Al Mussanah
Al Mussanah is a peaceful town on the coast overlooking the Gulf of Oman, around 90km from Muscat. It has a quiet stretch of beach and is within easy touching distance of Barka, with its local fish market, Nakhal with its impressive fort as well as other sites of interest in the Batinah province, which spreads along the coast northwest of Muscat up to the UAE border. The Batinah province is known for its many small fishing villages as well as the developed industrial port further up the coast at Sohar.