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You can get to salalah via Dubai Via Muscat by Bus Transport. From Dubai you can catch a bus to Muscat for as low as US$13 from Deira Dubai ( Behind Dnata - Emirates Building Near Clock Tower Roundabout ). Upon reaching Muscat you can change the bus going towards Salalah. It takes 5 hours from dubai to muscat and then further 10 to 14 hours to salalah.
Bus transport around salalah is no available and you have to rely on local taxis which are cheap. Theme: Car/Motor Home
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We hired a car from Thrifty for OM 12 per day (OM 2 was for insurance). You get 200km free, after that its 500 baiza per km. All the other companies in town only give 150km free, and some charge up to OM 15 per day for a car. Leave a Comment Theme: Car/Motor Home
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Best, and quickest option is to fly.
Alternatively drive (8 - 9 hours) - only interesting for the first 2 hours and the last 1 hour - through the mountainous sections. The rest is billard table flat!
Better still make a trip of it and take a 3 or 4 day 4WD trip from Muscat along the coast. Plenty of food and fuel required. Leave a Comment Theme: Other
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There are regular buses to Salalah from Muscat (from 5 OR) and for those going over the border to Yemen, the twice weekly bus to Sayun cost 10 OR (18 OR for a return). Leave a Comment Theme: Bus
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Al-Baleed Archaeological Park is one of the most interesting places to visit in the Salalah area. It is the site of the ancient port city of Zafar. The earliest settlement here dates back to around 2,000 BC, in the Bronze Age. It grew throughout the Iron Age, and you can still see the remains of a house from this period.
The city reached its peak in the 12th century, when it traded with Africa, India and China. Its major export, of course, was frankincense, but it also traded Arabian horses and gold. During the 14th century it was still a major trading port, when it was visited by Ibn Battuta. but, due to changing trade patterns it fell into decline by the mid-16th century.
Arachaeological excavation of the site has mainly taken place since the 1970s. The site covers an area of 64 hectares and there is a broad pathway, measuring 2.2km, which enables visitors to walk past all of the major structures, including the City Wall, Citadel and Grand Mosque. These are atmospherically floodlit at night. So, I would recommend visiting in the late afternoon and early evening so that you can see it both in daylight and artificially illuminated.
Admission, together with the Museum of the Frankincense Land, is just OR 1.
Opening hours: 8am-1pm & 4pm-9pm. Leave a Comment Directions: Al-Baleed is 4km east of Salalah, on the coastal road.
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Job's tomb is probably the most important religious site in southern Oman. It is the mausolem of Job of the Old Testament, known as the Prophet Ayub in the Koran. He is probably best known for the misquote "The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away."
Both the Bible and the Koran say that he was an enormously rich man whose wealth was taken from him, and who was afflicted with a terrible skin disease, but he never despaired, remained loyal to God and was eventually rewarded by being made even richer and restored to full health. Hence the idiomatic expression, to be as patient as Job. By the way, what Job actually said, according to the Bible, was, "Naked came I out of my mother's womb, and naked shall I return thither: the Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away."
His simple tomb is on a pretty hilltop overlooking Salalah. Leave a Comment Directions: 30 km north-west of Salalah. If you are driving form the centre of Salalah, take the westbound Mughsail road past Centrepoint and turn right just after the Hamilton Plaza Hotel. The tomb is signposted as the Mausoleum of Nabi Ayub.
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Wadi Darbat is one of the most beautiful valleys in the Arabian peninsula. A river flows through here to the sea at Khor Rawri. After heavy rain during the khareef (June-September) there is an impressive waterfall at the southern end of the wadi. The wadi sides are densely forested. Nomads camp on the valley bottom while their herds of camel graze on the lush pastures. You can often see White Storks feeding amongst the camels. Leave a Comment Directions: The entrance to Wadi Darbat is well signposted on the road leading west from the roundabout just north of the town of Taqah, about 30km east of Salalah.
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