The Al Bustan Palace (known locally as “The Bustan”) is one of the Middle East’s most iconic hotels. It was originally built as an Omani Royal Palace in 1985 to host the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Summit and to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the late Sultan Qaboos’ ...
OMAN’S WESTERN HAJAR MOUNTIANS: JEBEL SHAMS AND JEBEL AKHDAR
Oman’s Al Hajar Mountains begin in the Musandam Peninsula, and stretch across the entire north east of the country to Sur. The section to the southwest of Muscat, known as the Western Hajar, is home to the highest and most dramatic summits - Jebel Akhdar and Jebel Shams. Given its high peaks and ...
RAMADAN: A NON-MUSLIM EXPAT’S GUIDE
Today the start of the third week of the Holy Month of Ramadan. Over this month, more than a billion people around the world will fast from dawn until dusk. As a non-Muslim, fasting is the thing I have always associated with Ramadan. But since moving to the Middle East I have had the ...
CHECK IN: ALILA JEBEL AKHDAR, OMAN
I really love the Alila hotels. The whole chain is focused on offering luxury accommodation in adventurous locations, integrating traditional cultures and crafts, and showcasing local communities. Environmental sustainability is at the heart of what they do: many of their hotels are designed and ...
MUSCAT: A LOCAL EXPAT’S ULTIMATE GUIDE
When most people think of Oman, they think of the desert, the wadis and the souqs. And it certainly has all of those. But beyond the gorgeous mosque, friends and family often have very little impression of what the capital city, Muscat, is like. It has a much slower pace of life than it’s ...
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