Experts' Choice Award
Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
5 expert reviews
“Covering more than 430,000 square feet, the complex can welcome up to 20,000 worshipers under its central dome and in adjacent chambers...gardens surrounding the prayer halls are a wonderful”
– Fodor's
Lonely Planet
Top choice
"The main prayer hall is breathtakingly beautiful. The Persian carpet alone measures 70m by 60m wide, making it the second-largest hand-loomed Iranian carpet in the world."
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Visitors are required to dress modestly, covering arms and legs and avoiding tight clothing.
Afar Magazine
"Walking into the main prayer hall is breathtaking thanks to the chandelier made of Swarovski crystals with a diameter of 26 feet...also graced by the world's second-largest handmade Persian rug"
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Afar Magazine
"Encircled by beds of delicate flowers and small trees, this mosque invites worshippers to rediscover tranquillity as if they were walking in a 6th-century Persian garden."
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Independent
"Every inch of Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque is a work of art, from its soaring white-marble archways, all deftly carved with intricate patterns, to the vast crystal chandelier in the main prayer hall, which was made especially by Swarovski"
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