Tag: norway of arabia

A protectorate of Northern Oman has surfaced as a major sightseer mecca offering a plethora of serene as well as thrilling guests. And, it is often referred to as Norway of Arabia . Nestled amidst the blue waters of the Sea of Oman and the Arabian Gulf with its rocky headland protruding into the Strait of Hormuz, the Musandam Peninsula is a maze of emotional arms (khors), steep mountain escarpments, and graphic small townlets on the mountain covers and along the arms. Hence, this region is aptly sobriquet as the‘Norway of Arabia’. In recent times, Musandam, a protectorate of Northern Oman, separated from the rest of the country by a strip of the United Arab Emirates has surfaced as a major sightseer mecca offering a plethora of serene as well as thrilling gests. The Musandam Peninsul...