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race from where you can watch boats entering the new harbour, a project that has helped
to protect Seeb's thriving fishing industry.
Getting There & Around
A taxi from the highway near Muscat International Airport takes 20 minutes along Sultan
Qaboos Hwy (OR2). Frequent minibuses connect Muscat with Seeb (OR1.200).
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Bandar Jissah
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Once, Bandar Jissah was a rocky promontory with a small, inaccessible beach. It is now
home to Muscat's most prestigious resort and some excellent water sports facilities.
Sights & Activities
Picturesque
Jissah beach
(sometimes referred to as Qantab Beach) offers perfect bathing on
weekdays (it gets too crowded on the Omani weekend). For OR10 per boat (five people),
entrepreneurial fishermen will take visitors on a 30-minute tour to see the famous
sea arch
that is now almost incorporated into the resort.
If you have your own transport, pause at the spectacular
viewing point
between Bandar Jis-
sah and the long descent into Al-Bustan. On the opposite side of the road, those after seri-
ous exercise can ascend to Muscat's hidden
40km cycle and walking track
that snakes above
Bandar Jissah. A road cut spectacularly through the mountains links Bandar Jissah with
Yitti.
Sleeping & Eating
Oman Dive Center$$
CABIN
( 24 824240;
www.omandivecenter.info
; Bandar Jissah; half-board in cabin s/d OR59/84; )
Of-
fering simple
barasti
(palm-leaf) huts with attached shower room on the beach, the Oman
Dive Center is in a lovely location on a sandy bay. Perhaps one of the most easygoing
places to enjoy some water sports, the centre offers half-day snorkelling trips (OR20, in-
cluding equipment hire; OR15 for afternoon trips) and dolphin-watching trips (OR18)
with the chance of seeing whales between December and February. You can enjoy the
