Mutrah Souk The maze-like souq (marketplace), which also includes a fish market, is often described as the best in the Gulf region. The souq has several shops for jewellery, traditional Omani handicrafts and Omani food at reasonable prices. Several shops accept credit cards.
Sabco Centre, Qurm. Located near the turnoff between Sultan Qaboos St and Qurm Heights Road, the "Sabco Centre" is actually a collection of about half a dozen medium sized shopping centres which is very popular with locals. The actual Sabco Centre has a small souq-like collection of shops that contains many of the handicrafts that are available in the Mutrah Souq. Opposite the Sabco Centre is the Omani Craftsman's House that only sells guaranteed Made in Oman crafts at fixed (but relatively high) prices.
Muscat City Centre, Seeb, . Currently the biggest mall, containing a lot of shops including a large Carrefour .
Qurum City Centre.Recently opened up at Qurum and contains Carrefour too .
Godiva Chocolates, Sabco Centre, Ruwi, Tel - 562367.
Lulu Hypermarket, Darsait, Bausher and Seeb tel - 7711449.
Markaz al Bahja, Seeb
Safeer Hyper Market, Athaiba (Azaiba), Tel - 502461.
Select, All Shell Petrol Bunks.
Sultan Centre, , Tel - 567666.
The Al Fair chain of supermarkets sells just about everything you want. Many of them are on the main Sultan Qaboos highway making them an easy place to spot.
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