Oman
Mascate
Sea and mountains: the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in the morning, Muttrah's corniche and souq at dusk.
- Séjour type: 2 à 3 jours
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Pourquoi Mascate ?
Muttrah harbour
The old harbour and souk, and a corniche walk at dusk.
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, a working mosque open to visitors.
Muscat Nights
The Muscat Nights festival in winter, in the city's parks.
Avant de partir
Devise
riyal omanais
Langue
arabe
Décalage horaire
UTC+4
Se déplacer
Taxi
Conduite
À droite
Aéroports
MCT
Quand partir à Mascate
Novembre à mars
Lieux à Mascate
Old Muscat
MonumentThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Lieu de culteMuttrah souq
MarchéThe Muttrah corniche
Point de vue
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Programmes pour Mascate
Jour 2
- Old MuscatThe walled bay east of Muttrah where the city began, with the palace and two forts.
- Muttrah cornicheThe seafront along the old harbour, with the mountains coming down to the water behind it.
- Muttrah souqThe covered market behind the old harbour, and the oldest working market in the country.
- Harbour at dusk
Conseils locaux
Conseils d'initiés
The Muttrah corniche is an evening place: the souk opens late afternoon and the harbour light is worth timing.
Take one day out of the city: the mountains start twenty minutes inland and are why people choose Oman.
Coutumes et sécurité
Cover ankles, wrists and hair, as the entrance says. Visitors are admitted outside prayer times, not during them.
The Grand Mosque and Muttrah are twenty kilometres apart, the airport between. Plan each day around one end.
Repas et prière
Islam is the state religion and halal is the norm; hotels serving otherwise do so in a separate, labelled part.
Mosques in every district; across a fifty-kilometre city, prayer rooms in malls and petrol stations matter more.
Se déplacer à Mascate
Taxi
How Muscat is covered. The districts are kilometres apart on one road and there is no useful public transport for a visitor.
Recommandé
Voiture
Worth having if you are going inland to the mountains or the forts; the road out of the city is quick and the country starts immediately.
À pied
Within Muttrah, the corniche, the souk and the harbour are one walk. Between districts, never.
Depuis l’aéroport
- MCT
Aéroport international de Mascate
Taxi et Voiture
Que faire à Mascate
Visites, billets et expériences.
Forfaits eSIM : Oman
À propos de Mascate
Muscat has no centre. It is a line of separate districts along fifty kilometres of coast, each in its own gap between the mountains and the sea, and which one you stay in decides most of your day. Muttrah, with the old harbour and the souk, is the part most people mean by Muscat.
Nothing here is tall and nothing is glass. The city is low and white against brown rock, and that is the first thing a visitor arriving from the rest of the Gulf notices.
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