Product Description
Whether a stopover or final destination, Oman and the UAE are Arabia’a two most accessible countries. From Dubai’s exuberance and Muscat’s elegance to remote wadis and serene oases, this indispensable guide reveals it all.
- 27 essential maps plus full-colour regional map
- range of transport options, including detailed directions for self-drivers
- where to stay and eat for all budgets
- what to do and how to do it, from diving to off-the-beaten-track driving
- essential shopping guide to everything from camel kitsch to Bedouin jewellery
Lonely Planet Oman & the United Arab Emirates
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January 27th, 2010 at 11:09 pm
this book has everything u need 2 know on the emirates, oman and their relationship as neighbouring countries
Rating: 5 / 5
January 28th, 2010 at 12:06 am
This was the first Lonely Planet Book with hundreds of faults. Very disappointing!!!
Rating: 1 / 5
January 28th, 2010 at 12:24 am
This is the worst, most outdated guidebook I’ve ever come across. For the budget traveler, it is absolutely useless. The so-called “best hotel on the corniche” in Muscat turned out to be a dingy, roach-infested dive. The maps for Oman are minuscule, poorly drawn, and lack detail. The entire history of Oman is condensed into five pages. Don’t waste your money on this guide. Oman is a very easy country to travel in, and you hardly need this guidebook. This is the sort of guidebook you find yourself leaving behind at your hotel. If Duabi is your destination, go with the newer “Dubai” guide. Pity, though, that Lonely Planet charges you the same price for a city guidebook as they do for a two-country guidebook.
Rating: 1 / 5
January 28th, 2010 at 12:57 am
oman is the most exciting place i have
ever been. after reading the lonely planet version
of Oman i was left with NO IMPRESSION.
I arrived to find it exciting, stunning and
full of activities. The books prices for hotels and
taxis, juice etc were ALL WAY OFF. All too high.
For instance a fresh made juice in front of you
cost one hundred omani basas…
a coke one hundred basa
a dinner one riyal
a hotel varied.
a taxi ride 200 basa for a few kilometers..
and the book gave no feeling or emotion to the
country at all… i browse thru it, and after arriving never openned it again. in fact i left it behind in oman as i
found it to be a heavy wieght with no signifigance.
perhaps the AUTHOR was fearful of Muslim countries and did
not like Omanis…too bad. I will never buy lonley planet
products again…
Rating: 1 / 5