List of Gulf Countries You Must Visit

The Gulf Countries or the Middle East is a transcontinental region filled with mysteries. This paradoxical region is situated at the cultural junction between east and the west. Recent years have witnessed a dramatic change in the region for its development. It served as one of the most important fountainheads of the human civilization and the hub for the world’s three great religion.

Multifarious stunning monuments cover the entire history-laden region. These sheer epic artworks depict culture, monotheistic ideas and are of great epoch-making importance. The place is filled with antiquity that boasts of medieval shops, historic mosques to the breathtaking architectural skyscrapers.

If you are planning a visit to this region, please take a note of the places mentioned as follows:

•     TURKEY – It serves as the cultural crossroad, right at the junction of Europe and Asia. It still reminds us of its rich history and the modernization has surely attracted tourists all over the world. It is truly beautiful, with rising minarets of Hagia Sophia and Sultanahmet mosque piercing the skyline right above interesting entwine of bazaars, and the calm waters of Golden Horn and Bosphorus. Cappadocia is filled with the enchanting landscape, perfect for a geographer as it has outlandish rock pillars, cones, mushrooms, troglodyte caves, chapels and much more.
•    ISRAEL – It has been an important tourist spot for two millennia since the Middle Ages. It boasts of numerous shrines, pilgrims take a visit to this pious land to take a view of the eccentric Biblical landscape. It offers a view of Judaism, Christianity and Islamic sacred sites.
•    JORDAN – Visiting this region you enter the narrowest of gorges, leading to the lost city of Nabateans, with an exquisitely carved Greco-Roman frontage of Treasury. Harbouring dozens of temples and tombs with hilltops and cliffs this region is a must visit.
•    EGYPT – The land of the mummies and pharaohs and pyramids (most famous being the Giza Pyramid) is a true representation of the medieval Arab. Paying a visit is time-travelling experience dotted with antique mosques, alleyways, gateways and a never-ending maze of medieval streets. The Siwa Oasis has mud-brick kasbahs, lovely camels, tombs and endless stretch of the Sahara Desert.
•    SAUDI ARABIA – One of the most fascinating sights is Mada’in Saleh rock tombs, the cavernous mausoleums cut into ragged sandstones that lies in the Saudi desert.  Not to forget about holy cities of Mecca and Medina involving religious pilgrimages from around the world. It harbours antique mosques throughout the country.
•    UAE – One of the largest exporters of oil this country needs a visit. People need to visit Abu Dhabi and Dubai for its sheer planned architectural sites. And of course, the world’s tallest building The Burj Khalifa.

Other places that complete the Arabian beauty involve OMAN, IRAN and LEBANON. It has its own scenic beauty filled with Arabian charms, monuments, alleyways and mosques. However, political scenario has rendered these regions unsuitable for vacation.