Located north of Abha city, Bin Adwan Heritage village is one of the largest heritage projects in the region. It contains a museum of 12 sections in various fields, as well as an agricultural museum, a heritage hotel for the village guests, hills, traditional yards and places allocated for events. In Al-Namas province, there is Al-Maqar tourist village, which is one of the villages of modern tourist villages in terms of idea and design. It occupies an area of 1300 square meters above Sarawat Mountain. Rijal Almaa village is located in Tihama part of Asir. It is one of the most important heritage villages in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It is one of the significant attractive destinations. The village is visited by more than 50 thousand visitors throughout the year. Its architectural heritage is distinguished by high stone buildings, which reach a height of seven stories. The village contains Rijal Almaa heritage archaeological museum established by an initiative of the local inhabitants in 1405H to save their regional heritage. Located in south of Asir Region, Al Khalaf village is one of the antiquity treasures with particular significance in history. It has been lately selected to become a heritage village from among more than five thousand villages and settlements in Asir Region. Al Khalaf village is among the finest examples of the region's traditional forms of architecture where accuracy in implementation, strength and ability to endure natural elements are altogether combined. A visitor can obviously see a village-specific and quintessential in character due to its huge size, tall old adjoining buildings where more than 17 attached buildings form a continuous architecture with only one joint roof. The houses contain tunnels, lanes and many twists and turns with side openings along the way for illumination. This type of architecture is unique in Asir Region since it provided security to the village inhabitants in the past. In addition, Asir Region has many museums, which are open to visitors every tourism season and throughout the year. "Al-Raqdy" museum is one of the significant museums in the center of Abha city. It contains nine sections exhibiting copperware, silver antiquities, pendants, women jewelry and a collection of tradition clothes. It also contains old kitchen utensils, agricultural and handicraft tools. Other museums include "Al-Shafa" museum, "Al-Orsh" heritage museum in Bani Amr, the heritage village museum and Balqarn cultural museum. Al-Namas museum is one of the most important museums in Asir. It is located in the old neighborhood near old palaces and historical forts. The neighborhood is a magnificent architectural masterpiece dating back to almost 250 years. It consists of five stories and contains more than 2000 heritage pieces. Al Soufan museum is located in Lashaab village in Al-Namas governorate. It contains a large collection of historical pieces that are exhibited in a remarkable way in four large halls and an external open hall. The number of exhibited pieces at the museum is around 1200 pieces. --More 12:41 LOCAL TIME 09:41 GMT 0008 www.spa.gov.sa/w1149979