Boulevard World is a flagship zone of the annual Riyadh Season, a large-scale entertainment festival typically running from October to March. This temporary theme park is conceived as a global tour, featuring elaborate pavilions and replicas of international landmarks that evoke destinations from Venice to Tokyo. Beyond the architectural simulations, the zone offers a condensed experience of global cultures through themed dining, shopping, and live performances. Centred around a vast artificial lagoon, it functions as a major attraction within the wider festival, which transforms the city with concerts, sporting events, and numerous other entertainment districts.

Havana's favorite green expanse – el Bosque – is frequented by locals seeking natural respite in the shade of century-old trees with veil-like canopy reaching all the way to the ground, which gives the area a primeval forest appearance. The Almendares Park, just to the north along Almendares River, offers family-friendly activities such as mini golf and bike paths.

The Old Camel Market, situated approximately 30 kilometres north of Riyadh, is one of the largest such trading grounds on the Arabian Peninsula. This sprawling, dusty arena offers a direct encounter with an enduring tradition, where Bedouin traders assess, present and haggle over hundreds of dromedaries. The atmosphere is immersive and unfiltered, defined by the din of negotiation and the distinct, earthy scent of the animals. While the trading continues throughout the day, the activity peaks in the late afternoon. It is advisable to confirm its current location before visiting, as urban development has prompted relocations in the past.

Ernest Hemingway donated his former home of two decades to "the people of Cuba" after moving away, and it remains largely undisturbed since the 1960s. Although one cannot technically come into the house, there are plenty of spots to peek in through the windows, as well as explore the premises containing a tiny cemetery of Hemingway's pet dogs and his fabled boat Pilar, docked in what once was a tennis court.