For none are more intimately bound to time than Muslims in Mecca.Įvery year at the time of the Hadj up to three million Muslims make a pilgrimage to the Holy City, which since this summer has seen its stock of lighting equipment lavishly enhanced. Twenty FALCON STATIC ARC white 7000 watt and twenty-eight SKY FALCON ARC white 1200 searchlights have since the beginning of Ramadan in July 2012 been showing pilgrims the way. By night, when the believers are called to prayer, the cradle of the half moon opens and gliding beams of light climb heavenwards. And in the heart of the Holy City, a giant golden crescent moon on the Makkah Clock Royal Tower in the Abraj Al-Bait complex dominates the scene. We were running out of time hence we opted for day time, otherwise we would have gone for the night view.November 2012, Saudi Arabia – Ninety kilometres from the Red Sea lies the birthplace of Mohammed, the prophet of Islam: Mecca. However, the view during daytime and night time will be totally different so you need to decide. No reservations required but accoding to the front desk, the least visitors are at 1p,-3pm. I am not sure the operating hours outside of Ramadhan. During Ramadhan they opened at 1pm-6pm, and 10pm-2am.
A total of 4 floors including the clock floor is opened for visit. Every visitors will be provided a small (multi lingual) device which will narrate automatically once you reach every stations in the museum, according to the language selected. We were quite in a hurry so we took the normal tickets, and it was more than enough. A bit pricey, but the VIP comes with a guide and exclusive lounges.
The "normal" ticket is SR75 per pax, while VIP tickets are sold at SR150 per pax.
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