Category Oman

Grand Mosque of Muscat

September 20, 2023 · by · in Asia, Oman · 1 Comment

Our last stop on our Oman Stopover was to visit the most famous landmark in the city – the Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque. Opened in 2000, after six years of construction the Grand Mosque really deserves it’s title. It occupies the same square meterage of nearly 59 football pitches (416000 sq metres), contains over 300,000 […]

Oman: What a stopover!

September 20, 2023 · by · in Asia, Oman · 6 Comments

Our trip to Europe involved flying partly with Oman Air. Normally we would transit via the UAE or Qatar so we took this opportunity to add in a small stopover in Muscat as part of this trip. A new country for both of us bringing our totals up to 33 for John and 38 for […]