Days · Riyadh
Riyadh in 3 days
Old centre in the morning, Diriyah at dusk, Olaya indoors on the last day; every leg is a car ride, so plan three anchors, not eight (October–March; in summer keep to AC).
Days
3
Plan status
draft
Walking
3km
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Forecast: Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0), model data for this point.
Your constraints
Day 1 — Masmak, Souq Al Zal, National Museum, lunch table
No plan fits these constraints.
Conflict: Lunch table 13:00 (near Murabba) ∩ Visit national-museum. Loosen: Visit national-museum?
Minimal conflict: Lunch table 13:00 (near Murabba) ∩ Visit national-museum
After: Hotel or mall 14:00–16:00; plan Diriyah for the afternoon.
Day 2 — Diriyah in the last light
- 15:30–16:05Car to the At-Turaif gate
- 16:05–18:10At-Turaif District, Diriyah
- 18:10–18:16Walk to the terrace
- 18:16–20:16Bujairi Terrace restaurants
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi SAR 45 (Car to the At-Turaif gate) — saves walking and transfers.
- L2Skip Bujairi Terrace (AC restaurants, field-verify) (optional).
Switches if the ground changes
- heat At-Turaif District, Diriyah → Bujairi Terrace (AC restaurants, field-verify) (6′)
- crowd At-Turaif District, Diriyah → Bujairi Terrace (AC restaurants, field-verify) (6′)
Why this route?
DFL 1.5 = PFL 0.7 + OFL 0.8 · walk 700 m (0.4 mi)0.4 mi (700 m) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 0.0% (fast path: safe) · margin p90 n/a · relax L2 · yield 15 · option value 1.25
trace: generated 12 · rejected none · frontier 2 · seed 2562120502 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: Dinner at Bujairi Terrace; book ahead on weekends and in the season.
Day 3 — Kingdom Centre, lunch, car to the airport at 12:00
leave byLeave Al Baik (Olaya) by 11:10 to keep the 12:00 boarding.Leave Al Baik (Olaya) by 11:10 AM to keep the 12:00 PM boarding.
20 min of buffer left; holds while the queue at Kingdom Centre and Sky Bridge stays under 30 min.
- 08:30–08:48Walk (little shade)
- 08:48–10:13Kingdom Centre and Sky Bridge
- 10:13–10:21Walk along Olaya
- 10:21–10:41Al Baik (Olaya)
- 10:41–10:49Car back to the hotel for the bags
- 10:49–12:00Buffer / wander near Hotel pickup (bags) → King Khalid airport
- 12:00–13:00Car to the airport at 12:00hard
What this plan gives up
- L1Taxi SAR 15 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.Taxi SAR 15 (Car back to the hotel for the bags) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00 PM.
- L2Shorten Kingdom Centre and Sky Bridge to 75 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.Shorten Kingdom Centre and Sky Bridge to 75 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00 PM.
- L2Shorten Al Baik (Olaya) to 20 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.Shorten Al Baik (Olaya) to 20 min (minimum worthwhile visit) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00 PM.
- L2Skip Najdi kabsa restaurants in Olaya (optional) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00.Skip Najdi kabsa restaurants in Olaya (optional) — protects: Car to the airport at 12:00 PM.
Why this route?
DFL 3.2 = PFL 2 + OFL 1.2 · walk 2 km (1.2 mi)1.2 mi (2 km) · steps ↑0 ↓0
P_late 2.0% (100 Monte Carlo runs) · margin p90 20′ · relax L2 · yield 8.5 · option value 0
Deadline: boarding 12:00 → latest arrival 11:50, slack 29′
β vs α: time risk 5% → 2%; margin +11 min; -SAR 15.
trace: generated 44 · rejected fast_fail:deadline×4, p50_after_latest_arrival×22, p_late>0.15×6 · frontier 8 · seed 2562120502 · solver 0.2.0 · confidence medium
After: King Khalid: allow 3 h before an international departure; traffic to the airport is slow at peaks.