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Our Oman travel guide brings together a collection of featured boutique and luxury hotels in Oman along with a selection of the best travel writing, to help you decide where to go, what to do and how to get there.

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Intercontinental Muscat

"One of Oman's finest luxury hotels, the Intercontinental lies close to the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque and Bait Al Zubair Museum."

Price from: 134.26 OMR

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Grand Hyatt Muscat

"A classic in style and sensibility, this Grand Hyatt sibling overlooks Shatti Al Qurm beach and the Gulf of Oman; a top-notch luxury hotel."

Price from: 176.10 OMR

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Six Senses Zighy Bay

"Set on the secluded and beautiful Zighy Bay, on the coast of Oman, this Six Senses sibling is an intimate, tranquil retreat."

Price from: 1369.66 USD

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Articles About Oman

  • Oman's Musandam Peninsula | Fiona Dunlop | Oman | Muscat Region | Khasab
    "Blink and you could miss Khasab, the main town on the Musandam peninsula, a remote enclave of the Sultanate of Oman where sheer moutains tower over narrow inlets and blissful, deserted coves. Roads are a recent phenomenon here; access used to be by..."
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  • Muscat | Fiona Dunlop | Oman | Muscat Region | Muscat
    "Unknowingly, I arrive in Muscat just after National Day, November 18th. It is dark, or supposed to be, but it feels like I have landed in fairyland. The place is ablaze with lights: red, green and white, the colours of the Omani flag. Garlands of..."
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  • Ode to Oman | Michelle Jana Chan | Oman | Muscat Region | Muscat
    "This is the Arabia of Lawrence. A desert nation where I first began to understand why Omanis whisper the word water with reverence. But the first day on the road, it all seemed rather extreme. We drove hundreds of kilometres to reach..."
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  • South to Sur, home of the Dhow builders | Graham Simmons | Oman | Muscat Region | Muscat
    "The Middle East has acquired a sinister reputation lately. Saddam’s antics have been compounded by the insane acts of Hezbollah and right-wing Israeli terrorists, and the Bin Laden gang still appears to be hell-bent on creating havoc. To a casual..."
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  • Oman | John Hatt | Oman | Muscat Region | Muscat
    "In the late 1960s there was student unrest throughout Europe, even at Oxford where the Clarendon Building was occupied by a group of activists. Among them I remember a bearded orator haranguing his audience about Oman, a remote country apparently..."
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