Medina is a desert city with very hot summers and warm winters . June to September are hot and dry whereas October to May are pleasant with minimal rainfall . Though religious pilgrims are seen throughout the year irrespective of weather , November to May can be the best time to visit Medina .

Madinah adalah kota gurun dengan musim panas yang ekstrem dan musim dingin yang hangat . Juni sampai September panas dan kering , sedangkan Oktober hingga Mei cuacanya ramah dengan sedikit curah hujan . Meski para peziarah berdatangan sepanjang tahun terlepas dari cuacanya , bulan November hingga Mei adalah waktu terbaik untuk mengunjungi Madinah .

Al-Madina Museum

Shopping

You ’ ll be surprised to see a huge number of palm groves in this place . It is believed that the first palm trees appeared in this exact area , and then spread throughout Saudi Arabia .

Anda akan terkejut melihat banyaknya pepohonan palem di kota ini . Pohon-pohon palem diyakini pertama kali tumbuh di sini dan kemudian menyebar ke seluruh Arab Saudi .

For a fascinating excursion , visit the Al-Madina Museum . A significant number of the artefacts stored in the museum belonged to religious subjects . Here you can see the belongings of many prophets , old books , jewellery and unique relics that were once kept in ancient mosques . Its collection of religious artefacts is one of the most valuable in the country .

Museum Al-Madina menarik untuk dikunjungi . Sebagian besar koleksi museum ini adalah artefak keagamaan . Di sini Anda dapat melihat barangbarang milik para nabi , buku-buku kuno , perhiasan dan pusaka unik peninggalan masjid-masjid kuno . Koleksi artefak keagamaannya adalah salah satu yang paling berharga di negara ini .

Behind us on the main road , another red double-decker tour bus pulls up at the hop-on , hop-off stop . The hour is late and on the top deck is a familiar sight : a cheek pressed up against the window , eyes closed . In London , this might have been a number 25 bus headed to Oxford Circus . Here , though , the destinations are far more sacred .

In the north , on the outskirts where Mount Uhud looms over the city , the bus stops at the site of a real low point of the Prophet ’ s reign in Medina , the Battle of Uhud . Later , at stop 9 , the Trench Battlefield marks a significant upturn , when 3,000 Muslims defended their city against 10,000 of their enemies , using a trench .

Out towards the west , the bus takes tourists to Masjid al Qiblatain , a reminder that Muslims used to pray towards Jerusalem . It was in this very mosque that the revelation to face Makkah was received and the direction of the qiblah changed forever .

1 Perfume or attar on display at a road-side shop .

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The streets leading to and around the Prophet ’ s Mosque are lined with shops selling goods of every variety . Visitors to Medina usually buy prayer rugs , caps and tasbeeh , or prayer beads , as souvenirs or gifts . The best items to take back are Medina dates . Credit cards are largely not accepted , so make sure you have cash available .

Jalan di sekitar dan menuju ke Masjid Nabawi dipenuhi toko-toko yang menjual berbagai jenis barang . Pengunjung biasanya membeli sajadah , kopiah atau tasbih sebagai oleh-oleh . Namun yang terbaik untuk dibawa pulang adalah kurma Madinah . Pastikan Anda membawa cukup uang tunai karena kebanyakan pedagang tidak menerima kartu kredit .