Oman is one of the best place to spent Holidays there. Here you can get 10 Breathtaking Places To Visit In Oman 2020. Oman is the oldest independent state in the Arab world and, despite the seemingly excessive wealth of its nearby neighbors, retains a true sense of the region's age-old heritage. Here, Bedouin traditions lie at the forefront of Omani culture, and towns maintain their historical charms - with low-rise buildings giving way to marvelous mountain views beyond and a pristine coastline, unspoiled by ostentatious.
You'll start in the capital of Muscat, with three nights at a city-center hotel. Here, you'll have the option to get to know the place with a half-day tour, and have the chance to spend a day with Oman Tours the beautiful forts of the area before moving on to your next destination.
Spend your evening gazing through the camp's telescope at the mesmerizing night sky or relaxing to the tunes of the Bedouin Band. You've the option to add a Wahiba Dune Bashing and Sunset excursion, complete with Bedouin lunch - a great way to immerse yourself in these unique surroundings - before moving on for your final night's stay. Here, you can meet some of the local wildlife, with a turtle watching tour - a wonderful end to a stay in Oman's memorable.
#1 Quriyat
For me, Quriyat was a beautiful surprise . I didn't spend much time in that fishing village, but it was enough to be delighted. Quriyat's great “attraction” is its recently restored Omanite fort. Like other forts and castles I visited in Oman, it seemed over-restored, looking plastic and traditional. Maybe that's why I chose not to enter the fort.
I preferred to stay by the waterfront, to appreciate in the distance the so-called “old fort”, or Portuguese fort, a completely decaying little ruin that lies abandoned on an arm of land inland. Either way, Quriyat is another excellent stop on the route between Muscat.
# 2 Wadi Bani Khalid
Bathing in Wadi Bani Khalid was another thing I wanted to do in Oman. After following a winding road through the Jebel Khadar Mountains, crossing some small traditional villages, the asphalt ended in a small car park. I left the car and walked about five minutes along an irrigation canal, until the wadi appeared before my eyes.
The visual contrast was huge. Raising his head, it was all mountainous and brownish, dry as a dehydrated apple. Looking ahead, emerald green water, lots of palm trees, all green. It looked like an oasis in a desert environment.
The silence was almost total; and the atmosphere was one of absolute peace. For a good half hour I had the wadi almost to myself (before the tourists arrived). I highly recommend it!
# 3 Souk Mutrah in Muscat
You'll start in the capital of Muscat, with three nights at a city-center hotel. Here, you'll have the option to get to know the place with a half-day tour, and have the chance to spend a day with Oman Tours the beautiful forts of the area before moving on to your next destination.
Spend your evening gazing through the camp's telescope at the mesmerizing night sky or relaxing to the tunes of the Bedouin Band. You've the option to add a Wahiba Dune Bashing and Sunset excursion, complete with Bedouin lunch - a great way to immerse yourself in these unique surroundings - before moving on for your final night's stay. Here, you can meet some of the local wildlife, with a turtle watching tour - a wonderful end to a stay in Oman's memorable.
#1 Quriyat
For me, Quriyat was a beautiful surprise . I didn't spend much time in that fishing village, but it was enough to be delighted. Quriyat's great “attraction” is its recently restored Omanite fort. Like other forts and castles I visited in Oman, it seemed over-restored, looking plastic and traditional. Maybe that's why I chose not to enter the fort.
I preferred to stay by the waterfront, to appreciate in the distance the so-called “old fort”, or Portuguese fort, a completely decaying little ruin that lies abandoned on an arm of land inland. Either way, Quriyat is another excellent stop on the route between Muscat.
# 2 Wadi Bani Khalid
Bathing in Wadi Bani Khalid was another thing I wanted to do in Oman. After following a winding road through the Jebel Khadar Mountains, crossing some small traditional villages, the asphalt ended in a small car park. I left the car and walked about five minutes along an irrigation canal, until the wadi appeared before my eyes.
The visual contrast was huge. Raising his head, it was all mountainous and brownish, dry as a dehydrated apple. Looking ahead, emerald green water, lots of palm trees, all green. It looked like an oasis in a desert environment.
The silence was almost total; and the atmosphere was one of absolute peace. For a good half hour I had the wadi almost to myself (before the tourists arrived). I highly recommend it!
# 3 Souk Mutrah in Muscat
One of Oman's most interesting souks is Mutrah's, located in the old quarter of the capital Muscat. Discounting some harassment from vendors, trying to draw the attention of the few tourists to the men's dish dash , t-shirts or trinkets, walking the Souk Mutrah alleys is an enticing activity. Even if you don't want to buy anything!
# 4 Sultan Qaboos Mosque in Muscat
An unmissable building in the capital of Oman, the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque manages to be huge but intimate, imposing but welcoming and very, very beautiful.
In the outer courtyards and façades, the simple and bright tones of the stone predominate, contributing to the sense of peace that a visitor, even a non-Muslim, surely feels as soon as he enters the mosque complex.
But it is inside that the traveler is most easily surprised. In the main prayer room, for example, there are two elements whose grandeur stands out: the Persian rug and the German chandelier.
# 5 Trekking Balcony Walk in Jebel Shams
The Balkony Walk is a trek that follows an old rail donkeys along the throat An Nakhur, a canyon known as the "Grand Canyon of Arabia".
When I planned my travel plan in Oman , W6 trekking was one of the must-see activities in Jebel Shams , a beautiful area of natural landscape that belongs to the Al Hajar mountain range in the Nizwa region. It must undoubtedly be on the Oman list.
# 6 Nizwa Fort
Probably the most touristy of the Omanite forts, Nizwa Fort is restored in a way that seemed artificial to me, too plastic; fact that removes the wrinkles of history. Still worth the visit, especially if you can combine it with passing through the city's goat market.
#7 Bahla Fort
Bahla Fort is classified by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site and this may be reason enough to arouse interest in your visit. In the words of the organization, “the ruins of the immense fort, with its adobe brick walls and towers and stone foundations, are an extraordinary example of such fortifications and attest to the power of the Banu Nebhan,” the dominant tribe in the region between the twelfth and late fifteenth centuries.
