5 Shopping Tours in Oman Worth Booking

1.Salalah City Tour with History, Culture, Souq Shopping, Halwa

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 39 reviews · from $130Our pick

This 4 to 5-hour private Salalah tour pairs major sights with local flavor: Sultan Qaboos Mosque, Al Haffa Souq, Al Baleed ruins and museum, Ittin’s spring and cave, Nabi Ayoub’s Tomb, and Salalah Gardens Mall. Hotel, port, or airport pickup is included, with an Omani English or Arabic-speaking guide and air-conditioned transport.

“Went to the Museum. Nice to see the Old Artifacts. Ships etc I had great tour guide Mohammed Ali On East of Salalah Wadi Darmat . etc. N yesterday City tour of Salalah”

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2.Historical Salalah City Tour with Culture, Food & Shopping

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 20 reviews · 4 hours · from $42Best value

See Salalah’s main cultural sights in four hours with hotel pickup, an Omani guide, mosque visit, Haffa Souq, a tropical fruit farm, Omani halwa tasting, and one hour at Salalah Grand Mall. Guides may speak English, Arabic, Polish, German, French, and other languages. Mohamed Ali, Salim, and Majid have earned especially warm praise.

“Salim did an amazing guide. He was very patient and gave great advice and wonderful recommendations for spots to go to in the tour. He really gave extra effort to teach us about Oman and guarantee the best tour possible. Truly second to none”

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3.Private Friday Cattle Market-Nizwa and Jebel Akhdar-Full-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 8 reviews · from $210Top rated

Leave Muscat at 5:30 am for Nizwa’s lively Friday livestock market, then explore the souq, fort, Birkat Al Mouz, an ancient aflaj system, and Jebel Akhdar. A private 4WD, English-speaking guide, hotel pickup, water, and Nizwa Fort entry are included. Guides may include Said, Muneer, Hamood, Mohammed, or Ahmad.

“Overall excellent tour. Our guide Muneer was excellent, friendly, flexible and knowledgeable.”

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4.Nizwa Market, Nizwa Fort, Misfat Al Abriyeen, Jabal Shams

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 5 reviews · 10 hours · from $236

Travel from Muscat to Nizwa, Misfat Al Abriyeen, and Jabal Shams in a private 4WD with an English-speaking guide. You’ll visit Nizwa Souq, the 17th-century fort, a 3,000-year-old mountain village, and Oman’s Grand Canyon. The 10-hour trip includes pickup, water, and flexible pacing, but not lunch or fort admission.

“Heron è stato gentilissimo! ci ha portato con i nostri tempi, dettati anche dai bambini, in tutte le mete prestabilite. Abbiamo pranzato anche in posto tipico con 18 euro in 4! bella esperienza grazie”

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5.Nizwa Friday Market Jabal Chams

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 4 reviews

Leave Muscat at 8:30 am with a private guide such as Salah or Karim for Nizwa’s Friday goat and cattle market, Nizwa Fort, Misfah, Al Hamra, and Jabal Shams. You’ll see Oman’s most dramatic mountain views and have the freedom of a private group of up to four.

“Notre guide Salah nous a accueilli très chaleureusement et nous a montré des endroits superbes et pleins de couleurs, on a adoré le souk !”

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