Syrian Hajj Road

طريق الحج الشامي

A historical journey along the Syrian Hajj road, following forts, water stations and oases from northern Tabuk toward AlUla and Madinah.

📍9 stops

Route stops (9)

Palace / fortressذات الحاج

Dhat Al-Hajj Fort

Dhat al-Hajj north of Tabuk was a Syrian Hajj-route station known for water and an Ottoman fort protecting caravans near the frontier.

Palace / fortressمدينة تبوك

Tabuk Castle

An Ottoman fortress in Tabuk city guarding the Syrian Hajj route and the strategic approaches to northwestern Arabia.

Palace / fortressتبوك

Al-Muazzam Fort

Al-Muazzam Fort north of Tabuk on the Syrian Hajj road includes pools and wells for caravans between Sham and Hijaz.

Palace / fortressتبوك

Al-Akhdar Castle

Al-Akhdar Castle in Wadi al-Akhdar (Tabuk) is an Ottoman Syrian-Hajj station by wells and pools for pilgrim caravans.

Palace / fortressالعُلا

Al-Ula Ottoman Fortress

AlUla’s Ottoman fortress (also linked in lore to Musa ibn Nusayr) crowns the Old Town ridge above hajj and trade approaches.

Archaeologicalالعُلا

Hegra

Al-Hijr (Hegra/Mada’in Salih) north of AlUla—the largest Nabataean site south of Petra, UNESCO-listed in 2008 as Saudi Arabia’s first World Heritage property.

Old village / cityالعلا

AlUla Old Town

AlUla Old Town is a mud-and-stone settlement beside the oasis on hajj and caravan routes — inhabited into the late 20th century.

Religiousذو الحليفة

Dhu al-Hulayfah

Dhul Hulaifah (Abyar Ali)—Madinah miqat of the Prophet’s ihram.

Religiousالمدينة المنورة

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi

The Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah—second of the Two Holy Mosques—holds the Rawdah and the Prophet’s chamber, the heart around which the city grew after the Hijra.

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1Dhat Al-Hajj Fortذات الحاج

2Tabuk Castleمدينة تبوك

3Al-Muazzam Fortتبوك

4Al-Akhdar Castleتبوك

5Al-Ula Ottoman Fortressالعُلا

6Hegraالعُلا

7AlUla Old Townالعلا

8Dhu al-Hulayfahذو الحليفة

9Al-Masjid an-Nabawiالمدينة المنورة