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Mecca Travel Guide

The city is revered by Muslims for containing the holiest site of Islam, the Grand Mosque of Mecca. A pilgrimage to Mecca is one of the Five Pillars of Islam, a sacred duty that is required of all able-bodied Muslims who can afford to go, at least once in their lifetime.

About Mecca

Mecca covers an area of 328.2 sq. miles (850 square Km) and is estimated to have a population of 1.7 million people being an Islamic holy city in Saudi Arabia's Makkah Province, in the historic Hejaz region. People of other faiths are officially forbidden from entering the city.

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Bin Dawood

The Bin Dawood shopping complex is 1 minutes walk from the main gate of the Harem. Its housed in the Hilton hotel ground and 1st flooors. What can you get there? EVERYTHING! Everything from dates, sports wear, expensive swiss watches, KFC, Rugs and the list goes on. This really is the only place you need to know, it houses a dozen eateries and tons of different speciality shops. Theres even an auction house here! (but dont waste too much time in shops - my advise is to make a list of people you need to get gifts for before you leave your home country and write down what you might get them - be objective and dont waste time because its easy to get distracted once you are in these large complex shopping centres.)



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