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fiogf49gjkf0d MUSCAT AND SURROUNDING AREA:
THE FORTIFIED TOWN AND THE TWO PORTUGUESE (MUTRAH) FORTS OF
MIRANI AND JELALI. THE PALACE OF THE SULTAN, THE MOSQUES AND
MUSEUM OF QURUM, NATIONAL MUSEUM & THE SOUKS & FISH MARKET.
MEDINAT QABOOS:
OMAN MUSEUM, CHILDREN'S MUSEUM, NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM.
MUTRAH:
MUTRAH FISH MARKET, MUTRAH SOUK.
RUWI:
SULTAN'S ARMED FORCES MUSEUM, RUWI SOUK, THE CLOCK TOWER.
RUSTAQ:
THIS WAS THE CAPITAL OF OMAN UNDER THE YARUBA DYNASTY.
THE TOWN HAS THREE FORTS DATING FROM THE 18TH CENTURY. THERE
ARE ALSO THE GARDENS ALONG THE FALAJ AN ANCIENT IRRIGATION
SYSTEM.
NIZWA AND JABRIN:
NIZWA IS IN THE HEART OF A MAGNIFICENT AREA OF PALM GARDENS.
THERE IS ALSO A FORT BUILT IN THE 18TH CENTURY. A PICTURESQUE
SOUK THAT HAS CONSERVED ITS IMPOSING GATES SCULPTURED FROM
WOOD.
THE FORT OF JABRIN WAS THE RESIDENCE OF AN IMAN IN THE 1600'S.
IT HAS A VERY ELEGANT DEMURE, WITH CEDAR WOOD AND PAINTED
CEILINGS.
THE DHOFAR:
THIS IS A PROVINCE WITH TROPICAL VEGETATION. ONE OF THE
LAST REGIONS IN THE WORLD TO POSSES THE TREE WHOSE RESIN
IS KNOWN AS FRANKINCENSE AND WHEN BURNT IS KNOWN AS INCENSE.
SALALAH:
THE CAPITAL OF THE DHOFAR. THE ARCHITECTURE IS INTERESTING
DIFFERENT FROM THAT OF THE NORTH.
THE OLD QUARTER OF THE TOWN, AL HAFA ENCOMPASSES THE
ANCIENT HOUSES OF THE POPULATION. THERE IS ALSO THE GOLD
SOUK AND THE INCENSE SOUK.
THERE ARE VERY GOOD BEACHES ALL ALONG THE ROAD TO MUGHSAIL.
BATINAH COAST:
OMAN'S NORTHERN COASTAL STRIP.
BARKA HAS A FORT AND A RESTORED HOUSE, SOHAR FORT, NAKHAL'S
DRAMATIC FORT AND A'THORWARAH A LUSH SPRING.
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