21 Best Places to Shop in Oman
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Bidiyah Bedouin Market
Gold Souq
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Ibra Ladies Souq
Mutrah Souq
The main corridor of the Mutrah Souq is filled with hawkers selling inexpensive pashmina scarves, frankincense, incense burners, "I Love Oman" T-shirts, antique khanjars (daggers), and coffeepots. If you enter from the Corniche side and take your first right up a narrow walkway, you will find a fantastic perfume shop on the left-hand side of the row, where the expert owner will patiently pull bottles for you to smell until you find the perfect scent. Behind the souq, you will find women from the Dhofar province in the south selling homemade bakhoor incense and top-quality frankincense for rock-bottom prices. The best time to go is in the evenings, after Maghrib prayers, when the lanes are full of local Omani shoppers. The souk is typically open Saturday through Thursday mornings (9–1) and every late afternoon and evening (4–9 or 10).
Seeb Central Market
Al Husn Souq
Enjoy a good bargaining session at the older of Salalah's traditional markets while picking up some treasures to carry home. You'll find stalls selling tribal rugs, frankincense and holders, exotic spices, antiques, khanjars (daggers), dallah (traditional coffeepots), and silver and gold ware. The souq is busiest and best for a visit late at night; during the day it is relatively quiet and lacks the atmosphere of the evening, but you’ll have greater success bargaining at this time. Tucked away in a corner is the gold souq. If you have the time, goldsmiths will make jewelry to order, and if the order is a simple piece, you might be able to pick it up the same day. Gold Salalah beads are very popular and make attractive accessories.
Asmaa Collectionz
Local designer Asma Masoud al Kharusi sells intricately designed incense burners, lacquered jewelry boxes, silver napkin rings, and pewter watches at her shop in the Royal Opera House's shopping area.
Bahla Souq
Global Market
Haffa Souk
The largest and oldest souk in Salalah is also the most chaotic, but you'll have lots of fun exploring the hundreds of stalls. There's an eclectic range of colorful kaftans and knitted caps, jewelry, perfume, rugs, ceramics, wooden handicrafts, and frankincense.
Jawahir Oman Jewellers
Come here for top-quality, handmade coral necklaces, spiked bangles, shahid rings, and floral pendants of Omani design.
Lulu Hypermarket Al Khuwair
Muscat Grand Mall
Mutrah Tailor Souk
New Souq
At this market, right behind the Haffa House Hotel, you can shop for traditional embroidered caps, dates, frankincense, perfumes, clay burners, raffia mats, and other typical Omani souvenirs.
Nizwa Souq
Omani Heritage Gallery
This fabulous nonprofit gallery is dedicated to promoting regional handicrafts of an exceptional quality. Here you'll find everything artisan-made, from handbags, wallets, leathergoods, and baskets, to pottery, indigo-dyed clothing, silver jewelry, rugs, and frankincense incense and burners.
Opera Galleria
Ruwi Street
This street is home to scores of shops selling saris, textiles, electronic goods of all types, and gold. Omani gold jewelry is typical of that found across the Arabian peninsula and in India and Pakistan, with elaborate designs that appear heavy, but the pieces are cleverly crafted so they are hollow inside.