King Fahad Central Park

This guide to King Fahad Central Park in Medina starts with a question: where does a desert city go to lay down grass and water. It travels five kilometers south of Quba to explain how engineers and gardeners turned roughly four and a half square kilometers of bare sand and scrub into an artificial lake, piped-in irrigation for rows of date palms, orchards, and farmland for horse and camel riding. You'll hear about the Ayniyah Market, a heritage quarter built beside the park to recall the older Madinah that stood before this ground became parkland. Best visited near dusk, when the lake catches the light and families spread blankets under the palms.