Six Senses Southern Dunes
Umluj, Saudi Arabia
In 2025, it remained a commercially and editorially relevant global luxury hotel, supported by Red Sea desert landscape, Foster + Partners architecture, wellness programming, sustainability positioning, and Saudi Arabia's emerging resort narrative and a clear position within Umluj's high-end hospitality market.
The annual recordWhy Six Senses Southern Dunes is in The World's Best 100 Hotels 2025
Six Senses Southern Dunes is a desert wellness resort in Umluj, defined by Red Sea desert landscape, Foster + Partners architecture, wellness programming, sustainability positioning, and Saudi Arabia's emerging resort narrative.
In 2025, it remained a commercially and editorially relevant global luxury hotel, supported by Red Sea desert landscape, Foster + Partners architecture, wellness programming, sustainability positioning, and Saudi Arabia's emerging resort narrative and a clear position within Umluj's high-end hospitality market.
The essentials.
- Destination
- Umluj, Saudi Arabia
- Property
- Desert wellness resort
- Operator
- Six Senses / IHG
- Opened
- 2023
Edition factsThe record at a glance
- Position
- No. 98
- Hotel type
- Desert wellness resort
- Destination
- Umluj
- Country or region
- Saudi Arabia
- Management in 2025
- Six Senses / IHG
- Opening year
- 2023