Luxury bespoke holidays to Al Bustan Palace, Oman
Facts in brief
Official star rating 5
Location The hotel is located on the coast, near Muscat
Annual opening All year
Closest airport Muscat International Airport
Distance from airport The hotel is about 40-minutes' drive from Muscat International Airport
Hotel facilities and services
4 Restaurants, 2 Bars, Swimming Pool with Children's Pool, Watersports, Fitness Centre with Sauna and Steam Room, Beauty Salon, Gift Shop, Children's Playground, Boat Trips, Tennis Courts, Mini-golf, Golf Putting Green, Free Shuttle to Muscat Town.
Complimentary
Complimentary Fruits placed in rooms and suites on arrival and replenished daily. Mineral water in rooms and suites and replenished daily. Free newspaper daily.
Complimentary watersports
Sailing, Windsurfing, Kayaking, Snorkelling.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Bustan garden view room for 7 nights
From about
£1,840 low season
£2,200 high season
Holiday Code WW89
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Al Bustan Palace, Oman
The Al Bustan Palace re-opened as the InterContinental Al Bustan Palace in November 2008 after an immense refurbishment programme. It was always a popular destination before it closed and it has started to provide great levels of service, ambience and facilities once again. The grandiose building stands on the beachfront in about 200 acres of lush gardens, framed by the rugged backdrop of the Omani landscape, yet the centre of Muscat with its Souk, Palace, Bait Al Zubair Museum and Grand Mosque is only about five miles away. This grandiose feeling of the hotel has been retained yet all the bedrooms are furnished extremely comfortably with attention to detail. Rooms overlook the gardens, the mountains or the sea. Some have access to the Lagoon but these are not available for children. Inter-connecting rooms are available for families and children are very well catered for. The hotel has a range of facilities to complements it size and status and there is a choice of four restaurants to suit different moods and tastes; the Al Khiran Terrace serves Asian, French and Italian, China mood offers authentic dishes from the regions of China, Seblat Al Bustan serves traditional Omani flavours in the traditional surroundings of an outdoor Omani Bedouin village to the sounds of local music and the Beach Pavilion allows for light and healthy dining during the day with a more extensive A la Carte menu in the evenings. Day-times can be spent enjoying the range of sports facilities from the watersports on the one kilometre-long beach to tennis or just relaxing by the swimming pool. There is also a fitness centre. Muscat is within easy reach for shopping and visits.
Room descriptions
Al Bustan Palace has 240 rooms and 40 suites. All rooms have air conditioning, mini bar, coffee and tea making, satellite TV, telephone, DVD player, bathroom with bathtub, bathrobe, hairdryer, in room safe.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Bustan garden view room for 7 nights
From about
£1,840 low season
£2,200 high season
Holiday Code WW89
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Al Bustan Palace, Oman
The journey and how you get there
For a holiday to the Al Bustan Palace in Oman, Expressions Holidays includes direct flights from London with British Airways or Oman Air (flying time is about 7 hrs 30 mins). Flights from UK regional airports may be possible with other airlines such as Emirates, with a change of plane in Dubai for example. A private car transfer is included for your journey from Muscat International Airport to the hotel and back. Journey time from the airport to the hotel is about 35 minutes.
Additional information
Children: Inter-connecting rooms available (no sofa bed or rollaway beds are available in the rooms or suites). Baby-sitting service. No children under 12 can be accommodated in the Bustan Lagoon access rooms for safety reasons.
It was an excellent holiday - due to excellent planning on your side. Super efficient, very professional.Mrs F, Holiday to Norway, Oct 2023
Holiday price guide Sample prices are per person based on two people sharing a Bustan garden view room for 7 nights
From about
£1,840 low season
£2,200 high season
Holiday Code WW89
The prices displayed here are a guide only. Each holiday price will be tailor-made at the time of booking to reflect all actual costs including up-to-date special offers.
Call us on 01392 441245
Luxury bespoke holidays to Al Bustan Palace, Oman
About Oman
An Expressions tailor-made holiday to Oman is a chance to indulge in desert luxury at its finest. Oman is a land of beautiful landscape and scenery, blending the past and the present perfectly, with 5000 years of history yet with an array of modern and excellent hotels This diverse destination boasts long sandy beaches, glistening turquoise sea, remarkable rock formations and golden-yellow dunes. Covering 300,000 square kilometres, Oman sits on the eastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, a place of fascinating colours and shapes, and away from the fabulous beaches, there are hugely rewarding excursions into its spectacular interior. Much of Oman is desert and half-day to full day to overnight desert safaris can be enjoyed; equally, its mountains are painted with a lush green palette of waterfalls, caves, and gorges with clear water pools. History is everywhere in Oman, forts, sparkling white houses and beautiful mosques dominate the skyline. The coastline in Oman is extensive and boasts some of the most pristine beaches in the world. The Omani waters are rich with hundreds of varieties of fish, colourful coral and mysterious remains of ancient shipwrecks making diving and snorkelling a must. The people of Oman are friendly and hospitable and make a visit to this country special and unique. A country rich in diverse natural beauty, with year-round sunshine and hot summer months, Oman offers a truly authentic Arabian experience and ideal luxury holiday destination.
Highlights of Oman
Water sports including sailing, diving, snorkelling and windsurfing. Experience the many souqs and markets in Oman where the rich aroma of herbs and spices, frankincense and myrrh are prominent. Traditional brass, copper, clay and wooden bowls and boxes as well as a colourful array of glassware and fabric are also present here. The Muscat festival in January and February, the Salalah`s Khareef festival from mid-July until the end of August. Seafood is renowned in Omani cooking: crab, prawns, crayfish, tuna and lobster with a unique piquant flavour. In the winter months enjoy traditional Omani cuisine at an Arabian banquet where guests sit on cushions at low tables in a traditional Bedouin tent.
Travel around Oman
Oman has a comprehensive system of cheap but slow long-distance shared taxis and microbuses. Road signs are written in English, as well as in Arabic, so hiring a car is also an option; private taxis, often in 4x4 vehicles, are probably the most convenient option, with drivers also acting as guides. We can arrange private excursions in advance of your arrival to Qatar. Please speak to our specialist consultants for more details.
Facts in brief
Capital MuscatAirport Seeb International Airport
Size 120,000 sq. miles
Population 4.6 million
