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Mecca, Saudi Arabia
6 places worth your time in Mecca, with what each is actually like and when to go.
The Grand Mosque enclosing the Kaaba, the direction of prayer for the world's Muslims and the focus of Hajj and Umrah.
The cubic structure at the centre, circled seven times in tawaf on the marble floor around it.
The two hills, now enclosed within the mosque, walked seven times in sa'i.
The plain east of the city where pilgrims stand on the ninth of Dhul Hijjah — the essential rite of Hajj.
The tent valley and the open ground where pilgrims camp and gather stones during Hajj.
The mountain holding the cave of Hira, a steep climb of about ninety minutes.
