--- product_id: 48004210 title: "Oman (Bradt Travel Guides)" price: "₹ 5979" currency: INR in_stock: true reviews_count: 10 url: https://www.desertcart.in/products/48004210-oman-bradt-travel-guides store_origin: IN region: India --- # Oman (Bradt Travel Guides) **Price:** ₹ 5979 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Oman (Bradt Travel Guides) - **How much does it cost?** ₹ 5979 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.in](https://www.desertcart.in/products/48004210-oman-bradt-travel-guides) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Bradt's is the most up-to-date and informative guide to Oman, the Arabian peninsula's most welcoming destination, fully revised and updated by an author who has been living in Oman and Arabia since 1986. Oman is finally reaping the economic benefit of its location between Europe, Africa and Asia with substantial investment in major shipping ports and significant expansion of the national airline with new routes to Western Europe and East Asia. Despite being at the crossroads of great trade routes and empires, Oman has remained an independent country through much of its long history, and today tourism and travel are a major focus for Oman's government. This new edition covers the recent substantial investment in new airport facilities and upmarket accommodation and also features the historic UNESCO towns of Sumhuram and Al Balid. If you want to live like a local, the guide also tells you how to slow cook the traditional spiced meat 'Shuwa' and how to be a perfect guest if invited into an Omani home. Oman is not merely a desert. While it has the classic sand seas - Wahiba Sands - home to the nomadic Bedouin and their camels, this sultanate also boasts lush monsoon-soaked valleys near Salalah, mountain villages surrounded by green terraced fields of fruit trees and rose bushes, and the reef-fringed Daymaniyat Islands. With such a varied wilderness there is huge scope for adventure. Oman is increasingly perceived as a high-end cultural destination. The new Opera House has opened, directly supported by the Sultan, with top-notch international performers like Placido Domingo. The guide includes advice on property buying, since Omani law changed to allow expatriates to buy, explaining the rules and regulations. There is also a detailed overview of language schools teaching Arabic, not found in other guides. With advice on cultural etiquette, basic Arabic phrases and political history - as well as full practical information on where to stay and eat, and what to see and do - this fully updated edition remains the essential guide for travellers looking to discover the real Oman. Review: The ideal travel guide. - Another useful travel guide from Bradt. This is my second Bradt Guide and they are are the best travel guides I have read. The people who write them are experts on the area and give precise information and do not seem to fill the books with generalized guff that doesn't help you select where to travel and how get around. I bought this book to help decide upon if to Oman for a vacation and where to stay and what to do. In the book the hotel guide sounds like Tony Walsh/Diana Darke the authors actually seem to know them all quite well and give you some detailed descriptions (good and bad points) about them. My only criticism is that the main concern about their location seems how far the hotels are from the airport and they give the distance for each hotel in a different single measure such as actual distance in kilometres, drive time and sometimes not a clue, however you can, with diligence, work out where it is from the surrounding text and maps. At first glance, the maps, nearly all small black and white line diagrams, look a bit casual and they certainly are not designed to navigate you around the streets but for identifying where places are and how far away from other places, they are excellent. Each map has a scale on it. The history of the country, which was very difficult to visit as a tourist until the 1990s, is very well described and gives you a good feel of the recent difficulties the country has had to overcome to be a modern outward looking state. The descriptions of the places of interest is much better than in most guides, again the authors know these places. General travel information, Electrical, weather, currency is well covered in brief paragraphs. The photographs are good but crammed in two small sections rather than illustrating the text to which they may relate. Overall the book seems to cover more detail than the better known ones in less space. The Review: This is a good guide of a fast changing destination - This is a good guide of a fast changing destination. The layout is unusual in that it kind of follows a path from each area to the next, meaning at times you need to keep referring back to see where exactly the attraction mentioned is (ie. if you are coming from the other direction it can be hard to work out). Add to this that we twice found ourselves on roads that didn't even exist on google maps yet and that there appear to be no maps available locally and you do need to read carefully. But this is by far the most up to date guide and careful reading took us to some deserted and beautiful beaches. (via another new road!). Read it before you go, but it will make more sense when you have been there a few days. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | 220,824 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) 5,392 in Specialty Travel | | Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 35 Reviews | ## Images ![Oman (Bradt Travel Guides) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81cLzNKve2L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The ideal travel guide. *by T***B on 11 May 2017* Another useful travel guide from Bradt. This is my second Bradt Guide and they are are the best travel guides I have read. The people who write them are experts on the area and give precise information and do not seem to fill the books with generalized guff that doesn't help you select where to travel and how get around. I bought this book to help decide upon if to Oman for a vacation and where to stay and what to do. In the book the hotel guide sounds like Tony Walsh/Diana Darke the authors actually seem to know them all quite well and give you some detailed descriptions (good and bad points) about them. My only criticism is that the main concern about their location seems how far the hotels are from the airport and they give the distance for each hotel in a different single measure such as actual distance in kilometres, drive time and sometimes not a clue, however you can, with diligence, work out where it is from the surrounding text and maps. At first glance, the maps, nearly all small black and white line diagrams, look a bit casual and they certainly are not designed to navigate you around the streets but for identifying where places are and how far away from other places, they are excellent. Each map has a scale on it. The history of the country, which was very difficult to visit as a tourist until the 1990s, is very well described and gives you a good feel of the recent difficulties the country has had to overcome to be a modern outward looking state. The descriptions of the places of interest is much better than in most guides, again the authors know these places. General travel information, Electrical, weather, currency is well covered in brief paragraphs. The photographs are good but crammed in two small sections rather than illustrating the text to which they may relate. Overall the book seems to cover more detail than the better known ones in less space. The ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ This is a good guide of a fast changing destination *by M***C on 24 May 2018* This is a good guide of a fast changing destination. The layout is unusual in that it kind of follows a path from each area to the next, meaning at times you need to keep referring back to see where exactly the attraction mentioned is (ie. if you are coming from the other direction it can be hard to work out). Add to this that we twice found ourselves on roads that didn't even exist on google maps yet and that there appear to be no maps available locally and you do need to read carefully. But this is by far the most up to date guide and careful reading took us to some deserted and beautiful beaches. (via another new road!). Read it before you go, but it will make more sense when you have been there a few days. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Must have for Oman *by A***R on 14 February 2020* Used it extensively over Christmas. First time back in Oman for 25+ years so somethings have changed alot. Descriptions on navigation and locations are quite good, but I would also recommend also getting the "maps.me" phone app as a useful adjunct to the guide. We were interested in archaeological sites, which can be very difficult to find due to the almost non-existent local signage. Overall an excellent guide to a lovely country. --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.in/products/48004210-oman-bradt-travel-guides](https://www.desertcart.in/products/48004210-oman-bradt-travel-guides) --- *Product available on Desertcart India* *Store origin: IN* *Last updated: 2026-10-02*