InterContinental Hotel

Jeddah


The chic InterContinental boasts three main drawcards: a waterside location with a private beach, good facilities (including decent restaurants) and attention to detail – right down to complimentary underwater cameras and playing cards for kids. It is also home to the excellent Brazilian restaurant Spears.


Lonely Planet's must-see attractions

Nearby Jeddah attractions

1. Fish Market

2.15 MILES

The colourful and frenetic fish market – west of the corniche – has at least 50 species of sea creature on display, ranging from hammerhead sharks to…

2. Little India

2.52 MILES

There is a distinct air of the subcontinent in this square mile just off the King Fahd Rd. Clothes shops sell saris, grocers stock fresh curry leaves and…

3. Beit Al Balad

2.57 MILES

Built in the early 20th century as the British legation’s headquarters in Jeddah and serving in that role from about 1915 to the mid-1930s, Beit Al Balad…

4. North City Gate

2.68 MILES

This recreated historic gate marks the northern entrance to Al Balad, and is surrounded by some of the most beautiful historic houses, including the…

5. Sharbatly House

2.7 MILES

Built in 1930, this historic structure boasts some lovely Hejazi mashrabiyya (wooden lattice balconies). It's the former home of the wealthy Sharbatly…

6. Hanafi Mosque Minaret

2.7 MILES

This beautiful snow-white minaret is all that remains of the historic mosque named after one of the four great imams of Sunni theology, Abu Hanifah. It's…

7. Al Shafee Mosque

2.86 MILES

Beautifully restored and maintained, this historic mosque, one of the finest in Jeddah, is named after one of the four great imams of classical Sunni…

8. Naseef House

2.98 MILES

One of Jeddah’s best-restored old coral houses, Naseef House belonged to one of Jeddah’s most powerful trading families and was later a royal residency…