One of the new Hyatt properties I’ve been most looking forward to has finally opened this weekend. While I’m not sure I’ll realistically be able to visit anytime soon, it sure is on my bucket list, so I wanted to recap the basics of this property for anyone else who might be interested.
Continue reading: Now Open: Hyatt’s Alila Hinu Bay, Oman
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Oman is one of my favourite destinations in the Middle East. There is another fantastic resort up in the Hajar mountain range, the Anantara Al Jabal Al Akhdar which offers more facilities and a more diverse selection of restaurants than the Hyatt property, but any hotel choice up in the mountains will not disappoint.
Ben, this is a trip report I am excited to read. So yes, I'm giving you permission to go ahead and book it. 😉
Oman is really nice, but like the other gulf countries, they exploit labor from South Asia and the Philippines.
On one hand, (for them) the workers earn a lot, but their living conditions are cramped and their employers hold onto their passports to prevent them from leaving. During covid, many were prevented from going home.
Oman is a great place to visit if you have a reason to be in SA or the gulf.
Avoid Yemen — it was not safe when an acquaintance visited in 2003 and I imagine it’s much worse with SA and Iran using it as proxy grounds.
I converted to Islam in 1997 and performed my Hajj back in ‘99 and spent 6 months travelling around the region to learn about the history of my new faith!
90km from Salalah means it's probably for people who don't leave hotel. Oman is great, when you drive around and see it.
90 km from Salalah in the middle of nowhere? Not my kind of vacation. Two years ago i spent a lovely vacation in the Hilton Salalah. And i loved being able to drive into Salalah in the evening, visit the mosque, eat in a lebanese restaurant, check out the local mall and visit some of the historical sites nearby.
Ben, what have you found out about globalist suite upgrades at this property? Accepted or no?
looks beautiful...but i dont get it. its in the middle of nowhere. what is there to do in the mountains?
regardless, i also really want to visit Oman (just not these specific places per se). Also to note, Oman dropped visa requirements for 103 countries recently to boost tourism, including the US, Brazil, and others! so thats great news.
this is definitely a trip report im excited to read, ive heard wonderful things about Oman.
I must be missing the appeal of this resort. It’s in the middle of nowhere and the beach does not look particularly scenic—if the promotional hotel photos look meh I can’t imagine it being that great in person. It’s also rather set back from the water so even the rooms that have a water view don’t look like anything special (unless you want to look at a ton of sand with the water in the distance). That being said, you can go on points, so I understand why you would want to go and I would certainly be curious in a trip report as maybe I am missing something.
On the other hand, the Alila Jabal Akhdar does look amazing, so I’m interested in a trip report on that one. And of course the Six Senses in Oman looks great, so I think if I were to go to Oman I would try to combine those two hotels (albeit the Six Senses is in a totally different price range than the Alila Hinu Bay, and you already reviewed it so I understand the desire to try something new).