{"id":52769,"date":"2026-04-01T17:44:40","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/?p=52769"},"modified":"2026-04-01T17:44:42","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T17:44:42","slug":"celebrity-favourite-faena-to-open-new-hotel-in-wadi-safar-near-riyadh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/celebrity-favourite-faena-to-open-new-hotel-in-wadi-safar-near-riyadh\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity-Favourite Faena to Open New Hotel in Wadi Safar Near Riyadh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you\u2019ve ever wanted to stay somewhere celebrities choose when they travel, <strong>Faena <\/strong>is likely already on your radar. The brand is now expanding to Saudi Arabia with a <strong>new property set to open in Wadi Safar, just outside Riyadh<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Faena Wadi Safar will be located in Diriyah, surrounded by desert landscape, palm trees, and open views across the wadi. The hotel will include <strong>130 rooms<\/strong>, with some overlooking the Royal Equestrian &amp; Polo Club and others facing a 27-hole championship golf course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KA001_0015352_HERO-VIEW_HIGH-RES-1-1024x540.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-52771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KA001_0015352_HERO-VIEW_HIGH-RES-1-1024x540.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KA001_0015352_HERO-VIEW_HIGH-RES-1-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KA001_0015352_HERO-VIEW_HIGH-RES-1-768x405.jpg 768w, https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/KA001_0015352_HERO-VIEW_HIGH-RES-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plans for this project also include <strong>20 private villas<\/strong> positioned along the golf course, a spa, and dedicated cultural venues. The project will introduce the region\u2019s first Faena Theater, along with a Faena Forum designed for events and performances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The brand is known for attracting <strong>high-profile guests such as Madonna, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kanye West and Kim Kardashian<\/strong>, so Diriyah may soon see familiar names on the guest list.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If desert views are not your preference but the brand still appeals, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/celebrity-favorite-resort-faena-is-coming-to-shura-island-in-saudi-arabia\/\">Faena has plans to open a resort on Shura Island in 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve ever wanted to stay somewhere celebrities choose when they travel, Faena is likely already on your radar. The brand is now expanding to Saudi Arabia with a new property set to open in Wadi Safar, just outside Riyadh. Faena Wadi Safar will be located in Diriyah, surrounded by desert landscape, palm trees, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":52770,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-52769","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15507,"slug":"ksa","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/","api_id":215,"title":{"rendered":"Saudi Arabia"}}],"cities":[{"id":15508,"slug":"riyadh","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/ksa\/riyadh\/","api_id":283,"title":{"rendered":"Riyadh"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52769","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52769"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52769\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52770"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.ceo\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52769"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}