Jebel Akhdar
Near the junction to the upper plateau and without a view, this hotel feels empty even when full. With an open fire in the lobby in winter and a wind…
Must-see hotels in Oman
Jebel Akhdar
Encompassing a large tract of flat open space, ringed with magnificent mature juniper trees, this area makes a perfect wild campground. It neighbours the…
Oman
Given the moniker 'White Beach' because of its fine, powdery sand, this is the most popular beach for wild camping along this part of the coast. There are…
Sharqiya Sands
This new camp, accessed from near Al Wasil, looks a bit raw, with rows of concrete cabins that don't quite blend in with the landscape. It's a peaceful…
Al Afiah Corniche Hotel Apartment
Sur
Don't get excited by the sparkling pillars holding up the porch: the glamour doesn't extend to the plain and cavernous interior. That said, rooms are…
Oman
This old faithful, located on Hwy 23, 10km northwest of Al Wasil, has returned to a sleepy hollow after its brief flowering as a trendy little sleepover…
Muscat
Perched on top of a hill overlooking the pearly-white suburbs of Muscat, this Arabian-style hotel, with its crenellations and casements, marble lobby and…
Sharqiya Sands
This intimate camp, run by a Bedouin family, offers personal service in the heart of the dunes. Accommodation is in barasti (palm-leaf) huts with shared…
Muscat
Beside Ruwi Bus Station, this budget hotel – with its bright and cheerful lobby, fish bowl, enormous plastic potted orange trees, and large rooms with…
Muscat
In need of a makeover, this tired old Mutrah stalwart has large rooms, seven with grand views of the harbour. Given its prime location, plumb in the…
Sharqiya Sands
Located at the end of a long corridor of orange sand, this camp makes a good base for deeper exploration into the sands. Concrete huts decorated with…
Northern Coast
Guests can watch herons parachute into the adjacent tidal pools at this local hotel. The term 'resort' is a bit far-fetched, although there's a pool and…
Jebel Akhdar
Offering apartment-style accommodation, this new Omani-run hotel in the middle of Saiq offers either one-bedroom or two-bedroom flats. The flats are…
Al Wusta
Signposted off Hwy 32, this modern, low-key business hotel is marooned in the middle of the bondu (waste ground), alongside a vast, empty dual carriageway…
Oman
Housed in a multi-storey building, this budget hotel is marooned in the bondu (waste ground), alongside the old WWII runway. The communal area is decked…
Hajar Mountains
With powder-blue roundels and a wealth of rather quaint decoration, this hospitable if labyrinthine hotel sports an elaborate ceiling on the 5th floor and…
Oman
The only place to stay in Rustaq is Shimook Guesthouse, opposite Rustaq's new public park. This unexceptional two-storey hotel is accessed via a steep…
Oman
The artist engaged to work on the exterior of this hotel must have been homesick as the overflows are decorated with cashew nuts and tropical birds, while…
Salalah
This well-maintained hotel with its Arab-style flourishes (like florid furniture, geometric tiles and darkened windows in the foyer) is recommended for…
Hajar Mountains
This enormous hotel on the outskirts of Buraimi has the potential to be something quite special, but it is currently being run as a visa stopover for…
Salalah
This hotel is a bit tired, but it has large, comfortable rooms and friendly staff. Close to the new souq area and almost opposite the bus station, it is a…
Sharqiya Sands
Accessed from near Al Wasil, this good-value camp, 12km into the sands, is popular with Omani families. The simple buildings of the camp are arranged at…
Hajar Mountains
This simple guesthouse has a range of comfortable, uncomplicated rooms and chalets near Sharfat Al Alamayn, the highest point on the mountain road to Hatt…
Al Dabi Jalan Bani Bu Ali Tourist Motel
Oman
If the quiet authenticity of Bani Bu Ali or its gateway location to the sands appeals, then consider a stopover. With fancy tiling, arched corridors and…
Nizwa
This reliable budget hotel, with its Arab decor and carved wooden doors, offers a friendly bed for the night. Try to overlook the grubby astroturf on the…
Oman
This hotel, with its huge whale bone in the foyer, has recently been treated to a makeover. The peach-coloured rooms don't wholly match the quality of the…
Nizwa
Close to Nizwa, in nearby Manah, this desert camp offers simple barasti (palm-frond) huts with shared bathrooms. With a couple of crumbling old villages…
Oman
This two-storey villa by the sea offers elaborately plastered rooms with private bathrooms, TV and fridge, plus access to a shared kitchen. Offering a…
Masirah Island
This delightful hotel, near Al Maha petrol station on the road leading southeast out of town, has large, fancy rooms with exotic reproduction furniture…
Sharqiya Sands
Being refurbished at the time of research, this lovely camp (formerly Al Areesh Camp) lies on the edge of a silver sand dune, with local Bedouin villages…
Sur
Billed as a grand new addition to Sur's limited accommodation options, this hotel hasn't lived up to expectations, with ill-kempt corridors, already…
Hajar Mountains
Modern and clean, this business hotel offers spacious rooms with tiled floors arranged off large bright corridors. Some rooms sport a sliver of balcony,…
Oman
This new hotel in a modern block in the centre of new Barka is convenient for an early getaway for explorations of the Batinah Plain. Rooms are bland but…
Al Wusta
Rooms are basic in this concrete block on the highway, and indeed there's not much to recommend with its institutional-style rows of dark corridors. Still…
Khasab
There are good views here from the small rooms, but what really distinguishes this hotel is the chocolate-caramel swirls of the marble basins. The average…
Masirah Island
The gloomy lobby of this Egyptian-run hotel is a bit dispiriting, as are the basic, cavernous rooms. It is clean, however, and the location at the end of…
Masirah Island
With multiple beds, commodious bathrooms and a lot of Arab chintz, you can forgive the goats sitting on the doorstep. This is the biggest and most…
Jebel Akhdar
This new villa offers simple, sparsely furnished but clean rooms with tiled floors in the middle of Jebel Akhdar's main town. No food is provided, but it…
Al Wusta
Smelling of disinfectant and marooned in the middle of a no man's land now that the new highway has taken a slightly different course, this fort-like…
