Holidays in Salalah (Oman): tours from Almaty

bought a tour to Salalah through an agency, and seems like everything worked out. Flew with a layover, it was chilly at the airport, and outside it was scorching hot like an oven. The hotel turned out decent, but the AC hummed all night — I kept turning it off, then back on, because it's stuffy. Went to the market for frankincense, it's lying there in mountains, smells so good it makes your head spin, and also those clay jugs on the shelves... almost bought one, but wouldn't have been able to bring it. The sea is warm, salty to the point of stickiness, after it your skin feels tight, but in the evening you walk along the promenade and it's nice. In the mountains we went on a jeep, shook terribly, but the views opened up from the cliff. Took excursions on the spot, the guide spoke Russian with an accent, but understandable, only the bus was an hour late and nobody excused themselves. Overall satisfied, a four, because the little things spoiled it, but would come back again

kupila tur na Salalu cherez kazahstanskoe agentsvo potomu chto ho-tel-a posmotret Oman, a to vse Emiraty da Emiraty.. letela v nojabre, na ulice +30 i eto kogda doma uzhe holodno, priletela i srazu ponyala chto ne zrja, more teploe, vozdushka tjazhelaja no prijatnaja, hotel korotkij no s bassejnom na kryshe, utrom zahodila v vodu po kolenu i stojala min dvadcat, potom pila kofe na balkone i smotrela kak nosjatsja lastochki, v gorah byl a, tam tuman i franticheskij veter, kupila v specijalnom magazine platok za tri rijala drala ego po vsemu licu poka shla, smotrela na vodopad i smejalas kakaja ja byla durak chto ne vzjala kurtku

salala is something else, mountains and sea in one bottle, on the first day i just sat on the balcony and stared into the distance like an idiot. The manager picked a hotel so it's three minutes on foot to the beach, not like usual - an hour in the heat, but the AC in the room hummed so much that i turned it off at night and slept with the window open, the wind from the sea made up for everything. i'd come back again, probably, just without the desert excursion this time - the sand got everywhere, even in the tea.

Salalah is really something else, the city is genuinely nice and not as stuffy as I was afraid, the manager told us where to get a car and we calmly went to see the waterfall and the mountains, though at first I had no idea where we were going and why. back at the hotel I realized I want more, seems like I liked everything and even the heat didn't kill me, but those their local sweets, I bought a bottle of perfume in a shop, the smell of sandalwood is still in my bag and it's the best souvenir of the whole trip

took a tour to Salalah because I needed a break from the construction site - just wanted the sea and nothing else... no regrets. the hotel smelled of fresh paint, the AC hummed like an old fridge but that's minor, and the market in the center, where I touched the local scarves with my hands and bought three - that's what stuck with me, though I bargained badly, gave in too fast. came back happy, even though my back got burned on the beach on the very first day

started on the trip spontaneously – needed to pull myself out of the daily grind, and at the agency they suggested Salalah, so I agreed without really reading into it. Flew with a layover, the tiredness piled up on the way but when we came out of the airport, the humid air, the palms, all that – it just let go. Walked around the market, touched the incense with our hands, it sticks to your fingers and smells like resin, I bought a little bag, and then the whole suitcase got soaked in that smell, even things at home smelled for another week. At the hotel the food was good, mountains of fruit, but the AC in the room hummed like a trctor, I slept under it in earplugs, but other than that I was happy

had to finish a work project, and then vacation came up right at that time, and i decided it was better to combine them. went to Salala, because an acquaintance had been telling me about it for a while — it's the season there, everything's blooming, so i got fired up. took the tour at a regular Almaty agency, no fuss, they just picked a hotel and a flight. arrived, walked out of the airport, and right away that air — humid, heavy, but pleasant, i just stood and breathed for a couple of minutes. the hotel is fine, the staff smiles, but the air conditioner in the room hummed so much that i slept badly the first two days. the funicular up the mountain on the mountain — a must, the view from there is of course powerful, though going up was a bit scary. came back tanned, happy,and got everything done at work

Салаладағы сапарды әбден ойланып алдым, демалыс жақсы өтті, теңіз жағасында таңғы серуендеу мен миск жиі кездесетін базардағы иіс әлі есімде, бірақ қонақүйдегі кондиционер түнде қатты шулады. Жалпы 4 деп қоямын, өйткені табиғат та, адамдар да жағымды болды, тек трансфер кешігуі көңілде аздап кірбің қалдырды.

Салала таң қалдырды. Жолдағы ұшақта ұйықтай алмадым, бірақ келгенде бәрі ұмытылды. Теңіз суы тұзды екен, терімде қалған тұзды кешке дейін сездім. Базарда хош иісті ладан сатып алдым, қолымдағы иісі әлі күнге кетпейді. Қайтқанда чемоданым ауыр болды, бірақ көңілім жеңіл...

gathered to Oman almost by accident — a friend invited me to a wedding in Muscat, and then I decided to stay longer and dash to Salalah, because everyone had been buzzing my ears about it since winter, and I just wanted to breathe out after all that fuss and dresses. The manager arranged everything in one evening, even managed to pick domestic flights so I wouldn't be stuck at the airport for half a day. Salalah greeted me with humid air — stepped off the plane and immediately felt like I'd walked into a steam room, but that's nothing, got used to it in two days. What stayed in my head most were those green mountains that just emerge from the fog, and also the market where I bought frankincense — the seller poured it into a regular bag for me, and when I got home, opened my suitcase and it smelled so much that my neighbor asked what had soaked into my wardrobe. Swam at Ain Razat, the water is freezing just terrible, but I didn't want to get out. Came back tanned, happy, and with the thought that I should repeat all this together with my husband, just without the wedding fuss

went to Salalah for work, needed a couple of days at the suppliers and to see the city too, and the manager talked me into taking the package with transfer - never regretted it once. walked the streets by myself in the evenings, touched the fruit at the market with my hands, all ripe, but in the hotel the AC hummed like a tractor and that's a minus star, so four out of five, would come back again

Salalah is something else for sure. I landed, walked out of the airport, and it's +32 and humidity like a sauna, even though it's supposedly March. Walked along the promenade, climbed into some old fortress on a hill, then spent a long time looking for a place to eat properly. Overall I liked it, but I rented a car — the navigator was glitching like crazy. Four stars, solid.

there was nothing to do in february, everything was kind of blah, and my friend and i decided to take off to Salala through an agency in Almaty — seems like it's not far, and it's warm, and you don't have to do any visa in advance (though my friend had doubts until the last minute, she always has a hundred reasons against). we flew with a layover, sweated in our puffer jackets, and after some number of hours we stepped out into that soft air of theirs and i immediately got why i came — my hands still remember the warm wind from the sea and the sand on my palms after a morning walk along the promenade, they brew coffee there with cardamom and it turned out surprisingly good (i usually don't drink that kind), and in the evening at the market in the center we bought some incense and i still don't get why i need it at home

Took a tour to Salalah through the agency and was pleased, everything was organized smoothly. The hotel turned out simple, but with a sea view, though the air conditioner rattled like a tractor... had to sleep with the balcony open. The food was good, especially memorable were the fresh flatbreads for breakfast and the local tea with cardamom. On the excursions they took us to waterfalls and to the desert — the sand there is fine, like flour, I'm still finding it in my sneakers. Came back tanned and with a bunch of photos, so the five stars are well deserved.

Salalah surprised me, honestly I expected sand and heat, but ended up in fog and greenery. Buses, market, fish — all as it should be. The palace and springs... beautiful of course, but way too many people. Came back with a magnet and a pack of frankincense, which now sits in the cupboard and smells up the whole flat( overall for the money — decent, but the flight was long and tiring

Poehali v Salalu na 5 dney, i ya srazu skazhu - more i gorod ponravilis, no dostali melkie momentsy vrode ocheredey na granitse i zhary, kotoraya bila dazhe v dekabre. Otel popalsya normalniy, eda vkusnaya, hotya zaplatili mi za neyo po polnoy programme - no vot u menya ostalsya osadok ot odnogo transfera, kotorij opozdal na chas, i ya uzhe nachala psihovat. Menedzher nam ochen pomog na mestah, reshil vse bystro, za chto emu spasibo, hotya vse ravno chetverka, a ne pyat - est kuda rasti.

Bought a tour to Salalah, Oman — and it was the best decision, because the country turned out not at all like I imagined. Mountains, sea, a market with spices and fish where we haggled until we were hoarse, though I threw out the sunscreen on the very first day — it's useless there, but about the excurions to the desert I'll say this: if you go, only in the evening, otherwise you'll cook.

Жұмыс бойынша құжаттарымды реттеу керек еді, сондықтан турагенттікке барып Салалаға тур алдым, ескі досым сол жақта тұратынын ескеріп. Барған соң бір аптада бәрін аралап шықтым, теңіз суы тұзды, ал таулардағы салқын ауа райы күтпеген жерден ұнады, тек қонақүйдегі кондиционер түні бойы шулады. Енді Оманға тағы барамын, 5/5.

we were planning a vacation with my wife, wanted somewhere with a warm sea and no crowds of tourists, and we settled on Salalah in Oman. The manager picked us a little hotel with a view of the fjords, and the trip turned out a five — true, the AC in the room hummed like an old fridge, but I came back tanned and happy.

went looking for cool air and at least some action because in july back home you can't breathe, and here they promised monsoon season and green mountains — and overall they didn't lie, though the humidity wears you down so much your t-shirt sticks to your back a minute after getting off the bus. the trip itself turned out okay, the cable car in the mountains, the incense market where i bought all sorts of junk, and the views of Jebel Shams that all of this was for paid off the journey, but the organization let it down — transfers took longer than promised, and one dinner got moved without warning, so four stars, no more.

Poezdku stal brat i ego semya nado bylo otpravit na otdyh, no u nih ne bylo vremeni iskat tur, poetomu oni poprosili menya nayti chto-to nebanalnoe. Ya nashyol v agentstve tur v Oman, v Salalah, i poletel s nimi, chtoby pomoch s detmi. More i gory tam konechno krasivye, no dostatochno zharkoe, osobenno v iyule. Odin minus - ochen mnogo komarov po vecheram, prihodilos postoyanno mazatsya spreyami, no eto ne isportilo vpechatlenie. V tselom vernulsya dovolnyy, stavlyu chetverku.

we went to Salalah because we wanted warmth in January and the sea, not all that other stuff, and the manager by the way picked a hotel so I never once regretted it.. anyway we flew with a layover, at the hotel they gave us a room with a view of a construction site but we still went to the sea every evening, the water warm, the air like fresh milk, though the hairdryer in the room was crackling and I was scared of it

bought a tour to Salalah through a local agency, flew out in October. The hotel was fine, but the AC in the room hummed like a tractor, had to sleep with earplugs. The excursion to the mountains — that was something, the views were unreal, though the climb was hard. The food was well, but I still carried cookies from duty free with me. On the last day I went to the market for frankincense, the sellers were hollering so much that I got confused and left with almost nothing. Came back tanned, but with a slight protsada because of the AC. Overall the trip was a success, even if without a wow effect.

Went to Salalah for five days and it was exactly what we needed, tired of course but so good. The manager told us everything about visas and transfer, huge thanks to her, but the hotel turned out to have renovation on the floor – no big deal, at least the breakfasts were decent, the coffee though is crap.. Got to the Frankincense mountains, swam in the wadi, took photos of everything, came back and already miss that heat.

Salalah surprised me, honestly, even though we flew for the beach and I wasn't really expecting much. Mountains, greenery, fog on the serpentine road — I kept touching those leaves with my hands, smelling the air and not understanding why I even booked this tour. Came back happy, five out of five, though the first evening I spent a long time looking for normal food and freaking out about the heat.

i took the trip because of work — i needed to get away from everyone urgently, and the agency suggested Salalah, i didn't even immediately realize where that was, but i agreed because Oman seemed like a calm option, and off we went.. It's really quiet there, few people, the air is different, i walked around the market, touched these silver things at the seller's, he kept trying to shove frankincense on me, i ended up buying it, why i don't know. Rating five out of five of course

flew to Salalah in February, actually booked through an Almaty agency and thought it would be crap, but no. The hotel is decent, they feed you properly, though that fish of theirs at breakfast - may the locals forgive me - stank so much that for two days I only ate flatbread and watermelon, but the sea is warm, the air humid, I walked along the promenade in the evening and petted some black cat near a shop with incense, also drank franchise coffee there for pennies and it turned out tastier than in our coffee shops. I liked the excursion to the mountains, the guide knew a lot but spoke fast and I missed half of it, but I bought a whole bag of dates for home and they ran out in a week, should have taken two. came back happyy, even though I'm tired as a dog

Salalah turned out to be, frankly, not what I expected from winter, but that's for the better. The manager picked a hotel so that it's a five-minute walk to the sea, and in the evening I just sat on the shore, chewed local flatbreads and watched the fishermen pull in their nets — a small thing, but I still remember it. Came back tanned, happy, with a bag of frankincense in my suitcase that still makes the whole apartment smell.

Went to Salalah. Don't regret a single second. The hotel was pretty basic, but with a sea view, I drank coffee in the mornings and watched the fishermen fussing by the shore, and so what if the AC hummed like a tractor, it's the little things.. Fruit at the market — mango, papaya and something else green, forgot the name, but the taste was weird, sweet and bitter at the same time. Went to the Old Town, there's clay walls, dust, narrow streets. At Taqa Fort, seems like nothing special — just stones and stones, but from up high the whole port is like on the palm of your hand. Luban, these fountains, water shoots up with a hiss, people taking photos all around. got lost once on the way to Wadi Darbat — the driver turned the wrong way and we circled the serpentine for about twenty minutes, but at least we saw a real village where women were washing clothes in a stream. came back happy. five stars of course, even though there was some hassle with that same old market where sellers grab you by the hand, but it's the east, nothing you can do

Went to a travel agency for a tour to Oman, to Salalah, because I wanted warmth and sea without crowds of tourists. The manager picked a hotel and transfer quickly, and everything went smoothly, came back happy and already thinking about the next trip.

The trip to Salalah turned out great. The hotel was right by the sea, you walk out — and immediately wind, salt on your lips... The room is normal, I won't say wow, the air conditioner hummed all night like a tractor. But I got used to it quickly and slept, I was really tired. I always had breakfast on the terrace, there were flatbreads with honey and some other sauce, I don't remember the name, spicy little devil, but tasty. I went to the market for frankincense... those fragrant resins, the traders kept offering something, I bought a small bag, it still smells in the wardrobe. The weather was comfrotable, not hot, in the evening it was just beautiful — I walked along the embankment and was in no hurry. I took a tour to the desert, but most of all I liked just sitting by the water and doing nothing. I came back happy.

Жұмыстан демалыс алып, қызметтестермен бірге барып қайтуды ойластырдық. Туристік агенттікке кіріп, Салалаға баруды сұрадық, себебі әлгі бір таныс мақтап қалған еді, әлде қарашада болатын жаңбырлы маусым туралы оқыдым ба, енді қайдам, соны көргім келді. Ұйымдастыру жағы тез болды, құжаттарды, визаны, билеттің бәрін өздері реттеп берді, тек қонақүйге кірерде ресепшнде біраз күттірді, бірақ ол онша көңілге қабылдай қоймадым. Ұшу түзу болмады, Стамбул арқылы айналдық, әуежайдағы тексеру ұзаққа созылды, аяғым шаршады, бірақ ұшаққа мінген соң ұйықтап кетіппін. Салалада ауа райы күткеннен де ыстық болды, 45 градус дегенді көргенде шошыдым, бірақ теңіздің салқын желі барын жеңілдетті. Хоффa жақтағы базарда хош иісті ладан мен мирра сатып алдым, қолыма ұстап көргенде иісі біртүрлі таныс көрінді, бала кездегі шіркеу иісіндей. Тауға шыққанда инелері өткір, бірақ өрнектері әдемі, алыстан қараған адамға бәрібір байқалмайды. Жалпы алғанда, осы сапардан кейін демалыс дегеннің не екенін түсінгендей болдым, келесі жазда тағы барып, басқа жақтарын көрсем деймін.

the trip to Salalah turned out weird but cool. Flew through Muscat, there's a layover, airport is small, but the coffee's decent. In Salalah the air - like in a sauna, but that's fine. Took a tour from our guys, the Almaty ones, never regretted it. Hotel was ok, though the towel smelled musty at first, then it went away. Went to the market for frankincense, the seller kept trying to push a whole sack on me, I bought one small peice. The vibe of the city is calm, people don't bother you. The sea is warm, but the waves were strong, didn't swim much. Came back tanned and happy, only the bag ripped on the way home.

Nuzhen byl otpusk, i ya reshila letet cherez turagentstvo v Kazahstane, potomu chto sama voobsche ne hochu sichasnich bumag i vsyakih tam oformleniy - s moim grafikom eto katastrofa. V Salaalu hotelos osobenno, iz-za obeschannogo "zelenogo Omana", posle nashih step ey bolno uspokaivaet. V itoge polet, otel, transfery - vse organizovali, nichego ne slomalos, no na peresadke v Dushanbe zhdat prishlos dolshe, chem govorili. Prileteli - zhara 34, vlazhno, ya dazhe ne srazu ponyala, chto eto normalno dlya sentyabrya, hotya fanaty tut govoryat eto "uzhe prohladno". Iz zapomnivshegosya - halva v malenkom magazine vozle korishche, yarkie butylki s vodoy v Avtobuse i tot moment, kogda voditel v mestnom klube doltse vsego smotrel na nashu baryshnyu s kolesom na golove. Rebyata pomogali, vezde uspevali, no odin raz my zhutko dolgo zakaz ali chaynuyu poezdku, i ya uzhe nach inala zlitcya. Esche sehr ponravilos tot moment, chto otel nazvali "travelers hotel", a v nom dazhe zubnoy shchetki ne dali, prishyos svoy za 3 dolara kupit v shoppinge. Ne smotrya na melkiy ksyak, ya dovolna, potsvetu horoshey poezdki - mozhet dazhe seichas hochu vernutcya na paru neg sai vodoy i ne spesha.

we went to unwind after i nearly burned out at work with all those reports, and some friends recommended this agency in almaty, where we booked a tour to salalah——the flight is short, and the money-wise it came out bearable... The manager sorted everything out in one evening, no hassle. We went in april, breathed air that smells of frankincense and fish, touched the hot sand on the beach in Mughsail with our hands, i even swam though the water is bracing

Took a tour to Salalah through an agency, thought it would be heat and that's it, but in late October it's quite bearable there, even in the evening on the embankment it's cool. Walked around the market, touched the local incense with my hands, some kind of frankincense, everything smells so much my head is spinning, and the sellers are calm, they don't grab your hands like in some places. Then went up in a jeep into the mountains to the waterfalls, the road is a serpentine, I don't really like that kind of thing, but the views were worth it, though the car was a bit cramped and the AC was weakish. The food at the hotel is normal, but monotonous, breakfasts got boring by the third day — but the seafood is fresh and that makes up for everything. The excursions were organized precisely, without delays or fuss, came back happy, despite the small little things like the queue at breakfast.

I went to Salala because I wanted to see the monsoon that's there in summer, and I booked a tour at a local agency almost by accident — a friend recommended it. I booked it and somehow didn't even regret it, though the moment was questionable, because during the rainy season some roads got washed out and we just spent one day sitting in the hotel drinking tea with cardamom and watching it pour outside, but then when it cleared up we went to those very mountains where everything is green-green and the fog creeps right along the slope, I even touched the water in one waterfall — freezing. Overall the trip was okay, but the food in some places was all the same — rice, chicken and that's it, and the guide told things a bit chaotically but he showed a cool market where I bought up some frankincense and some other herb for tea that even he himself didn't understand anything about

Went to Salalah because I had to sort out my wife's real estate issue, and decided to combine it at the same time — the travel agency turned out decent, took a package with flight and hotel, money-wise it came out reasonable. In Salalah itself I liked everything — the vibe of the city, the market with frankincense where I haggled for two hours over all sorts of junk, fruit for breakfast, the water in the bay at plus thirty was like milk, and even the fact that the AC in the room rattled like a tractor didn't ruin anything at all..

Bought a tour to Salalah from a local agency and somehow it all worked out well: flight, hotel, transfer — no surprises, the mountains are right by the sea, the air is dry and hot. Came back happy, five out of five, only the fish on the first evening was brought cold, but that's small stuff.