Rock Pool
Banyan Tree AlUla
About This Pool
Deep in the Ashar Valley — an ancient canyon of red sandstone where Nabataean caravans once passed — Banyan Tree AlUla has carved its Rock Pool into the canyon floor itself. The water appears impossibly blue against the ochre and amber walls that tower on every side, and on clear mornings the canyon glows a colour that defies photography. AlUla is Saudi Arabia's most extraordinary natural landscape, a setting that rivals Petra and Wadi Rum for sheer geological drama. The Banyan Tree's pool is the most immersive way to experience it: suspended in cool water, surrounded by 2,000-year-old rock, watching the canyon walls change colour as the sun moves through the valley.
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