Set on Saudi Arabia’s north-western Red Sea coast, where the Hijaz Mountains meet the sea across three naturally shaped bays, AMAALA has been conceived from the ground up as the world’s definitive address for wellness, longevity and regenerative travel. It is not a resort. It is not a hotel collection. It is an entirely new destination and it is now open.
As of 1 July, UK travellers can access Saudi Arabia under a new Electronic Travel Authorisation, allowing multiple entries and stays of up to 180 days, alongside the FCDO’s recent lift of its advisory against all but essential travel to the wider region. For UK travellers, the barriers to visiting this brand new destination have never been lower, so do let us know if this would work for a feature on the widening access to Saudi Arabian tourism.
The first phase, Triple Bay, brings together a resort line-up that reflects the full spectrum of what luxury wellness looks like in 2026.
The first to open is Four Seasons Resort and Residences AMAALA – 202 rooms and suites, six open-air dining venues and a spa set within organic gardens, occupying the longest stretch of beach at Triple Bay. Throughout the summer, it will be joined by Six Senses, Rosewood, Equinox and Nammos, each bringing a distinct take on what ultra-luxury wellness means in this setting: biohacking and performance recovery, barefoot elegance, Mediterranean social energy, deep-nature immersion. Later in the year and into early 2027, Jayasom, The Ritz-Carlton and Clinique La Prairie follow.
Beyond the resorts, the AMAALA Yacht Club and Corallium Marine Life Institute, a world-class research and visitor centre dedicated to Red Sea conservation – open as part of the first phase. The destination is powered entirely by renewable energy and has been designed to welcome no more than 500,000 visitors a year, by deliberate intent.
The backdrop to all of it: crystalline Red Sea waters, desert escarpments, near-zero light pollution and a coastline that has remained essentially untouched until now. It is also the only year-round coastal destination in the GCC.
