AL NAHDA RESORT & SPA ^{* * * * *}

Set in 12 hectares of gardens and orchards, it's an extensive complex with 109 spacious suites, numerous sports facilities (tennis, gym, playground...), a restaurant, 2 bars, boutiques and a spa opening onto a rather strange "zen & fun" sanctuary with water park and gigantic swimming pool. Somewhere between a balneo center and a mini-park, Al Nadha is a slightly kitsch stopover, an atypical place to relax that's hard to define (see the site), or at least a practical base for exploring the forts and wadis of the hinterland.