Nizwa · Things to do

A large modern national history museum at Manah, about 20 minutes out. Galleries open Saturday-Thursday 9am-5pm and Friday 1.30-7pm; OMR 5 for tourists, and you must hold a booked ticket to enter them.

One of five aflaj inscribed by UNESCO in 2006 and the largest in Oman. An open channel through a public park in Nizwa; the system still divides water between households on a timeshare.

A collapsing mud-brick village at the foot of the Jebel Akhdar road, with Falaj Khatmein, another of the five inscribed aflaj, running through the palm gardens.

The W4 links Al Ayn, As Sah and Ash Sharayjah along old farm paths across the terraces: about 8km and three to four hours, with a 4x4 needed to reach the start.

Bahla has made unglazed clay pots for centuries and the workshops still sell at the roadside below the fort. Bulky, cheap, and impossible to fly home unwrapped.