Feast at first top Flavours of AlUla festival January 2023

It’s time to taste Saudi flavours at the first Flavours of AlUla festival.

The foodie event is the first of its kind in the historic city, and it’s happening now until Saturday January 14. It’s open daily from 4pm to midnight.

Best of all, Flavours of AlUla has free entry, as well as free parking.

Are you ready to dig in?

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Flavours of AlUla is part of Winter at Tantora and showcases local and regional cuisine.

There will of course be plenty to eat as well as a variety of food-based activities including workshops and events.

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Local and international chefs are heading to the Flavours of AlUla festival, including international pastry chef Karim Bourgi, and Saudi chefs Omar AlWatban, Areej Al-Shareef, Samira Sadiq, Ghofran AlRomaihy and Arwa Ali. All visiting chefs will be hosting workshops so you can learn all about their specialities.

If you’re after more recipes you can whip up at home, check out the Legacy Tree, where visitors can exchange family recipes.

Workshops include learning to cook with hot sand and guessing ingredients based off of smells. If you want to further test your senses, you could check out the Black Box experience, where you will be blindfolded then get to taste different dishes.

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If you’re bringing the family, there’s a dedicated kids’ workshop area where tots can learn all about making honey lollipops, banana sushi, and mac and cheese.

This is just the start of the things happening at Winter at Tantora. The Saudi Seasons event has a pop-up from famous Spanish eatery Mamzel, and the Citrus Festival is returning.

If you’re heading to AlUla, you can also plan ahead with all of these exciting upcoming events.

Free. Open daily 4pm-midnight. Until Sun Jan 14. AlUla, experiencealula.com.