The Sultanate of Oman attracts the French tourists

Oman proves to be one of the emergent tourist destinations more exciting in the world.

So much of French cannot locate Oman on the map, they are increasingly numerous to choose this destination for their spring or winter vacation.

Located at the south of Iran from which it is separated by the Strait from Ormuz, at the exit of the Arab–Persian Gulf, bordered by the United Arab Emirates in north, Saudi Arabia in the west and Yemen in south–west, Oman.

A vast desert plain covers the major part of the center of the country and several chains of high mountains (Jebel ACH–Chams, 3,009 m) extend along its north coasts and south–east, where are located most cities, Mascate, the capital, Matrah and On in north, Salalah in the south.

The main town located inside the grounds is Nizwa, old capital of the sultanate.
The climate of Oman is hot and dry inside the grounds, wet at the seaside.

In the mountains, many oases cultivate date palms and orange trees of terraces by using groundwaters and of the systems of channels or “falajs”.

Splendid fair sand dunes extend to the south from Mascate, last advanced towards the sea of the largest desert of the world. A little more in the south, these are white dunes that one discovers, Sugar Sands.

The Omani coast counts 1300 kilometers of beaches. It is strewn with thousands of deserted splits and “wadis”, canyons with the often vertiginous walls or green throats where one can bathe in natural pools supplied with sources.

It is still largely preserved with its vast extended from immaculate sand and its rock formations various and surprising.
Oman is a sure country which is traversed easily at the wheel of a vehicle of hiring. A 4X4 is not essential but makes it possible to roll on tracks leading to sites enchanters.

The cities are connected by a very good road network which improves unceasingly at an intensive pace.

Before 1970, Oman counted only 5 km of tarred road. Now the fast tracks and the motorways facilitate displacements.
However, over–development did not destroy its most spectacular landscapes and the cultural traditions remain remarkably not diluted, making sultanate one of the best places of the Gulf to discover traditional Arabia.

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