Rose festival in Taif

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Allons-y Active member

Member since 21 October 2010

Allons-yActive member11 March 2013 17:40:06

Destination Jeddah magazine mentions that March 21 will be the date of the rose festival in Taif, but I believe the festival has been held in past years in April.聽 I sent an e-mail to the e-mail address listed in the magazine, but I haven't gotten a reply.

If anyone has any information about the festival for this year as well as accommodation suggestions, please post.聽

Many thanks in advance!

ahmadaq Serial expat

Member since 27 November 2012

ahmadaqSerial expat12 March 2013 04:22:50

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Hi,
This year the Rose festival in Taif will be held between 19-30 March aligned with the Schools Spring Break (the dates are from an official invitation letter we received in our offices yesterday) .

please note that Al Hada Road is closed and you need to take Al Sail Road.

Enjoy

Ehtesham ViP

Member since 15 May 2012

EhteshamViP12 March 2013 05:20:01

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Hi Ahmadaq,
Thanks for mentioning about Hada road.
Just adding a few details, Hada road is closed in Week days and opened only during weekends, and you can always dial 112 and ask the operator if the road is opened or not.

Allons-y Active member

Member since 21 October 2010

Allons-yActive member12 March 2013 19:00:42

Thanks for the reply.聽

khimkarren Member

Member since 10 March 2013

khimkarrenMember14 March 2013 19:15:37

Hi. We are planning to go to taif for the festival. May i ask the location and how can we get there ? Thanks. We have a car.

ahmadaq Serial expat

Member since 27 November 2012

ahmadaqSerial expat16 March 2013 07:50:45

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Hi,

This year, the festival will be held in three locations (according to their Arabic official website).

The main activities will be in King Faisal Park-Taif, and the other two locations are; Al Radaf Park and Al Hada Area.

Which Witch Contributor

Member since 07 October 2012

Which WitchContributor17 March 2013 12:20:01

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Activities begin from 4pm in King Faisal garden in Taif (airport road direction to Riyadh, near Intercontinental hotel).
Recommended to visit rose farms and oil factory in al Hada in morning hours.

Allons-y Active member

Member since 21 October 2010

Allons-yActive member17 March 2013 17:30:26

Thanks to everyone for the info!

khimkarren Member

Member since 10 March 2013

khimkarrenMember17 March 2013 18:19:59

When is the exact date of festival?

ahmadaq Serial expat

Member since 27 November 2012

ahmadaqSerial expat23 March 2013 06:23:16

#10

556

Hi all,

We had a new invitation letter today saying that the opening day will be on March, 31 !! so I called them and they said that the dates were wrong in the first invitation letter and that the new dates are the correct ones聟

So Rose festival will start on Sunday, 31 March

khimkarren Member

Member since 10 March 2013

khimkarrenMember27 March 2013 18:55:29

#11

ahmadaq wrote:
Hi all,

We had a new invitation letter today saying that the opening day will be on March, 31 !! so I called them and they said that the dates were wrong in the first invitation letter and that the new dates are the correct ones聟

So Rose festival will start on Sunday, 31 March

Thanks for the info. How many days is the festival? Wer planning to go to taif on april 4 or 5. Thanks.

khimkarren Member

Member since 10 March 2013

khimkarrenMember27 March 2013 19:32:35

#12

May i ask if the festival open for a non muslim? They say that theres a checkpoint, i forgot the road's name from jeddah going to taif that they dont allowed non muslim to pass. Is it true? If its true, is there any other way going to taif for non muslim? Your kind response will be a big help. Thank you.

ahmadaq Serial expat

Member since 27 November 2012

ahmadaqSerial expat27 March 2013 21:18:00

#13

556

Hi,
There are two roads that takes you from Jeddah to Taif , one is via Makkah,that's the Hada road and its open only to Muslims (because Makkah is open for them only). with this road you will enter Taif from The West- south west side if the city. The other road is AlSail road which takes you around Makkah and you will enter Taif from north.
When you take the Jeddah Makkah express, to go to AlSail road you needs to go right from an area called Shomaisi (around 50km from Jeddah ).

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