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Daily Costs
Oman is an expensive country to visit with limited accommodation and transport options
outside the capital. Budget accommodation, where it is available, averages US$50 for
single occupancy but there are cheap options for eating (around US$5) and minimal entry
fees to many of the main sites of interest; with a combination of public transport and taxi,
a minimum daily cost comes to around US$100. This rises to US$230 if staying in
midrange hotels with car hire and US$450 for a top-end hotel with 4WD hire.
ITINERARIES
Muscat Stopover
Rise with the dawn to see the weird and wonderful at Mutrah's
fish market
. Join the ebb and flow of the city's
residents by strolling the
corniche
and ducking into
Mutrah Souq
. Spare an hour for the sights of
Muscat
prop-
er, the walled heart of the capital, before an extravagant dinner at
Al-Bustan Palace Hotel
.
Two weeks
Begin a mountain tour in the old city of
Nizwa
. Climb to
Jebel Akhdar
, famed for giant pomegranates. Hike
the rim of Oman's Grand Canyon for some carpet-buying on
Jebel Shams
. Engage with
jinn (genies)
at the
tombs and forts of
Bat
,
Bahla
and
Jabrin
. Take the long way home to Muscat via a dizzying mountain drive to
Rustaq, and dive in a sparkling sea at
Sawadi
.
