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Tourism megaproject in Saudi Arabia
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The Red Sea Project (مشروع البحر الأحمر, Mashrue al-Bahr al-Ahmar), branded simply as The Red Sea (البحر الأحمر, Al-Bahr al-Ahmar) is an upcoming tourist resort in northern Saudi Arabia.
63 villas with private pools. It is the holder of the hotly contested title of the most expensive hotel in the Middle East, with room rates averaging US$3400/night.
90-room resort designed by Japanese starchitect Kengo Kuma.
73 Maldives-style overwater villas, only they're made of reflective stainless steel. Very Instagrammable, but a rather odd choice given the climate.
40 villas and a 36-room hotel complex in the middle of the desert.
By car
The Red Sea Project is 550 km from Jeddah and 1,200 km from Riyadh.
There is no public transport. Visitors are ferried around by a fleet of Lucid and Mercedes sedans.
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