Shopping
Traditional Arab markets, souks, with long winding alleys hawking Omani products are found in many towns around in the country. Household items, vegetables, meat, fish, traditional handcrafts and, in some souks like Nizwa and Sinaw, livestock, are all sold. Besides its obvious economic purpose, the souk has long been a meeting place and a social centre bringing communities from different parts of a region together.
Sophisticated shopping malls and authentic traditional markets, with their bustling alleys and friendly shopkeepers, can provide for the needs of all sectors of the population.
In the souks and shops visitors can buy distinctive hand-crafted Omani khanjars, rose-water
sprinklers, fragrants frankincense, incense burners, traditional garments, rugs. Women’s jewellery is probably the finest expression of the silversmith’s traditional art.