Neom announces superyacht resort on Gulf of Aqaba

Neom announces superyacht resort on Gulf of Aqaba

Plans to build a high-end resort town on the Gulf of Aqaba aimed at the luxury yacht community have been announced by Neom, despite rising doubts about Saudi Arabia’s ability to maintain funding lines for the country’s giga-projects.  The new project, Jaumur, was described by Neom as an “exclusive residential community set around an inspiring […]

500 apartments and 700 villas planned

Shelter for up to 300 superyachts

Designed by Bureau Proberts of Brisbane

Plans to build a high-end resort town on the Gulf of Aqaba aimed at the luxury yacht community have been announced by Neom, despite rising doubts about Saudi Arabia’s ability to maintain funding lines for the country’s giga-projects. 

The new project, Jaumur, was described by Neom as an “exclusive residential community set around an inspiring superyacht marina” that will be the largest luxury neighbourhood along the 110-mile-long Gulf of Aqaba coast, with 6,000 residents. 

It will include 500 apartments, 700 villas and two hotels, an international boarding school and a deep sea research centre, Neom said. 

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The town will feature typically futuristic architecture, in line with the 12 resorts Neom has announced so far, most of them apparently aimed at the super-rich. 

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