Six Senses AMAALA opens on Saudi Arabia’s Red Sea coast in July 2026

Six Senses opens its second resort in Saudi Arabia in July 2026, on a stretch of Red Sea coast where a clifftop mesa rises between gentle beaches and a mangrove-fringed lagoon.

Six Senses AMAALA follows Six Senses Southern Dunes, The Red Sea, which opened in 2023 as the brand’s first address in the Kingdom. The new property sits within AMAALA itself, a destination covering more than 1,600 square miles of protected Red Sea coastline, fringed by ancient desert peaks and coves with thriving coral reefs. A good deal of the appeal lies in that context: a coast held under protection at scale, reef systems intact, and a resort placed carefully within it.

There are 100 suites and villas and 25 branded residences, drawing on traditional Saudi coastal architecture and hospitality and woven into the natural terrain. The layout has been shaped for families and groups travelling together, which shows in how the accommodation is arranged and in how much of the programming is designed to be shared. The mesa at the centre of the site gives the resort its landmark and its long views; the lagoon gives it its quiet.

Neil Palmer, COO of Six Senses, said AMAALA gave the brand an ocean-front setting in which to bring its philosophy to life, describing the opening as a new chapter where hospitality and regeneration come together. Bryce Seator, General Manager of Six Senses AMAALA, said the experience had been shaped with intention so that guests leave feeling better than when they arrived, in a place where Saudi hospitality runs through every detail.

Six Senses Spa AMAALA takes its cue from a hidden desert oasis. The centrepiece is a Longevity Center offering cryotherapy, PEMF therapy and personal consultations, alongside a Biohacking Recovery Lounge, an outdoor Watsu pool and a sound dome. Treatment rooms open onto private terraces with lagoon views, and separate male and female thermal areas include saunas, a salt room and vitality pools. It is a wellness offer with enough depth to build a whole stay around, and it will reward guests who book consultations early in their trip and let the findings shape the days that follow.

Dining follows the Eat With Six Senses philosophy and includes a pioneering non-alcoholic beverage programme of fermented drinks, botanical infusions, probiotic tonics and signature mocktails. Soraya, perched atop the mesa with Red Sea views, fuses Japanese precision with Latin American flavour, and it is the address most likely to define an evening here. Joud serves all-day Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisine, and the Beach Shack sits steps from the water. Everyday life at the resort carries a strong Saudi accent through the Bunna coffee roastery, the Makhbaz artisan bakery and the Nafas cooking school.

The environmental commitments are specific. The resort is designed to achieve LEED Platinum certification and operates within a destination committed to running entirely on renewable energy. The azure mangrove lagoon at its heart supports marine ecosystems and is crossed by wooden boardwalks; younger guests can join a Junior Mangrove Ecologist programme, while the Earth Lab and Grow With Six Senses run nature-based family experiences. The wider destination adds the Corallium Marine Life Institute, an ocean research and experience centre, and the AMAALA Yacht Club, both of which extend the range of a stay well beyond the resort’s own boundaries.

Access is straightforward by the standards of the region. The resort is a 45-minute drive from AlWajh International Airport, 20 minutes by seaplane, or two hours from Red Sea International Airport, with flights serving Doha, Dubai, Jeddah, Male, Milan and Riyadh. The seaplane is the transfer that will appeal most to guests arriving with time pressure or with the resort’s setting in mind, since it delivers the coastline and the mesa in a single approach. For travellers already familiar with the brand in this part of the world, AMAALA joins Six Senses Zighy Bay and Six Senses Shaharut, with Six Senses The Palm, Dubai expected to open later this year.

For a first visit, three fixed points give a week its shape: the mesa, the lagoon and the Longevity Center. The 25 branded residences will interest anyone who expects to return often enough to want a base on this coast, and the family programming carries real substance, with the mangrove work and the Earth Lab giving children something to do that connects to where they are. This is an opening for travellers who plan a season ahead, and July 2026 is now the date to plan around.

Source: Six Senses