5th edition Published: 01 Jul 2022 416 PAGES / 16 PAGES OF COLOUR PHOTOS / 35
MAPS Bradt's is the most up-to-date and informative guide to Oman, the Arabian
peninsula's most welcoming destination, fully revised and updated by an author
who has been living in Oman and Arabia since 1986. Oman is finally reaping the
economic benefit of its location between Europe, Africa and Asia with
substantial investment in major shipping ports and significant expansion of the
national airline with new routes to Western Europe and East Asia. Despite being
at the crossroads of great trade routes and empires, Oman has remained an
independent country through much of its long history, and today tourism and
travel are a major focus for Oman's government. This new edition covers the
recent substantial investment in new airport facilities and upmarket
accommodation and also features the historic UNESCO towns of Samharam and Al
Balid. If you want to live like a local, the guide also tells you how to slow
cook the traditional spiced meat shuwa and how to be a perfect guest if invited
into an Omani home. Oman is not merely a desert. While it has the classic sand
seas - Wihibah Sands - home to the nomadic Bedouin and their camels, this
sultanate also boasts lush monsoon-soaked valleys near Salalah, mountain
villages surrounded by green terraced fields of fruit trees and rose bushes, and
the reef-fringed Ad Dimaniyyat Islands. With such a varied wilderness there is
huge scope for adventure. Oman is increasingly perceived as a high-end cultural
destination. The new Opera House has opened, directly supported by the Sultan,
with top-notch international performers like Placido Domingo. The guide includes
advice on property buying, since Omani law changed to allow expatriates to buy,
explaining the rules and regulations. There is also a detailed overview of
language schools teaching Arabic, not found in other guides. With advice on
cultural etiquette, basic Arabic phrases and political history - as well as full
practical information on where to stay and eat, and what to see and do - this
fully updated edition remains the essential guide for travellers looking to
discover the real Oman. - See more at:
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