AL-Balad is the historical area of Jeddah, the second largest city of Saudi Arabia. Balad can literally be translated as "The Town". Balad traces its history 2,500 years back as a fishing village when the Quda`a fishermen tribe settled there. Balad is a beautiful blend of the modern and the classic where the glass facades of modern skyscrapers rub shoulders with Historical buidings with the distinct horizontally embedded Wooden beams that has come to symbolize Balad over years.
