Video: The most beautiful landscapes in Salalah, the bride of the Arabian Peninsula

Written By وداد السعودي on 2015/08/31

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

ArabiaWeather.com- Salalah is known as the tourist capital of the Sultanate of Oman, due to its unique nature and wonderful weather.

Salalah, located on the western coast of the Sultanate in the Dhofar Governorate, is famous for the fruits of banana trees, palm trees, fava beans, and tropical coconuts with fruits that look like coconuts. It is also famous for its incense.

The third largest city in the Sultanate in terms of population contains a cactus tree that is more than 300 years old and is considered one of the wonders of trees in the Arabian Peninsula, with a height of 30 meters and a width of 40 meters.

In addition to its unique natural ingredients that make it a destination for many tourists around the world, Salalah is full of historical tourist sites and monuments such as castles, forts and old markets.

Many may be surprised, if it is known that the people of the Sultanate consider autumn in Salalah to start from July until mid-September, which is known locally as the "season of wealth", and is characterized by light showers of rain in the form of drizzle, fog, and low temperatures.

Among its most famous archaeological features is the Al-Baleed area fort, in addition to the remains of the port docks, mosques, buildings and cemeteries spread over a wide area of them.

There are also five religious shrines in Salalah: the tomb of the Prophet Imran, the tomb of Junaid, the tomb of the Prophet Ayoub, the tomb of Salem bin Ahmed bin Arabia, and the tomb of Hud bin Amer.

Its inhabitants speak three local dialects: Mahari, Jabaliya and Arabic, and there are three environments in it, mountainous, marine and desert, with a population of 150 thousand people.

It is noteworthy that the Salalah Container Port is the second port in Oman, and the second largest container port in the Middle East. Salalah International Airport is also located there.

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This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.

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