Rijal Almaa Museum

It didn't let me down. The construction is special with stone decoration. The was no crowd the day I visited, so I had a wonderful day there.
It was only half opened to the public and another half is still under renovation. There was a “شلال" sign but I didn't see any waterfall, probably it’s just a name?
Btw, the scenery along the road is very beautiful.

Place has different color theme and you will not feel like you are in KSA. If coming from Abha, don't take Sawdah mountain route, come from muhail. Route is more comfortable to drive.

The village buildings were beautiful.
The drive there was tricky, long and winding road with sharp turns.
The museum was small but full of history. No English translation so google translate was handy.

The houses in the heritage village have interesting features, colours and decorations. Some are restored, at least the exteriors, others in a dilapidated state. There is a small museum, coffee shop and mini market on site. An application has been made for World Heritage Site status for the houses.

An okay-ish place, good for a getaway from your monotonous expatriate machine driven, far from the nature life.

The village has more aesthetic to it rather than heritage and history. It's good for pictures and passing time but nothing significant of the history belongs to this place.
There are 2 cafes, a mosque, no hotel, no restaurant. The views are poor after sunset and spending any time more than an hour would be unnecessary.

Coming all the way from a city to this place over a 100km would be a waste, but it'd be great if you plan paying a visit while on your way to some other place and just stopping at this place for a short break.

The place being reviewed is the museum not the village it self.
A very decent place entrance is 20sar per person for a contribution so the place get taken care and maintained.
The concept of the museum is catchy
But there is nothing worth it, some old antiques places in a non organized manner with minor descriptions and not well maintained.
The female jewelry was nice to see
The place is out although visited in winter time.
If you are limited in time the village is worth seeing

Rejal Historical Village... Nice place. There's coffee shop there, and museum. But we didn't had the chance to go inside the museum. I think it's only for the locals (not so sure, I'm sorry) but we tried the coffee shop , with the overlooking view. Very nice.

Simply spectacular.

Scenic verdant valleys and gorges - covered in lush green forests and vegetation.

However, The road trip was nerve-wracking - a winding road with hairpin bends down terribly steep slopes.

🌼Next time I’ll take the cable car which takes 10 minutes.

The ginger bread village - Rijal Alma - is well worth a visit.