5 Shopping Tours in Oman Worth Booking

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

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

Explore Salalah by private air-conditioned vehicle with an Omani English-speaking guide. Visit Sultan Qaboos Mosque, Haffa Souq, Al Baleed, the Frankincense Land Museum, Ittin, and Nabi Ayoub’s Tomb. Pickup is available from hotels, the port, or airport.

“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 key cultural stops in four hours with hotel pickup, bottled water, and a multilingual guide. Visit Sultan Qaboos Mosque, shop for frankincense at Haffa Souq, taste Omani halwa, walk through a tropical farm, and finish with free time at Salalah Grand Mall.

“Our guide Majid was amazing. He showed us a lot of beatiful places and is really friendly.”

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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 a.m. for Nizwa’s traditional Friday livestock market, then visit the souq, fort, Birkat Al Mouz, an UNESCO-listed aflaj system, and Jebel Akhdar. A private 4WD, English-speaking guide, hotel pickup, water, and Nizwa Fort entry are included. Lunch is not.

“Its was a lovely experienced to witness the cattle market in nizwa. This is a traditional selling of live goats, and it's only every friday. We travelled early morning to reach nizwa on time. Thanks to our guide Said. Highly appreciated!”

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

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

Travel by private 4WD from Muscat to Nizwa’s old souq and fort, then climb toward Misfat Al Abriyeen and Jabal Shams. An English-speaking guide such as Fahad or Heron sets the pace, with room for family needs, local food, and mountain views.

“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

Start from Muscat at 8:30 am for a private 8-hour outing with Round In Oman. See Nizwa’s Friday goat and cattle market, Nizwa Souq and Fort, Misfah, Al Hamra, and Jabal Shams. Guides Salah and Karim focus on clear explanations and a friendly, flexible day.

“Der Viehmarkt am Freitag (hauptsächlich Ziegen und Schafe) ist sicher sehenswert. Auch wegen der Händler ! Nicht versäumen sollten sie den Waffenmarkt nahe der Moschee !”

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