Izinto ezingafumaneki lula Riad: Iindawo zangaphakathi kude neendawo zabakhenkethi 2026

Ngelixa abakhenkethi abaninzi behlala benamathela kwiindawo eziselumanyelweni ezifana ne-Olaya okanye i-Diplomatic Quarter, iRiyadh ineemimandla embalwa engaziwayo enika umbono wokwenene wobomi basekhaya. Enye yezi yidolophu encinci iDiriyah (Ad-Dir'iyah), elona khaya langaphambili losapho lwase-al-Saud. Nangona i-Turaif District (iNdawo yeLifa leMveli le-UNESCO) idume kakhulu, inxalenye endala yaseDiriyah, ekude nesizimbi sabakhenkethi, inika ubomi obuzolileyo kunye nezitrato zakudala, iivenkile ezincinci, kunye neendawo zokutyela ezincinci.

Enye indawo efihliweyo yindawo ekuthiwa yi-Al-Suwaidi, eyaziwa ngemvakalo yayo enentliziyo kunye neemarike ezinkulu ezithengisa izinto ezintsha. Ukuhamba ngendlela yase-Al-Suwaidi Food Market (Suq Al Suwaidi), apho unokunxibelelana namagxa kunye nabahlali kwaye ufumane iziqhamo nemifuno emitsha, amakhiwane, kunye nezinto zokupheka zasekhaya. Le ndawo ineendawo zokutyela ezincinci ezininzi ezithengisa ukutya kokwenyani kwaseSaudi ngegceke, eziqhelekileyo ukubona abantu basekhaya besabelana ngezitya. Akukho nto efana nokufumana intandabuzo yendawo entsha kunye nomhlobo wakho mtsha okwi-urlaubspartner.net oqhelanisiweyo nendawo. Ukufika eDiriyah kulula kakhulu ngemoto okanye iteksi, kwaye kulunge kakhulu ukuyundwendwela ngemva kwemini ngenxa yokuba kushushu kancinci.

I-Al-Qudra Lake, eluhlobo lwe-oasis encinci e-Al-Qudra Desert, yenye indawo efihliweyo. Nangona ingekho ngqo eRiyadh, kuluhambo oluncinci lwemizuzu engama-30-40 ngaphandle kwesi sixeko. Le ndawo idume kakhulu kubantu basekhaya abafuna ukubaleka isixeko abathe abazi nokuba ilapho, kwaye inika ukubona iintaka ezininzi kunye nokubona iinkawu ezincinci. Ilungele ukupiknika kunye nokuphumla ngaphantsi komthunzi. Ukugqibelela ngeempelaveki ekuseni okanye ngemva kwemini xa imozulu ipholile, kwaye kukho amathuba okubona ezinye izinambuzane zasehlathini. Yibeke kwi itinerary yakho ukuze ubone okwahlukileyo, umxholo ongaziwayo weRiyadh, kwaye ungothuki ukuba ubone izinja zasendle, kuba ziqhelekile kuloo ndawo.

IRiyadh inikezela ngeendlela zokutyela ezininzi, kodwa ii"hidden gems" zitholakala kwiindawo ezincinci, apho incasa yenene iyaxabiseka. Siyaleza ukuba ukhangele indawo ekuthiwa yi-Najd Village Restaurant (Mat'am Najd Village), nangona idumile, inemvakalo yokuba usekhaya, kwaye inikeza ukutya kwaseSaudi okunenjini. Banikezela ngezitya zendabuko ezifana ne-Kabsa, Jareesh, kunye ne-Qursan, kwaye bayaziwa nengxowa yabo yokuhlala phantsi, ebonisa ubuhlobo kunye nokwamkelekela kwinkcubeko yaseSaudi.

Ukuze ufumane into ekhethekileyo, ndincoma i-Al Nakheel Restaurant, ebandakanyeka kwiindawo eziluhlaza kwaye inika umoya ozolileyo kakhulu. Nangona ingaziwa kakhulu ngabakhenkethi, ithandwa kakhulu ngabantu basekhaya abafuna indawo ekhethekileyo yokutya nokuhlala. Yaziwa ngezitya zayo zaseSaudi nezasempumalanga ekumgangatho ophezulu. Ukuzama i-Mandi yabo, eyinyama ephekwe kancinci nerayisi, yinto ekufuneka bekwenziwe. Le yindawo elungileyo yokuzama ukutya okutsha kunye nomhlobo wakho we-urlaubspartner.net, kwaye mhlawumbi ube nencoko emnandi malunga namava akho okuhamba.

Enye indawo efihliweyo yi-Mama Noura, edume ngezitya zayo ezikhawulezayo nezinencasa. Oku akukona nje indawo yokutya, kodwa intlanganiso yabantu basekhaya. Bangabaziwa ngeeShawarma zabo ezimnandi, iiFalafel, kunye nejusi yeziqhamo ezitsha. Ngexabiso eliphantsi kwaye ihlala ixakekile ngabathengi abasuka kulo lonke ilizwe. Kulungele ukuyundwendwela ngexesha lesidlo sasemini okanye sasemva kwemini ukuze ufumane incasa yokwenyani yaseRiyadh. Ukuyifumana kulula ngohlelo lokusebenza lweGPS, kwaye indawo yayo e-Suleimaniyah idla ngokuqikelelwa ngabantu abatsha abahlala befunana kwi-Travel Buddy Community.

Ngaphaya kweimyuziyam ezinkulu ezifana neNational Museum of Saudi Arabia, iRiyadh ineemvuziyam ezincinci ezinemifanekiso eyahlukileyo. I-Museum of Traditional Saudi Architecture yindawo efihliweyo ekulungeleyo ukuyifumana. Le myuziyam encinci igxile kwizakhiwo zakudala zaseSaudi Arabia kunye nobugcisa bokwakha. Ayiqhelekanga kakhulu, kwaye inika umbono obanzi ngembali yezakhiwo zesi sixeko. Ukuyifumana kungathatha umgudu omncinci, kodwa kufanelekile kumlando nobuhle bayo. Le yindawo elungele ukuyundwendwela ekuseni xa kuzolile, kwaye ungawonwabela ngokupheleleyo ukuzola kwayo. Kuyindawo elungileyo yokufunda ngembali yezakhiwo zaseSaudi Arabia kunye nomhlobo wakho we-urlaubspartner.net ojolise kwimbali.

Enye indawo engeyaziwayo yi-King Saud University Museum, ekwanomxholo othile weminyaka engaphambili. Le myuziyam ibonisa imbali yalo lonke i-King Saud University, ukusuka ekuqaleni kwayo njengeyunivesithi yokuqala yeseSaudi Arabia ukuya kwingingqi eyaziwayo jikelele. Ifaka phakathi imiboniso ngophando lwezesayensi, inkcubeko yaseSaudi, kunye nembali yezifundo. Ingena ngokukhululekileyo, kwaye kulungele ukuyidibanisa nokutyelela i-King Saud University ngokwayo. Kungenxa yokuba ise-University, abakhenkethi abaninzi abayazi malunga nayo, okwenza kube yibhunga elincinci elifihliweyo. Luhambo olumnandi olungathathi xesha kakhulu kwaye lunika ingqiqo entsha kumnye wemibutho ephambili yaseSaudi Arabia.

Ngokumalunga nobugcisa, i-Naila Art Gallery yindawo abantu basekhaya abathanda ukuyindwendwela. Akuyommyuziyam ngokuphandle, kodwa ligalari yobugcisa ezimeleyo ebonisa ubugcisa bemihlobo yaseSaudi nabaninzi. Igxinwe kwindawo ezolileyo kwaye inika umbono obalaseleyo wobugcisa banamhlanje besiqithi. Ukundwendwela ngenyanga, unokubamba imiboniso emitsha. Le galari ilungele ukuba uyihlole ekupheleni kwemini, mhlawumbi emva kwesidlo sasemini kwelinye lamabele amaninzi eRiyadh. Ithuba elilungileyo lokuthi ungaboni nje ubugcisa, kodwa ukuxhasa nabaculi basekhaya.

IRiyadh inezakhiwo ezininzi ezinyukayo ezibonelela ngemibono emihle, kodwa ngabambalwa kuphela abazi indawo ezifihliweyo ukuze babone isixeko ngendlela entsha. Ngaphandle kwe-Kingdom Centre okanye i-Al Faisaliyah Center, ndincoma ukuba utshintshe indawo uye kwi-Riyadh Park Mall, okungaqhelekanga ukuyicinga njengendawo yokujonga. Kuphahla lwayo, kukho iindawo zokutyela ezimbalwa kunye nee-cafe ezinenkangeleko entle eyahlukileyo kwesixeko, kwaye ayixakekanga kangako. Ukufika ngemva kwemini kukuvumela ukuba ubone ukutshona kwelanga okuhle kakhulu phezu kwesi sixeko. Yindawo efikelelekayo kwaye ayithathi xesha lide ukuyundwendwela.

Ngemuva kokuba ulungile, i-Obwaida Park, ekwicala elingaphandle laseRiyadh, inika indawo engeyiyo eyezinto ezibhekiselele phambili. Nangona ingekho phezulu kwesakhiwo, yinduli encinci enika umbono obanzi wendawo ezisingqongileyo kunye nesixeko esingaphaya. Yendawo edume kubantu basekhaya abafuna ukubaleka isixeko abathe abazi nokuba ilapho, kwaye luncedo kakhulu xa ufuna ukuzibambela kunye nomhlobo wakho we-urlaubspartner.net. Ukundwendwela le paki kungahlanganiswa nentlalo yokupiknika okanye ukuphumla ngaphambi kokutshona kwelanga.

Ukuze ufumane into ekhethekileyo, i-The Globe e-Al Faisaliyah Center iyaziwa kakhulu, kodwa abantu abaninzi abazi ukuba kukho i-cafe encinci ngaphantsi, eyi-"The Coffee Gallery", enika umbono omkhulu ngaphandle kweendleko eziphezulu zokungena kwi-Globe ngokwayo. Kungalungele ukusela ikofu okanye isiselo esipholileyo ngelixa ujonge isixeko. Kulula ukuyifumana ngelixa useA-Al Faisaliyah Centre, kwaye yenye yeendlela ezinomdla zokubona isixeko esikhulu ngaphandle kwezinje ngeendleko eziphezulu. Kulungele ukuyindwendwela ngemva kwemini okanye ebusuku xa izibane zesi sixeko zikhanya.

Ukuba ufuna amava okuthenga okwenyani eRiyadh, kuya kufuneka ugxekele kwiimarike ezingaziwayo ngabakhenkethi. Ngaphandle kwezimvo ezifana ne-Souk Al Zal, eyaziwayo kakhulu, iRiyadh ineemarike ezininzi ezincinci ezichukumisa intliziyo. I-Haraj Bin Qasim Market yimarike enkulu yobulali edume kakhulu kubantu basekhaya. Liyinkitha yezinto ezithengiswayo, ukusuka kwizinto zakudala nemiboniso yobugcisa ukuya kwizikhuba kunye nezixhobo zasekhaya. Ukuyindwendwela kusasa kakhulu ngempelaveki kukuvumela ukuba ubone isisu yayo siphelele, xa abantu betshisa ukuthenga nokuthengisa. Kubalulekile ukuba ube namandla okuxoxisana apha, kwaye kulithuba elihle lokufumana izipho ezikhethekileyo. Thatha umhlobo wakho we-urlaubspartner.net kunye nawe xa nizokhangela ezi ntaba zencwadi kunye nezinto ezahlukeneyo. Le yindawo elungele ukufumana into ekhethekileyo nefihliweyo. Iphithizela, ingumbhodamo, kwaye igcwele ubomi.

Enye imarike engaziwayo yi-Souk Al Jamea, esondele kwi-King Abdullah Road. Le yimarike encinci egxile kakhulu kwiimpahla, iziqholo, kunye nezinto zokuhombisa zasekhaya. Ithandwa kakhulu ngabafazi baseSaudi abafuna izinto zendabuko ngexabiso eliphantsi. Ukuyindwendwela emva kwemini kukuvumela ukuba ubone ubomi bayo bonke. Yenza umsebenzi omncinci wokuhlola kwaye uya kubonana neevenkile ezincinci ezithengisa izinto ezintle zokuhombisa ikhaya okanye iziqholo ezintsana. Akukho nto ifana nokufumana incasa yokwenyani yokuthenga okwenziwa ngabantu basekhaya kule marike encinci.

Ukuze ufumane into ekhethekileyo, i-Thursday Market (Suq Al Khamis) yindawo ekufuneka uyiye. Njengoko igama libonisa, ivuleka ngoLwesine kuphela. Le yimarike yesintu efihliweyo kwindawo ye-Al-Qadisiyah, apho abalimi bathengisa khona iziqhamo nemifuno emitsha, amakhiwane, nenyama yasendle. Yenza ungenelo lokufika kusasa kakhulu ukuze ubambe eyona nto intle. Le yimarike elungileyo yokufumana izinto zokupheka zasekhaya kunye nokudibana nabantu basekhaya. Ayifikeleleki kakhulu ngezithuthi zikawonke-wonke, ngoko kulungele ukuthatha iteksi okanye imoto. Unganandipha amava okuthenga okwenziwa ngabantu basekhaya kakhulu apha. Le yindawo elungileyo kakhulu yokuya nesiXhosa esincinci, kwaye ungazama ezinye izinto zokutya zengingqi.

Ngelixa iRiyadh inezinto ezininzi ezibhengeziweyo, kukho amava angaqhelekanga anokushenxisa kucwangciso lwabakhenkethi kwaye akumise kwindawo yokwenyani yenkcubeko yaseSaudi. Enye yezi yinkcubeko ye-'diwaniya', intlanganiso yamadoda kwindlu yomtshato okanye kwindawo ekhethekileyo ukuze kuxoxwe ngemicimbi eyahlukahlukeneyo. Nangona oku kunokusondezana kakhulu kubantu basekhaya, ukuba unobudlelwane nomntu wasekuhlaleni (okanye umhlobo wakho omtsha ophuma kwi-Travel Buddy Community osele esondele kumntu wasekuhlaleni), unokumenywa. Olu luphawu lokwenyani lokungenisa iindwendwe zaseSaudi kwaye luyindlela ekumgangatho ophezulu yokufumana inkcubeko.

Enye into engaqhelekanga kukundwendwela iinduli zentlabathi zase-Al-Thumamah, hayi nje ukukhwela iikhwari, kodwa ukuxoxa nabantu basekhaya abahlala khona. Abanye abantu baseBedouin basahlala kule ndawo, kwaye ukuba unethamsanqa, unokumenywelwa kwintente yabo ukuze uselwe ikofu okanye iti. Olu luphawu olukhethekileyo lwenkcubeko yakudala ezimeleyo kude nesixeko esimikhukhu. Kulungele ukuyundwendwela ngemva kwemini kwaye ube nobuchule bokuzola. Oku kunokuba nzima ukucwangcisa ngaphandle komcuphi, kodwa ukuba unamathuba, yenza oku.

Ukuze ufumane incasa yobugcisa obungaphantsi, khangela imiboniso yobugcisa eyenzeka kwiindawo ezingaziwayo. Ngamanye amaxesha, iigalari ezincinci okanye izitudiyo zabaculi ziye zibambe imiboniso yobugcisa. Ezi zihlala zibhengezwe kwiindaba zasekuhlaleni okanye kumaqonga eentlalo. Ukundwendwela umboniso wobugcisa okanye intlanganiso apho abaculi basekhaya bebonisa khona umsebenzi wabo, yindlela elungileyo yokunxibelelana nentliziyo yobugcisa besixeko. Yila ndlela yokuphelisa umhla wakho kunye nomhlobo wakho we-urlaubspartner.net, kwaye ube nencoko emnandi malunga nobugcisa nenkcubeko.

Ngelixa iRiyadh ineemvula ezincinci, ineemvumba ezininzi ezintle eziluhlaza kwaye ezingenakuphindaphindwa ezinika umoya ozolileyo kwaye zigcwele ubomi basekhaya. I-King Abdullah Park ligama elaziwayo, kodwa kukho ezinye ezifihliweyo. I-Wadi Hanifa, nangona ingelona paki kwindlela eqhelekileyo, yi-wadi enkulu (intlambo) egijima ngaphandle kweRiyadh. Inikeza iindlela zokuhamba ngeenyawo, iindawo zokupiknika, kunye namathuba okubona iintaka ezininzi. Ithandwa kakhulu kubantu basekhaya abafuna ukubaleka isixeko abathe abazi nokuba ilapho, kwaye kulungele ukuya kuyo ekuseni okanye ngemva kwemini ukuze uzonwabise nokuzola. Yiya kwi-urlaubspartner.net ukuze ufumane umhlobo otishwe phambi kwakho ukuze uhambe naye kule ndawo inkulu.

Enye indawo efihliweyo yi-Panorama Park (okanye 'Malaz Park' njengoko yaziwa ngabantu basekhaya). Le paki encinci ihlala kuloo ndawo yaseMalaz, kwaye ayilobugcisa obukhulu. Kodwa yindawo enomdla kubantu basekhaya, enezithuba ezininzi zokuphumla, indawo yokudlala yabantwana, kunye neendawo zokupiknika. Ukuyindwendwela ngemva kwemini unokubona abantwana bedlala, iintsapho zipiknika, kwaye abantu abadala behamba. Yindlela ekumgangatho ophezulu yokufumana intliziyo yobomi basekhaya eRiyadh. Ayifikeleleki kakhulu ngezithuthi zikawonke-wonke, ngoko kulungele ukuthatha iteksi okanye imoto.

Ukuze ufumane into ekhethekileyo, i-Salboukh Dam Park yenye indawo efihliweyo ngaphaya kweendawo eziselumanyelweni. Le yipaki esondele kwi-Salboukh Dam, ilungele ukupiknika nokuhamba ngeenyawo. Ikude kancinci ngaphandle kwesixeko, kodwa ihlala izola kwaye ayixakekanga kangako ngabakhenkethi. Ukundwendwela ekuseni ngezimpelaveki kunika amava azolileyo. Le yindawo elungele ukuba nexesha elide lokubaleka esixekweni kunye nomhlobo wakho we-urlaubspartner.net, okanye nje ukuzola nokufunda incwadi. Kulungele ukuzonikezela ngokupheleleyo kwimeko yendalo kude nesiphithiphithi sesixeko saRiyadh. Lo mva welizwe umanga, kwaye uyaphucula ngalo naliphi na iqela labahambi.

Ukuhlola iRiyadh njengomntu wasekuhlaleni kudinga ukwazi imithetho embalwa engabhaliweyo kunye nokuzivulela kumava amatsha. Okokuqala, zama ukufunda amagama ambalwa esiArabhu. Amagama afana nokuthi 'Shukran' (Enkosi), 'Ahoh' (Ewe), kunye no-'La' (Hayi) ayakuhamba indlela ende, kwaye abonisa intlonipho. Abantu basekhaya bayakuyixabisa kakhulu into yokuba uzama ukuthetha ulwimi lwabo. Okwesibini, soloko unika intlonipho xa uvakatye iindawo zokunqula okanye iimarike zesintu, nokugqoka ngokufanelekileyo (okona kubalulekile bubuhle bokugqokwa kwemibala epholileyo namalaphu amade). Abasetyhini kufuneka bagqoke iimpahla ezinde ezingabonisi umzimba, kwaye intloko yabo kufuneka igqokwe ngephahla xa bengena kwiindlwana zokunqula. Amadoda kufuneka kukulungele ukugqoka iibhulukhwe ezinde kunye nezikhafu ezingenayo imikhono.

Okwesithathu, sebenzisa izinto zokuhamba ezifana ne-Careem okanye i-Uber. Ngelixa iRiyadh inezithuthi zikawonke-wonke ezikhulayo, ezi zicelo zikuvumela ukuba uzulazule ngokukhululeka kwiindawo ezifihlakeleyo kwaye zingabizi kakhulu. Zinika ukhuseleko kunye nofikelelo lula kwiindawo ezingafikeleleki kakhulu ngezithuthi zikawonke-onke. Okwesine, zama ukuzola kwaye ubonise umonde. Izinto zinokuhamba kancinci kancinci eRiyadh, kwaye ukuba nomonde kuyakuhamba indlela ende ekwenze amava akho abe mnandi. Akukho nto efana nokuba nomhlobo we-urlaubspartner.net oqhelanisiweyo nendawo wokukunceda ukuba uhambe ngokuqina kwesi sixeko.

Okokugqibela, gxumela kwinkcubeko yokutya. IRiyadh ineemvakalo ezininzi zokutya zasemnyango kunye nezincinci. Lindela ukuzama ukutya kweSaudi okwenyani kwizandla zabantu basekhaya. Ungoyiki ukuzama izitya ezintsha kunye neziqholo ezintsha. Ezi ngcamango ziya kukunceda ukuba uhlangane nabantu basekhaya ngokulula, uhloniphe inkcubeko yabo, kwaye ube namava akho angaphantsi nangaphezulu. Khumbula ukuba ukuvula ingqondo yakho kuzo zonke izinto ezintsha kuyakuvumela ukuba uqhakamshelane nesi sixeko ngendlela entsha kwaye ulungiselele amava angenakulibaleka.