Crowne Plaza Resort Salalah Local area

Visit the Old Luban souk to discover the land of frankincense and the legend of Salalah's untold riches.

Ain Razat has several natural fountains that flow between the rocks and come together in a pond, which then flows through the green gardens before finally entering the sea.The area also has a beautiful garden that is open to visitors.

Mughasail has over four kilometres of beautiful sandy beach framed by sculpted cliffs with blow holes formed in the limestone rocks. Here, plumes of water can reach a height of 30 metres or more.

Khor Rori, located near Sumhuram, is a magnificent khor protected by a lagoon. This is the largest Khor (two kilometres), a very wide and deep creek where the water of Wadi Darbat flows and the ocean creeps in over the lagoon.

It is the most picturesque town on the coast.Its tiny whitewashed fort with a row of cannons pointing seawards offers good views, including to Jebel Samhan behind the Mirbat plain.

Open Saturday through Wednesday from 8am to 2pm. Exhibits of photographs by Wilfred Thesiger, who set off on his first crossing of the empty quarter from Salalah in 1946.

The road between Salalah and Muscat runs parallel to the Empty Quarter, notable for its silent sand and pebble desolation.

Al Balid is a short walk west of Crowne Plaza Resort.Witness the great rectangular shaped mosque surrounded by balconies from all sides,Excavators have discovered Islamic pottery,chinaware,porcelain and severalbronze coins some of which date back to the Islamic era and others to the Chinese civilazation.