Category: Middle East
Saudi Arabia: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Saudi Arabia Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Saudi Arabia, covering 2,150,000 km² of the Arabian Peninsula, is the largest country in the Middle East and the 12th-largest in the world, with a population of 4,072,110 in its capital Riyadh alone. Founded as a unified kingdom in 1932 by Abdulaziz ibn Saud, it […]
Bahrain: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Bahrain Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Bahrain is a compact island kingdom of 33 natural islands in the Persian Gulf, home to 160,691 citizens and spanning just 780 square kilometers — making it one of the world’s smallest countries. Founded as a modern state in 1971 after independence from Britain, it sits […]
United Arab Emirates: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
United Arab Emirates Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) The United Arab Emirates is a federation of 7 emirates covering 83,600 km² on the Arabian Peninsula, with a population of just 89,608 Emirati nationals among a total resident population exceeding 9 million. Founded on 2 December 1971, it rose from pearl-diving backwater to […]
Kuwait: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Kuwait Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Kuwait, a Gulf state of 4.6 million people at the head of the Persian Gulf, packs extraordinary contrasts into a country smaller than New Jersey — spanning just 17,818 sq km. Founded as a trading settlement around 1613, it transformed into one of the world’s wealthiest […]
Oman: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Oman Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Oman, the Sultanate on the southeastern Arabian Peninsula, covers 309,500 sq km and is home to a population of 551,737 Omani nationals plus millions of expatriate residents, with Muscat sitting at sea level along 3,165 km of dramatic coastline. Founded as a unified sultanate in 1749 […]
Qatar: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Qatar Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Qatar is a high-income Gulf state of 47,316 square kilometers jutting into the Persian Gulf, with Doha as its capital sitting at sea level and home to roughly 2.9 million residents. Founded as a British protectorate in 1916 and gaining full independence in 1971, Qatar transformed […]
Jordan: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Jordan Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Jordan, the Hashemite Kingdom with a population of 10,428,241, packs an extraordinary density of world-class history into an area roughly the size of Portugal — from Petra, carved by the Nabataeans around 300 BCE, to the Dead Sea at 430 metres below sea level, the lowest […]
Israel: The Complete Travel Guide (2026)
Israel Travel Guide: Everything You Need to Know (2026) Israel packs Mediterranean beaches, ancient desert landscapes, and 3,000-year-old holy cities into a country roughly the size of New Jersey — just 22,145 sq km. With a population of 872,700 in Jerusalem alone and sites like the Dead Sea sitting at 430 metres below sea level […]