Once an important hub for Indian Ocean trade, Oman today may be considered unassuming but its
history is etched into some of the Middle East’s wildest landscapes. A journey from Muscat through the Hajar Mountains and Musandam Peninsula reveals its
charms, with canyons that rise to citadel mountains, and dhow-filled harbours leading to serrated shores
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