Oman, the country known for its fantastic landscape and rich cultural heritage, offers a variety of unique places that provide unforgettable experience. From luxurious mountain trial to lavish Rresorts, here is six unique stays in Oman that you should consider for your next holiday. Also look for 5 Visa-Free Countries UAE Residents Can Travel to During Holidays.
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Six Senses Zighy Bay
One of the most spectacle spots in the region is the Musandam – a wild enclave at the end of the UAE, which is actually part of Oman. Dramatic fjords and soaring mountains draw the adventure travellers, however the region also plays host to one of the most unusual (and luxurious) hotels in Oman, and the just one Six Senses hotel in the GCC (at least, until one opens in Saudi this autumn). The drive down the twisting mountain road to Zighy Bay, an isolated cove between the mountain and the pounding sea in Musandam, is not to be believed.
You can drive, however, paraglide or come by speedboat. Visitors flock here (by private jet, no less) to tune out in this rocky, but all-luxury imagined version of a typical Omani village. The stone villas (82 of them) with the dusty walls and the flickering lamps are surrounded by the pomegranate trees and the date palms, and each of them has a personal cerulean plunge pool and a sandy garden.
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Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort
The Al Hajar mountains are a place that every traveller to the Middle East would want to visit at some point. The mountains summit an area that encompasses the most scenic canyon on the Arabian peninsula, and the wild is both unwinding and refreshing in equally merriment. Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar Resort is set in these mountains two hours outside the capital and sits on the edge of a canyon teeming with wildlife and offering hypnotic vistas over the mountains and, come spring, the blanket of Damask roses (used to make the equally famous rosewater) that cover the region. The hotel, though, is not wild at all, having 115 rooms. It has mountain-facing private pool villas, a tennis court, cliff-edge infinity swimming pools, an impeccable spa that utilizes the aromatic frankincense oils and more than enough secluded spots to gaze at the stars. Explore a nearby local village to make this stay even more extraordinary or discover how to prepare Turkish coffee or rose water with local craftsmen
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Desert Nights Camp
Travellers are spoilt with choices of luxury desert camps in the UAE but the same cannot be said in the Sultanate. The camp is among the few luxury desert retreats in the nation rendering it among the most distinctive hotels in Oman to stay in case a person desires to experience the landscapes. Desert Night Camps is a two-hour drive outside of Muscat in a burnt-orange wadi surrounded by craggy mountain peaks in the distance.
The camp proper occupies 10 acres of secluded, serene sands and contains 55 spacious, air-conditioned, Bedouin-style tents, six one-bedroom private pool villas in case you want to take it to the next level. Visitors pass their nights around a crackling campfire, days relaxed in Omani-fashion majlis and venturing out into the desert surrounding on foot and in 4x4s.
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The Suwgra (The Cliff Guest House)
The Suwgra (it is also called The Cliff Guest House), is a jewel of a place, providing the real Omani mountains experience at a fraction of a price of its more luxurious relatives (needless to say, without all the luxuries). This is a beautiful and luxury guest house that is located in the Hajar mountains and close to the historical village of Al-Sugra; a semi-ruined village of the past and a window to the past of Oman. This guest house is over 500 years old but has been beautifully renovated and modernised to appeal to the international travellers.
Being one of the best and unique stays in Oman, Rooms and suites are built down the mountainside connected by steep and narrow paths and all have balconies with panoramic views. Inwardly they are modern and stylish without disturbing the heritage of the area and its conventional patterns – like majlis seats. The guests will be served dinner and breakfast and can reserve day trips such as hiking and visiting the local historical villages.
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Alila Jabal Akhdar
Alila Jabal Akhdar is another cloud-cuckoo-land-like, one-of-a-kind getaway in the Al Hajar mountains of Oman, at 6,562 feet above sea level, reachable solely by 4WD vehicles. The plush hotel is constructed on the brink of a high cliff and is harmonised with the horizon line of stony greys and sandy browns with a few flashes of floor-to-ceiling glass windows.
All the 78 suites overlook the dramatic mountain range and the interiors are inspired by the life in the Omani villages with traditional Bahla pottery, juniper tree motifs and Omani chests. There is an Asian-themed spa clinging to ancient healing methods and an infinity pool that overlooks the mountain ravine – all covered in pink During March to May, due to the blossoming of Damask roses. and you may see, looking carefully, the sheep, goats and donkeys, which graze on the mountainside.
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Dunes By Al Nahda Luxury Resort
Dunes by Al Nahda is a ultra tented desert resort situated in South Batinah area of the Sultanate, and is the nearest desert resort to the capital, only 50 minutes drive south west of Muscat. The hotel is located on the golden sands of the Wadi Al Abyad – all of its 50 octagonal tented villas are equipped with air conditioning, private en-suite bathrooms and their own outdoor seating areas where one can view over the apparently endless dunes.
And the special feeling continues with the arrival, where visitors are greeted with a welcome ceremony complete with staff in local attire and a drumming of the Omani drums before they are taken in their tented home – which is also full of local flavour with hanging lanterns, deep armchairs, writing desks and teak furniture.
Conclusion
These unique stays in Oman show the country’s natural beauty and cultural prosperity, providing unforgettable experience to travelers. Whether you are looking for a mix of adventure, relaxation or both, different staycations in Oman meets the needs of each visitor.
