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Top Ten Tourist Activities and Places to Visit in Muscat City, OmanBY: Maya Ballesteros | Category: MIDDLE EAST | Submitted: 2010-06-28 08:20:11
Muscat is the largest city of Oman, being dominated by a rocky-volcanic terrain, as the Al Hajar Mountains and nearby. Muscat City is also opened to the Arabian Sea, providing sunny beaches along the Gulf of Oman. This place does not have such wonderful vegetation, but you can enjoy many other things. As any other nearby location, you can visit it anytime you wish, regardless the season, as it provides warm weather, even quite hot during arid summers. Here is a small guide, providing you with the necessary information: 1. Once arrived in Muscat City, the first thing you should do is to book a day tour to the enchanting Forts of Nizwa. The tour starts with the Hajar Mountains and continues along the Fanjah and Birkat Al Mauz oases and, in the end, you arrive to Nizwa. This is the most popular tourist attraction, presenting historical buildings and strong forts. Its oasis stretches for about eight kilometers. After visiting the location, the tour includes a visit to the local market and souk from you can purchase different souvenirs, as Bedouin jewelries. 2. The next thing you can do is to book a private tour to visit Muscat City. The tour takes you through the embassy quarter and continues with the Soultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, one of the Muscat important landmarks. It provides you with splendid local architecture. After, the tour guide takes you to the Omani Museum, where you obtain information about local tradition, history and culture. Then, you visit another quarter of Muscat City, and the tour ends with a visit to their popular fish market. 3. You can visit Muttrah, a nearby wonderful location, and get lost along the Corniche, to admire the merchant houses and have a great shopping experience, trying out the busy local market with lots of craft shops selling silvery, perfumes, different souvenirs and many more. 4. As well, as in any other desert location, you can join their safari trips, at the Mountain of the Sun. You can have a great day being driven through Hajar Mountains, Fanjah and Birkat Al Mauz oases, and Nizwa. As well, you can visit Misfah and Al Hamra, traditional villages, from where you are taken to the Mountain of the Sun, Hebel Shams in the original language, where you can enjoy a breathtaking view of the "canyon" of Oman. 5. Another thing that you can do is to book a tour to the Rustaq Fort. To reach that location, you are going to pass through Barka, then visit Bait Na'am, an interesting location, which was a fortified house, used in defense purposes. Then you go to the Al Hazm area and the Rustaq Fort itself, from where you can admire picturesque wades and the Nakhl oasis. 6. Choosing the Wadi Safari brings you closer to the nature, especially by visiting the Nakhl oasis on foot. You can take pictures of this wonderful location, and then travel towards Thowarah, another ideal place. On the way, you are able to admire all those palm trees plantations and small mountain villages. 7. Going on the northern site, you are able to visit Quriyat, a coast town, well known for its beaches. There you can find unique landscape that helps you with your traveling picture album, as it is also named the "shrink hole", featuring a collapsed part of the mountain into the waters. 8. In addition, another location presenting desert sceneries you can find after crossing the Hajar Mountains. Behind all those desolated dunes, you are going to locate the Wadi Bani Khalid, one of the most beautiful and unique arid sceneries. 9. You should try booking your visit to Muscat in the same period with their festival. It assures a nice ambiance, providing many cultural information, excitement, adventure, entertainment and fun. You can enjoy their traditional songs and dances, combined with wonderful music and artistic performances. 10. Another delightful activity you can try on is the dolphin boating. The region's clear waters allow you to watch these wonderful creatures accompanying your boat. As well, you can observe more than you ever imagine the area ocean's life. Article Source: http://articles.travelandtourisminfo.com/ About Author / Additional Info: Comments on this article: (0 comments so far)
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