Muscat, Oman - The Palace 4 of 4

In Old Muscat we had an opportunity to see the outside of the Al Alam palace of Sultan Qaboos bin Said. It was beautiful building refurbished in 1970 with two enormous side wings for conference and meeting spaces and the other for housing worldwide dignitaries. We also learned about the Bait Al Falaj Fort which surrounds the Palace. The same family has ruled this nation since 1744 and in the recent century has been very open to all schools of Islam (not just Suni and Shia) and has been very generous in building a strong, modern prosperous nation for its people and the world. It is one of the best representatives of an Arabic nation in the 20th Century.Read more