maps and curios. Tickets cost 3.2 Omani rial, or OMR (£6.45). Over at the nearby National Museum of Oman (5 OMR/£10 for tourists), you can pore over ancient coins, priceless calligraphy ...

Muscat, the capital of Oman, was recently declared the 'Arab Tourism Capital' for 2012 by the Arab Tourism Ministers' Council. The country, officially the Sultanate of Oman, is growing as an ...