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Muscat City Tour with Omani Guide (Private)
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11 Ratings
Muscat
Embark on a private tour of Muscat City with a knowledgeable Omani guide. Explore iconic landmarks, visit a traditional market, and indulge in a delicious Omani lunch.
Duration:
5 hours
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
- Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque - Visit the largest mosque in Oman and explore its interior with our tour guide. Photography is permitted. Women must wear a scarf, and shorts are not allowed.
- Royal Opera House - Enjoy a guided tour of the Royal Opera House with a special guide from the opera.
- Qurum Beach - Stroll through this picturesque area of Muscat.
- Mutrah Souq - Explore Mutrah Souq, a traditional market with modern timber roofing. Here, you can purchase locally produced frankincense (Luban), local jewelry, Kashmiri textiles, and perfumes.
- Bait Al Zubair - Discover more about Oman at the Bait Al Zubair Museum.
- Al Alam Palace - Visit the Al Alam Palace and two Portuguese forts (constructed in the 1580s). Outdoor walking.
What's Included
- Pick up and drop off (around Muscat)
- Car parking fees
- Private Car and gas or small bus for group
- Official Omani guide, English speaking
What's Not Included
- Royal Opera House (8 USD/ 1guest)
- Bait Alzubair Museum ( 8 USD/ 1guest)
Additional Information
This experience is a private tour (pick up and drop off included) with a local Omani guide managed by an official tour company to discover Muscat City. The tour starts at the largest mosque in Oman (capacity 20,000 people), which was opened in 2001. The mosque is a unique combination of Islamic design from around the world and Omani architecture. Then you will continue to the Royal Opera House, which was opened in 2011 by the order of Sultan Qaboos. After that, you will have a short stopover at Al-Qurm Beach. The tour continues to Muttrah Souq, a traditional Arab market housed under modern timber roofing. Next, visit Bait Al Zubair Museum to learn more about Oman’s history, social life, traditions, and customs, old civilization, and many different collections from the past. Finally, you will have a photo stop on top of old Muscat City, Alam Palace, and two ancient Portuguese forts.
- In Sultan Qaboos Mosque, Women must wear a scarf, and a full dress to cover, and shorts are not allowed.
- On Friday, Sultan Qaboos Mosque and some attractions will be closed to visitors. We will do our best to make different visits to Muscat Viewpoint to recover your trip duration.
- Visiting time of the Sultan Qaboos Mosque from 8 am to 11 am. There are different times to start the tour. If you want to make a night city tour you will choose at 3 pm.
- On the night city tour, you will visit most of the places from outside for photo stops and you will spend more time in the Mutrrah Souq.
- We are accepting any guest have transection from Muscat International Airport
Location
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Sultan Qaboos St,
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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Getaway567466
Apr 15, 2024
Outstanding City Tour - Did the city tour with Musa and thoroughly enjoyed it! Having a private tour to explore so many parts of Muscat and have plenty of time to walk and ask questions was wonderful. The sites were beautiful and provided a perfect overview of Muscat.
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Curious09586227297
Feb 9, 2024
Private Muscat tour with guide - The whole trip was an amazing experience. My family and I had so much fun exploring Muscat and it's wonders. Our tour guide Saud was fantastic and was not only fun but also extremely helpful. Thank you very much for this great experience. I would definitely recommend booking this experience!
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P1360mw_
Feb 5, 2024
Great tour - Great tour around the Muscat. All the main historical sides are covered, beautiful beach, all that you want to see. Tour guide Saud was very nice, knew a lot, answered all my questions. Definitely recommend for visitors.
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Creacyp
Jan 31, 2024
Great tour guide - Ahmed was an amazing tour guide. He was friendly and funny. He was very knowledgeable and explained the history of Muscat clearly. He was funny and he went above and beyond for us. He showed us local areas and showed us some places that wasn’t in the itinerary. He took very good care of us (two ladies) he also took us shopping . Thank you so much Ahmed, we had an amazing time and we highly recommend anyone visiting Muscat to book with Ahmed - you will not regret it.
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Abrat2024
Jan 16, 2024
Wonderful day - I had a short stop in Oman (Muscat). I booked a city tour with Oman Compass. I visited all the best places in Muscat. Great job, I recommend this company to you. Thank you.
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J2361apmohammeda
Jan 16, 2024
Beautiful City - My friends and I decided to have a short trip around Muscat and we found this itinerary that I recommended to anyone who wants to see Muscat City. All the best.
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Wenlingz2024
Jan 9, 2024
Great experience - It was a great experience explore the city with a private tour. My guide Musab done a great job, perfectly arranged the timing for us. Also shared with us a few his favourite photo spots. Highly recommend.
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Silkesq1829ip
Dec 8, 2023
Great Day in Muscat - We have made this tour in novembre this year with our guide Musab. He was very nice and friendly and has shown us all interesting places in Muscat. We have booked the full day tour, which was a very good decision, because so we had more time at the sightseeing attractions.and got the possibilty to see places like the fish market and the national museum which are not included in the half day trip. For that reason and of course it is more relaxing, I would always prefer the full day trip.After one day in Muscat you have very good insights and impressions about the capital of Oman. Our guide was very good in explaining the traditions and the life in Oman.And even we had a lot of questions, he always was patient with us. For sure we have learnt more from him as an native Omani Guide, then you can learn from a Non-Omani Guide.
We have made two more tours with him and always felt in good hands.
We highly recommand Oman Compass Tours because of their professional and high-quality work.We are looking forward to see you again!
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_x5482ki
Dec 4, 2023
Great Day in Oman - On a beautiful day with Saud, we spent a great day in Muscat. We visited Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque (the biggest mosque in Oman). Then, we continued to the Royal Opera House. Next, we get to the Souq of Muttrah and we buy frankincense locally named Laban. Also, we visited the Zubair Museum and Sultan Alam Palace. Finally, we get the opportunity to test the real Omani food. I highly recommend Oman Compass Tours for their great work.
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Explorer33338049562
Dec 2, 2023
Perfect Company - Excellent company, knowledgeable guide, easy and quick contact. The tour was great. Thank you Oman Compass Tours.
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