Riyadh

Riyadh runs on contrast. North of the glass skyline the escarpment tears away at the Edge of the World, south the red dunes fill with keshtas at dusk, and in Diriyah's mud-brick lanes the Kingdom's founding story is still standing.

Ours is the widest desert menu in the capital: dune safaris and overnight camps, Jeep Wrangler runs, horseback mornings, heritage villages, camel racing and city tours. Most run as half-days, so they stack into any stay.