Island

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The island may be artificial, only one bar wide and accessible by a humpback bridge so small that you could almost span it in one stride, but the sense of this being a little piece of revelry cut adrift from the marina makes it highly attractive. Open-sided and on stilts, it draws a lively crowd from Salalah.

There's a menu of seafood dishes (among others), but it's mostly about the bar.


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1. Plantations

11.71 MILES

Salalah is famous for its plantations of coconuts, papayas and bittersweet, small bananas. Stroll through the plantation roads near the corniche (2km from…