Muscat City Tour -Half-Day- Mystic Muscat

This company is unreliable and should be avoided. I booked my trip for pick up at 9am. By 9.45 am they still had not arrived (and not messaged) so after much effort I managed to speak to them (viator tried with no joy). They then informed me that the guide wasn't coming and they could get another guide who was an hour away. When I pointed it that this meant I would not be able to tour the mosque as it closes at 11, they said they would need to cancel. They then advised me to get a taxi. Very unprofessional. My advice would be to book with other companies who are more reliable.

Jihad our tour guide was lovely and patient. Gave us great museum suggestions for kids. Took us for Halwa (Omani sweets) and we stopped for shawarma while at the souk. Jihad gave us tips on what's considered a reasonably priced things and what isn't just to put things in context. Grand mosque was stunning even in moonlight. We didn't make it for visitor times 8-11 but we still get to experience the mosque.

Without doubt one of the the most beautiful cities in the world! Our guide for the tour was Waleed, who made us feel so welcome. The entire experience was extremely great. Waleed was very flexible (travelling with a toddler, really appreciated this!) and he really deserves a special thanks, definitely went way above and beyond for us. Every stop on the tour was more stunning than the last. Highly recommend this tour, Muscat and Waleed!

The tour of Muscat was excellent - Ahmed our guide was extremely knowledgeable and informative. Throughout the half day, we covered numerous sites/attractions (all fantastic) and certainly fitted a lot of sightseeing in - A credit to Ahmed that the tour never felt rushed in the slightest. The tour was a great success in no small part to Ahmed who is a very personable and pleasant individual.

Enjoyed Abdula’s knowledge and willingness to answer all questions. Open to explain his Muslim beliefs and its history .Proud of Oman and its progress in a short time.

Muscat is surreal…natural beauty plus the genuine people makes it a must visit city. You have to be guided by Mr Adil…he is simply the best!!!

Ali, from Sunshine Tours, made this experience a great one He answered all our questions and was a good guide!

The tour was not as expected. A number of places we were meant to see during the tour were closed and consequently we were unable to view them properly. We feel as though the price of the tour did no reflect the service that was provided, having spent close to £200 and still left to be disappointed by the final result is not good. The tour is advertised on the site to be a half day tour which would be “4 hours to 5 hours” however we were only provided with 3 hours, again minimising what we were provided with. The mosque was closed because it was outside of opening hours (we hadn’t been told about these hours prior to booking), the opera house wasn’t open either. We were taken there with the assumption of going inside (which we were told) but then later told we can’t go in, so again we saw nothing. Also we had already been to the souk the day before ourselves, so weren’t taken there again as part of the tour, we asked for an alternative to be provided but there was none offered for this to compensate or make up for that within the tour. In conclusion we were extremely disappointed with this service/tour which was been provided and do not feel we were provided with the service that has been charged for.

Our tour guide called Waleed took us to wonderful sights (we had a car for our own). We could choose whatever we liked to do and to see. He asked and recommended some places for example a restaurant where we had typical Oman food and he showed us what and how to eat in his culture and country. So we had lunch together and could talk a lot with him. Thank you very much!

My guide, Khalfan, made my first experience of Muscat so interesting. He was informative and courteous. I had a great time and highly recommend the tour.