Jeddah
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Pros
- I walked the Jeddah promenade and saw the floating mosque. There were tons of families out breaking their fast and the city was much more laid back than I thought it would be.
- Jeddah is a very modern, clean, and lovely city. It’s akin to the brand new modern aspects of the nicer SEA cities filling most of the city.
- A beautiful view of the Red Sea and close to the wonderful Red Sea Mall. One theme of this trip to note, is how many American brands appear here that I’ve never seen anywhere else. American Eagle, Hollister, Texas Roadhouse, Raising Cane...
Cons
- One of the few downsides, Jeddah is easily the least walkable city I’ve been at on the globe.
- Public transport doesn’t hardly exist, with the exception of high speed rail to the religious towns of Mecca and Medinah. I used Uber exclusively, although they have local apps. Pricing was relatively cheap. Not quite SEA but $5-10 to go...
Sentiment
5 positive (56%) · 1 mixed (11%) · 3 negative (33%)
Trust + time weighted score: +25% · raw score 22%
What redditors said (9 of 9)
I walked the Jeddah promenade and saw the floating mosque. There were tons of families out breaking their fast and the city was much more laid back than I thought it would be.
One of the few downsides, Jeddah is easily the least walkable city I’ve been at on the globe.
Jeddah is a very modern, clean, and lovely city. It’s akin to the brand new modern aspects of the nicer SEA cities filling most of the city.
A beautiful view of the Red Sea and close to the wonderful Red Sea Mall. One theme of this trip to note, is how many American brands appear here that I’ve never seen anywhere else. American Eagle, Hollister, Texas Roadhouse, Raising Canes etc.
Public transport doesn’t hardly exist, with the exception of high speed rail to the religious towns of Mecca and Medinah. I used Uber exclusively, although they have local apps. Pricing was relatively cheap. Not quite SEA but $5-10 to go anywhere. My only compliant is that it would often take 10-20 minutes to find a driver although there were plenty around.
One of the few downsides, Jeddah is easily the least walkable city I’ve been at on the globe. Nobody walks anywhere. Crosswalks hardly exist. Trying to walk is doable until you come to an impassable highway.
Jeddah is a very modern, clean, and lovely city. It’s akin to the brand new modern aspects of the nicer SEA cities filling most of the city. I rode around quite a bit and struggled to find many run down parts. In Jeddah and really across what I saw, the roads were in wonderful shape.
One of the few downsides, Jeddah is easily the least walkable city I’ve been at on the globe. Nobody walks anywhere. Crosswalks hardly exist.
Jeddah is a very modern, clean, and lovely city. It’s akin to the brand new modern aspects of the nicer SEA cities filling most of the city.