The solidly built, squat fort at Al Mintirib is worth a look if time allows. The town is the gateway to the Wahiba Sands if coming from Ibra. The Bidiyah Fort is nearby.
Al Mudayrib contains around 10 old sablas, old merchants houses built by wealthy residents Omani origin in East Africa. They are traditionally given over to public use or that of their extended family...
Located 2000m above sea level along a difficult snaking path en route to Wadi Naam lie around 90 beehive toms. They date back 5000 years and – considering their great age – have survived quite well. O...
Ibra has always been a trading town and it has a market every day, Wednesday however is given over to the town’s famous women-only market. It started around 20 years ago when pregnant women were alloc...
The highest peak in the Akhdar range, in Oman and in eastern Arabia Jebel Shams or the ‘Mountain of the Sun’ provides a focal point for travellers to the region. Below it are some of the best walks an...
Behind the modern town of Manah lies the ruins of a much older village. Dotted with mosques the ruined settlement is thought to be the first resting place of Malik bin Fahim al Azdi who lead the Azdit...
Misfah’s stone houses have a troglodyte feel to them, built into the rockface some 10km up a track from Hamra. The village is still inhabited and the falaj system working – a good place to see this ma...
Without doubt one of the finest monuments to Omani architectural ingenuity, Nizwa Fort reflects the military genius in the field of defensive engineering.This superb 17th century fort — the largest on...
The famous souq here at Nizwa has a 1990’s façade and yet inside remains what is a traditional Middle Eastern bazaar filled with the smells of aromatic spices and where you can buy antiques, copper (f...
Famous for its Tanuf-brand mineral water the old town of Tanuf was abandoned in the 1960s, a casualty of the Jebel Wars of a decade earlier. Bombed by the British at the request of the then Sultan the...
