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Muscat means 'safe anchorage', and the protected harbours of Old Muscat and Mutrah, ringed by serrated mountains and watched over by 17th-century forts, comprise the heart of the capital.
This is where a visitor can watch wooden dhows (traditional Arab sailing boat) slip out to sea, haggle for Bedouin jewellery in one of Arabia's best souks; sip mint tea with gold merchants, or stroll along the corniche with Muscat's sophisticated youth.
Muscat, once centre of an East African empire, has always represented a crossroad of cultures. Omanis in their cashmere turbans, Sudanese in their yards of cotton, women from Kerala in rainbow saris, all share the same easy-going attitude to life owed to a pristine city of floral avenues and afternoon siestas.
In 1970, when the city gates were thrown open to the modern world, Muscat underwent something of a renaissance. It expanded along the coast in sparkling white suburbs with gorgeous sandy beaches and growing tourist facilities.
This is the real Arabia - the Arabia that has neither buried its head in the sands of time nor thrown out its heritage in the rush to modernise.
Related articlesMuscat means 'safe anchorage', and the protected harbours of Old Muscat and Mutrah, ringed by serrated mountains and watched over by 17th-century forts, comprise the heart of the capital.
This is where a visitor can watch wooden dhows (traditional Arab sailing boat) slip out to sea, haggle for Bedouin jewellery in one of Arabia's best souks; sip mint tea with gold merchants, or stroll along the corniche with Muscat's sophisticated youth.
Muscat, once centre of an East African empire, has always represented a crossroad of cultures. Omanis in their cashmere turbans, Sudanese in their yards of cotton, women from Kerala in rainbow saris, all share the same easy-going attitude to life owed to a pristine city of floral avenues and afternoon siestas.
In 1970, when the city gates were thrown open to the modern world, Muscat underwent something of a renaissance. It expanded along the coast in sparkling white suburbs with gorgeous sandy beaches and growing tourist facilities.
This is the real Arabia - the Arabia that has neither buried its head in the sands of time nor thrown out its heritage in the rush to modernise.
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