Things to Do

Medina is a holy city, not a tourist destination. The sites below are accessible only to Muslims. Non-Muslims are prohibited from entering the city and its immediate surroundings.

Guide

Things to Do

01

Al-Masjid an-Nabawi

The Prophet's Mosque is the second holiest site in Islam and the spiritual centre of Medina. Muhammad built it himself on his arrival in …

Sight
02

Jannat al-Baqi

Jannat al-Baqi — the Garden of Baqi — is the oldest Islamic cemetery in existence, lying immediately east of the Prophet's Mosque. Muslims have …

Sight
03

Mount Uhud

Historic mountain north of Medina, central to the Battle of Uhud and early Islamic memory.

Sight
04

Masjid Quba

Historic Medina mosque revered as the first mosque founded by Muhammad.

Sight
05

Hejaz Railway Museum

Housed in the old Medina terminus of the Hejaz Railway, this museum tells the story of one of the most ambitious infrastructure projects in …

Museum
06

Masjid al-Qiblatayn

Important Medina mosque associated with the change of the qibla direction in Islamic tradition.
07

The Seven Mosques

On the slopes of the Sal hill on Medina's northwestern edge stands a cluster of small mosques associated with the Battle of the Trench …

Sight
08

Dar Al Madinah Museum

Medina museum explaining the city's sacred history through models, objects, and urban context.

Museum
09

Masjid Jumua

Historic Medina mosque associated with the first Friday prayer after the Hijrah
10

Mosque of Al-Ghamama

One of Medina's most historically significant small mosques, Al-Ghamama sits a short walk west of the Prophet's Mosque on a site where Muhammad is …

Sight
11

The International Fair and Museum of the Prophet's Biography and Islamic Civilization

This museum near the Prophet's Mosque uses models, video and digital displays to present the life of the Prophet Muhammad and the wider setting …

Museum
12

Sela

Sela is a dramatic volcanic outcrop that rises abruptly from the plain at the northwestern edge of Medina, its dark basalt rock standing out …

Sight
13

Castle of Urwah bin Zubair

Restored historic estate associated with the early Islamic scholar Urwah ibn al-Zubayr.