CITY OF MINA

Located in the low-lying Jamarat valley in the region of Makkah, Mina happens to be the city of tents in Saudi Arabia. World’s largest tent city hosts almost 100000 tents for the increasing mass of pilgrims set out from Mecca after their seven rounds ritual at Mecca, Safa, and Murah. Explore the fascinating tent city and experience the stoning of the Devil, a ritual performed by the Hajj pilgrims on the last day of the Hajj.

Mina City or Mina Valley is famed for being a place loaded with tents. Located at a distance of 8 KM from the holy site of Mecca, this valley is known for providing a home to the visitors and pilgrims who visit Mecca. The place has more than 100,000 air conditioned tents which work as a temporary shelter for the ones who come on a Hajj to the holy Mecca.

The tents here come with proper facilities ranging from kitchen to well equipped bathrooms, with a rule that men and women can not stay together in the same tent. Due to the large collection of these tents, the place has also got the name of  “the city of tents”. Mina is also a home to the three pillars which represent the satan or the devil and the ritual of stoning of the devil during the last days of Hajj is also performed here.

Highlights

• Get an insightful knowledge of the last major Islamic rite of the Hajj performed by the pilgrims at the city of Mina.
• Explore each of the tents color-coded by each country of all the pilgrims.
• Get a unique experience at The Jamarat Bridge, the location of the ritual of the Stoning of the Devil is performed on the last day of the Hajjis.
• Wander around the small city incorporating innumerable tents, Jamarat area, slaughterhouses and get to know a deep idea of the city’s role in the Hajj.