Things to see and do Barka

Well restored, the building has a defence tower more than 450 years old offering a beautiful panorama of the surroundings. The construction was done in several stages, which explains why the main door, carved from a single piece of wood, is only 350 years old. The various rooms, including the Arabic lounge, are decorated with carpets and oil lamps. The courtroom houses jewellery and old rifles. Among the successive imams, Ahmed bin Sad was the one who dared to plan a polygonal tower. With humor, we speak of cubist inspiration!

This imposing castle-like house was built in the 17th century by Imam Bil Arab bin Sultan and his brother Imam Saif bin Sultan. It was a kind of caravanserai, a place of passage and meeting for armies and travellers between Rustaq and Muscat. Restored in 1992, the house unfolds a succession of ornate rooms, much more than the average citadel, with antique furniture and accessories that give an idea of the way of life of the Omanis in the old days and their defence system. Interesting visit.