So I'm going on Umrah..?

Question

And after I complete my umrah I'm going to have lots of free time and want to check the malls out..

Are the malls filled with good well-known shops that sell quality items or is it cheap stuff?..(quality wise)

Answer 1

I pesume you will be staying in Makkah for the duration of your visit to the Holy Land...? If so, you can take a taxi from Makkah to Jeddah which is about 50km away and spend the day in Jeddah. There are many malls there as per the previous response.

However, if you stay in Makkah, you can practically get anything you want in the city itself or you can go to Azizia... there's lots of places to shop.

Sadly though, its a pity that you think that you will be having lots of free time. If your intention is to make Umrah, (it seems like this is your first visit?), you should rather try and spend your time more wisely. You can shop anywhere in the world, but there's only One Masjidul Haraam where you can spend more of your time fruitfully by just being in the vicinity of the Kaabah.

Enjoy your visit... and may the Almighty accept your Umrah.

Answer 2

the stores are well know but not really that cheap.

Answer 3

wow what a broad question.

it depends where are you going to stay? jeddah or makkah?

how many days?

there is a wonderful new mall just in front of the holy mosque with all types of modern shops and good food court. i dont recall its name, but you cannot miss the mall at all.

In case you stay at jeddah, then you can go to:

- red sea mall

- andalus mall

- aziz mall

- hiraa mall

- tahliyah street

- jeddah mall

- tahliyah mall

- roshaan mall

these are some of the many malls here that sell good quality items (avg shops like NEXT, Zara, Mango, Guess). You will find higher and lower quality items

Answer 4

well thats about all you can do in Saudi during summer to pass the time is shop.. and we now have modern malls with many western well named department store shops..

there are expensive, moderate, and cheap stuff.. everything to suite your needs. ^_^