Most of Haql's accommodation options are along Route 55 and resemble something out of a '70s British sitcom; this is the best of a bad bunch. Rooms are huge but very tired. It's on the southern fringes of town, making it easy to escape down the coast, and it has its own bay.
Hayat Haql Hotel
Northern Saudi Arabia
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