Sohar city

Sohar in Oman has been transformed into a great

location thanks to the focus on tourism related

activities and it is being built up as an important

tourist destination in the recent years.

The town of Sohar is very green and is filled with

fruit and dairy farms thus it forms a great

contrast from the surrounding deserts. The city

of Sohar is easily accessible and is only a couple

of hours from the cosmopolitan city of Dubai.

The place has every thing from sea to desert and can

be easily reached from the capital of Muscat, Oman.

Sohar has also developed into an important business

center with companies coming in droves to set up

shops in this city. The number of expatriates has gone up and the city seems to be on a high as far as business is concerned.
The city of Sohar was always very important in terms

of trade and commerce and it was famous for

its copper deposits extraction of which had started

some five thousand years or so ago.
Even today also there are some three copper mines that

are functional and they contain nearly twenty million

tones of copper deposits.

The Sohar castle is a top attraction of the city and is a must see for people visiting the city of Sohar and the public gardens and parks also augment the tourist importance of the city.

So Sohar can easily be called one of the most popular destinations of Oman .

Sohar Beach Hotel

Sohar Beach Hotel offers a warm welcome to all its guests. The hotel combines a long tradition of Omani hospitality with an international standard of luxury. It has been constructed in the style of a traditional Omani fort, and its imposing exterior of buttresses and towers belies the cool elegant interior of marble, stained glass windows and beautiful decor.
Guests will find the service efficient and friendly, the management experienced and accessible.
Sohar Beach Hotel is managed by Taj International Hotels

Sohar Hospital

Sohar Hospital under the Ministry of Health, Sultanate of Oman was set up in 1997 and is a 408 bed tertiary care hospital of wilayat Sohar. It aims to cater to the population of North Batinah Region extending from Suweiq to Shinaz. It is a multispeciality hospital having a fully equipped Adult ICU, Paediatric ICU, CCU apart from facilities for Dialysis. The Operative facilities consists of Laproscopic surgeries in Gyaenecology, Abdominal surgeries as well as Arthroscopy and Endoscopic Sinus Surgery. It is a teaching hospital for students of Oman Medical College (second medical college in The Sultanate of Oman).