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What do you do for fun in Jeddah?

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Where do you hang out? What are the main attractions here?
What are some cool places to go to?

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For sightseeing the following sites are worth it:

Lawrence House:
Is the only surviving building of the British Legation in Jeddah and during world war one, it is believed that TE Lawrence stayed here when he visited Jeddah in 1917.

Nasif House:
The Nasif families are one of Jeddah prominent merchant clans and in the 19th and early 20th century, it was the most important houses in Jeddah. It was here that Abdul Aziz spent his first night in Jeddah as the guest of Mohammed Nasif, after he lead his victorious army into the capital of the western province in 1925. And the tree in the square outside the front door is now the oldest and was once the only tree in Jeddah.

Al Shafee Mosques:
One of the oldest mosques in the city, Al Shafee Mosque stands near the center of Al Balad and is reached most easily via the Souq.

Jeddah Corniche:
An open-air museum with many sculptures by famous artists like Henri Moore, Vassarely, Cesar and others.

Abdul Raouf Museum or Private Museum
A home of cultural museum in the city, where valuable collection were gathered. It also projects through the collection of cultural values of the most well recognized civilizations. The museum attractions are the mosque, citadel fa莽ade, Saudi Arabia legacy houses, Islamic legacy house, general legacy exhibition and world legacy house.

Jeddah Fountain:
Jeddah has almost the 2nd biggest fountain in the world; it can reach a height of 161 meters.

Jeddah Old City (Al 鈥?Balad)
Where the majority of the most spectacular sites in Jeddah鈥檚 old town lie along the old city walls. The wall was been demolished in 1940 but three city gates have been reconstructed, old houses were constructed from coral and reinforced with wood.

If you like adventurous activities you can go to the red sea for diving and fishing. Some tour companies provide boats and diving equipments as well as instructors for beginners.
Others

it really depends on who you are, for example if your are an american who is visiting saudi arabia for what ever reason, then probaply you won't find anything you consider fun, I mean no bars and no dance clubs or gambling.

But on the other hand, you would have fun f you like Soccer, Driving pickup trucks or dune buggies in the desert.

If you have a family, there are several attraction and amusment parks for children.

It would help us to answer if you say who are you
well the amusement parks are:
al shallal and ata allah
the malls are every where.. and they are all very nice and cool places to hang out!
then there are resorts.. u can hang out with ur friends and just have fun
i'm from jeddah!!
there are lots of thing in jeddah ...
you can go to the sea and do various of water sports like jet skiing ..
and they have many amusment park like AL-SHALAL..
and they have many shopping centers (malls)
and you can go bowling also .. and many other things ....

jeddah is very fantastic and i think you will have lots of FUN there ....
i'm saudi and i go to jeddah every month .. !!
I would like to add jungle land.