Markets Mascate

The Mutrah fish market, with its innovative architectural concept, offers the luxury of clean, tiled and air-conditioned spaces, less local colour than the country's other markets, but more adapted to the merchandise and the freshness of the products. Every day, the fishermen gather there to display their catch, and the place is as much for the stalls as for the spectacle offered by the sun-sculpted faces and the subtle play of the trade... In the extension, a large air-conditioned room hosts a fruit and vegetable market.

This one-way street starts at the Al Hamryah roundabout and ends at Al Jami Street. Here we are in the heart of the lively and vibrant Ruwi district. One shop after another, all run by Indians. The first part of the street is rather dedicated to DIY (plumbing... ), the second to fabrics and textiles, the last to jewellers. The fabrics are sold by the meter, the jewels by the gram, and all prices are negotiable. Also come to be grafted to the whole: coffee-shops, restaurants, shops of household appliances, travel agencies... Typical!