Guidebook for Seeb, Al Hail North
Sightseeing
A wonderful and truly impressive building, which can be accessed by visitors for free from 8-11am on all days except Friday. The mosque holds a 14 meter tall chandelier decorated with 600,000 Swarovski crystals. Remember that women must cover their hair to enter this building.
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Gran Mezquita del Sultán Qaboos
Sultan Qaboos StreetA wonderful and truly impressive building, which can be accessed by visitors for free from 8-11am on all days except Friday. The mosque holds a 14 meter tall chandelier decorated with 600,000 Swarovski crystals. Remember that women must cover their hair to enter this building.
Shopping
A unique attraction in Muttrah, where gold, frankincense and myrrh can all be bought. Many hours can be spent wondering through this market.
Gold Souk
A unique attraction in Muttrah, where gold, frankincense and myrrh can all be bought. Many hours can be spent wondering through this market.
This is the largest shopping mall in Muscat, complete with a cinema and many familiar shops such as Zara and Calvin Klein. The scale and design of the mall are particularly impressive, and it closes at 10pm so all afternoon and all evening can be spent here.
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Carrefour Qurum City Centre
This is the largest shopping mall in Muscat, complete with a cinema and many familiar shops such as Zara and Calvin Klein. The scale and design of the mall are particularly impressive, and it closes at 10pm so all afternoon and all evening can be spent here.
Essentials
This supermarket sells all food and non food items required during your stay, including many familiar food brands sold in Europe and the US. This is a very clean, large, and well maintained store. It is a 15 minute walk from the apartment.
Nesto Hypermarket
This supermarket sells all food and non food items required during your stay, including many familiar food brands sold in Europe and the US. This is a very clean, large, and well maintained store. It is a 15 minute walk from the apartment.
Getting Around
the Vocational Training Institute bus stop is a four minute walk from the apartment and takes you to many of the cities main attractions. The Google Maps app is excellent at showing the way. Bus journeys are very cheap, costing 0.2 Rials for each journey.
Bus Stop
the Vocational Training Institute bus stop is a four minute walk from the apartment and takes you to many of the cities main attractions. The Google Maps app is excellent at showing the way. Bus journeys are very cheap, costing 0.2 Rials for each journey.