MUSCAT SULTAN QABOOS MOSQUE TRANSFER [ 03 hrs]

What To Expect

Get picked up by your driver from your hotel and dropped off at the Grand Mosque, one of the most majestic mosques in the world. Admire the second largest handmade carpet in the world (4200 square meters), a large impressive chandelier (14 meters in height, 8 tons in weight) – covered with more then 600’000 swarowski crystals. The Mosque is built from 300,000 tonnes of Indian sandstone. The main musalla (prayer hall) is square with a central dome rising to a height of fifty meters above the floor. The dome and the main minaret (90 meters) and four flanking minarets (45.5 meters) are the mosque’s chief visual features. Learn that the main musalla can hold over 6,500 worshippers, while the women’s musalla can accommodate 750 worshipers. Also discover that the outer paved ground can hold 8,000 worshipers and there is additional space available in the interior courtyard and the passageways, making a total capacity of up to 20,000 worshipers. The Mosque is built on a site occupying 416,000 square meters and the complex extends to cover an area of 40,000 square meters. Hear that the newly built Grand Mosque was inaugurated by the Sultan of Oman on May 4, 2001. Your driver will wait until you finish your visit and drop you back to your hotel or place of choice.

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