Shopping Malls, Jiddah

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Probably one of the biggest mall in Saudi Arabia, the Mall of Arabia boast an area of more than 260,000 sqm., housing on 3 floors, several famous brands like Mango, Promod, Desigual, Zara, Bershka, H&M, GAP, Next, Banana Rep., electronics shops, home furnishings, supermarket and department stores.

There are also restaurant and cafe and everything you need all in its huge roof.

The parking lot at the basement - albeit confusing, hard to find the exit - is vast and very neat.

And even if you;re not buying anything, just hanging out inside the mall is a pleasant activity and one of the local's fun way of relaxing. Very spacious and good architectural design and colourful.

Weekdays are good, you can feel the spacious ambience, the mall hosts a lot of people during the weekends.

What to buy: fashionable clothing & shoes, electronic items, home furnishings, etc...

Formerly Tahlia street, now Prince Mohammed Street is the place to visit for signature brand conscious shoppers. You'll find most US & European brands here from Armani to D&G, Mango to UCB, even Levis to Next. Big shopping malls, shops and boutiques lined up this posh street.

What to buy: Signature brands

What to pay: Shopping Madness

Mahmood Saeed Plaza
Property Owner: Mahmood Saeed

Total Land area of the project: 23.000 square meter
Total floor area : 110.000 square meter
Number of floors: seven (repeated), commercial offices
: Two, commercial offices
: One, lower car park
: One, upper car park
Total car park capacity is about 1.200 cars.

The building is one of the "Intelligent Buildings". It is thoroughly equipped with a network of Fiber Optic Cables and an advanced central station giving tenants full access to the internet, E-mail and Video Corner through I.S.D.N. in addition to 150 television channels of latest News, Business updates and Fashion trends programs. The building is equipped with advanced security alarming system found in all building areas which is controlled by an "Automatic Control Room".

Address: Al-Sitteen St.
Intersection with Wali Al-Ahd's
AlMatar Al Gadeem (old airport)
Jeddah

One of Jiddah`s malls that offers many brand names(Woolworth,Zara,Accssesorize,woolworth
...ect.)
It has a play area for the kids.

What to buy: Mostly for kids clothes and women.
This picture was taken on Nov.10th 2003,on a Ramadan afternoon,the mall is empty in the picture because it was closed for prayer time.

Cosmetics and perfume are a lot cheaper here than in Western countries.
But you kinda have to know exactly what you're shopping for, and do some product research first because (apart from womens-only floor of Kingdom in Riyadh) all the sales assistants are men. Some of them know what they are talking about productwise, but most don't.

What to buy: MAC is about 25% cheaper here than in NZ, and the new collections hit the shelves a lot sooner.

My favourite shop in Jeddah has to be Diesel. The clothes are HEAPS cheaper here than in London and NZ.
They seem to have a sale every couple of months or so - at the moment (August 03) everything is 70% off!!

What to buy: They have cool jeans and off the shoulder tops.

What to pay: Ranges from SR 20 (sale singlets) to SR 300 for (normal priced jeans)

Hera was the first shopping mall built in Jeddah, it has been expanded in the last couple of years and is now 112,000m sq big.
It has a mixture of popular international brands - such as Zara, Mango, Mothercare, Colours of Bennetton, Laura Ashley, Espirit. And some good local shops - Al Mustab, Danube.
There is a children's play area with rides.
Eating facilities - McDonalds, Fuddruckers, coffee shops (Cafe Du Lord and couple of others), Starbucks, KFC, Pizza Hut.

What to buy: Parking for 1,500 cars but it can get congested around the main entrances at peak times.
At the moment there is increased security, so only 1 entrance is open - so it gets pretty crowded at night.

What to pay: Sales are on in June, August and December - you can pick up brand clothing for up to 75% off.

This mall has a large food court in the lower level which is srounded with artificial water streams.
In Ramadan it is mainly for families,,single men are not allowed in.Unless ofcourse they are salesmen working in a shop inside ;-)

What to buy: Clothes,Shoes,Cosmetices.

Hera'a International Market
It takes three years to build this market the building is characterized by glassed domes which give ornamental and elegant features all over the building.

Hera'a International Market
It takes three years to build this market the building is characterized by glassed domes which give ornamental and elegant features all over the building.