. |
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| Looking back at the mini-bay, island, and main beach after walking down the pier. |
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| There were some cool "ruins" at this resort. |
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| A nice place to have lunch. |
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| Fancy tiles. |
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| Downtown Jeddah in the distance. |
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| Africa is somewhere over there... |
