The National Day festival features all sorts of highly visible official celebrations, but the main significance of this day for visitors may be that everything closes down. Eid Al-Fitr will be observed in January or December through 2001. Eid Al-Adha in April or March. The two Eids are marked by traditional celebrations and dancing in the streets. The variety of terrain in Oman makes weekend mountain and desert motoring particularly worthwhile.
Water sports are the recreational mainstay of many of the five-star hotels.
The main ones in Muscat all either have a beach of their own or have rights to somebody else's, and sport small fleets of sailboats, windsurfers and pedal boats. Several have diving gear available for guests. All rights reserved.