Salalah City Half Day Tour: Explore Sultan Qaboos Mosque and Haffa Souq
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Discover the highlights of Salalah City on this half-day tour. Visit the Sultan Qaboos Mosque, explore the Haffa Souq, and learn about the region's history at the Museum of the Land of Frankincense. Don't miss the chance to explore the silver and gold markets and enjoy the beautiful fruit plantations.
Duration: 4 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Sultan Qaboos Mosque - Sultan Qaboos Mosque (Opened Sat - Thu 8:30
  • 11:00, Fri Closed ) is the biggest mosque in Salalah the main hall can take about 3600 people in one time
  • Al Haffa - Frankincense market, where the fragrances of the orient come together. In the souq you can see the four types of frankincense and the incense made by local woman
  • Museum of the Frankincense Land - Museum of the Land of Frankin­cense Opened Sun - Thu 8:30
  • 20:00, Fri
  • Sat 15:00
  • 20:00) , at Al baleed , a UNESCO world heritage site.
What's Included
  • Bottled water included
What's Not Included
  • Lunch
  • Dinner
  • Museum entry fees
Additional Information

Salalah City Half-Day Tour (Private Tour)
• Available Daily ((AM) or (PM))
• Duration: 4 hours

Features
• Museum
• Silver and Gold marketplace
• Plantations
• Haffa Souq
• Sultan Qaboos Mosque
• Camel Market

Details
Embark on a half-day tour of Salalah, Dhofar’s largest city also known as the “fragrance heart of Arabia.” The expedition begins with a visit to the Sultan Qaboos Mosque (Open Sat - Thu 8:30 – 11:00, Closed on Fri) (please follow the dress code) and then proceeds to the Frankincense Land Museum at Al Baleed, a UNESCO world heritage location. En route to the Haffa souq (frankincense market), you will pass Sultan Qaboos Palace, Sultan Qaboos’s birthplace in 1940. Afterward, we proceed to the golden souk and silver arts and crafts. Our next stop is the Camel market, where you can see camels in the pickup trucks and baby camels.
The tour concludes with a drive through the lush fruit plantations. We pause at a fruit stand for some revitalizing coconut milk or a taste of sweet local bananas and papaya.

Location
Fanar Hotel and Residences
215 Road
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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Mar 16, 2024
City tour - Smooth communication by email and WhatsApp. Prompt to all 3 tours I arranged. Very helpful and made the visit very interesting and special.
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Aliciad543
Dec 17, 2023
Wow - Salem was extremely kind, friendly and always did his best to satisfy all our demands. We felt very safe. The car was clean and comfortable and we couldn't wish for a better service.He took to all the best spots we could visit in the short stay we had. Highly recommend. We especially want to thank him because our son wasn't feeling well on the way back and he helped us out a lot. Thank you so much.
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Annam1017
Mar 3, 2023
Superb fabulous - Had a fabulous time Arrived on time, excellant driver English was impeccable and knowledge of area superb. Was very accommodating to needs. Knew the history dating back hundreds of years for the city tour and well just had a fabulous trip so much so we booked another half day tour
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Rita_c
Feb 17, 2023
Salahal Oman Highlights - Our day in Salahal, Oman was wonderful! Our tour guide was friendly knowledgeable and flexible. We discussed our ideas and his for a very enjoyable day. In a short time I believe we were able to see all we wanted, strongly recommend!
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Wajdan2000
Jul 17, 2022
Magical - An incredible one week tour with our tour guide Ahmed, me and my friend really enjoyed every day of our tour. He designed a tour that matches our age as we both above fifties years old. Ahmed really took a good care of us and paid attention to all our mood and choices in food, places, time and most of all he took an incredible pictures of us to document our journey with magical memories. Thank you Ahmed and with you good luck all the time
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740michalc
Mar 13, 2022
Half Day around Salalah - We booked half day tour. Ahmed showed us around. It was very pleasant half day we spent with him. We adjusted plans in the middle of the tour to enjoy it even more for. Camel market, baby camels - top for kids ;) Thank you Ahmed for guiding us through. It was soo fun on the tour with you. I can recommend Glory Tours for everyone.
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Martinab1365
Jan 11, 2022
great tour with a great guide! - We did half day trip to Salalah and I highly recommend Ahmed as guide. He is reliable, time flexible, gives you local insight which you can not get from commercial tour run by foreign travel agent. This tour is a must when you are in Salalah region so you can have a touch with life of locals.
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Divid9887
Feb 4, 2020
Hhhhh - Wonderful day with salalah glory tours😍.. thank to ahmed Salalah glory tours are number one . he is a special guide
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