Tour of Misfat Al Abriyeen

Directly from Al Hamra, you can climb the winding road to Misfat. After you go to the rocky ridge, where there is now a „new“ town, turn into it and drive to the end of the road from where you have a great view of the old part on the other side of the valley.

After the view, return to the crossroads and go down to the parking lot above the old town. Leave the car here. It is useless to continue to weave through the narrow streets. From the parking lot there is a view back to the new city where you were a while ago

From the parking lot, the road slowly descends into the village. There are warnings everywhere that conservative people live here and that you should have long pants

You will really find several original houses here, but it is not such a stone as to be expected from the tourist attractions of this place

The best thing you can do in Misfat is to walk along the irrigation canal. The path leads through an oasis overlooking the terraced fields. You can walk directly along the canal and occasionally overcome minor pitfalls or along the path next door

It probably wouldn't even be Oman if there weren't defense towers and turrets along the way

In the early evening, the opposite side of the canyon looks like a golden wall

The path slowly approaches the bottom of the canyon with a view of the next turret

We turn back at the huge boulders. For those who would like to take it more trekking, the W9 marked trail continues to the other side of the mountains to the village of Bilad Sayt

We do not go back along the marked path, but directly along the irrigation canal and it is much more fun with a few pitfalls. But everything can be walked through or the incriminated place can be bypassed.

The highlight of our visit to Misfat was the ascent to the ruins above the village

No official footpath leads to the ruins, only an imperceptible path between the boulders. If you are here in the early evening, it has a really great atmosphere.

At the ruins, it pays to sit and enjoy the beautiful view of the region. The place is about 1000 meters above sea level.

Even from here, the village looks very interesting – better than up close

On the way back, there are nice views of Al Hamra below the mountains from the bends of the road