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Shopping is a thrilling experience in Sohar. Being a main city in Oman, most travelers have named it as jewel in the Middle Eastern crown.
If you need to see the real Middle Eastern shopping style, step in to this place called Safeer Mall. From architecture down to minute details of its lavishness, you will see the Middle Eastern influence. You will simply get lost in about 76 outlets and eight various food courts. If you are travelling with children, then they have something to amuse themselves too. It is nothing other than the amusement park stretched across 30,000 square feet. You will certainly be at a war of choice with a large number of designer brands on hand. You can also look for fashion as well as home decoration items. All these outlets aside, the mall shelters a few more supermarkets as well. Located in almost the centre of Sohar city, the Safeer Mall is open for public from 11 in the morning to 10 at night.
If you stay at one of the hotels in Sohar, you will come across one mall that is frequented by the crowds. Al Fair is a much frequented mall probably because it is located as a signpost in the city. Having said that, it won't be no trouble at all to locate Al Fair. Here you will come across a host of international products. Rest assured of their quality, because Al Fair has earned a good name in supplying to the foreign travelers visiting Sohar. In addition to international products, you will also find miscellaneous things such as dressings and spices.
If you are used to posh and extravagant shopping, Lulu is the ideal place. It will fulfill any need of yours. If you travel with children, the mall has quite a lot of things to entertain them. Their separate playing area is one. While your children are busy at play, you can look for various home appliances and other decoration items. If you stay at Al Wadi Hotel, the mall is close by.
If you are a fashion aficionado, walk into Centerpoint and you will get lost in a labyrinth of fashion brands. Starting from footwear, the mall will welcome you to its vast shopping-scape of hats, perfumes and costumes. Whatever you look for in fashion, the mall will probably have it available. When you walk towards the food court, you will come across a good range of international as well as local cuisines.
Have you experienced the real Middle Eastern lifestyle? Step into Al Hujra and you will feel how that lifestyle grows on in here. If you have patience to take a break, you can watch out the habits of the local shopping. Al Hujra is located among the mega malls in Sohar. If you look for some memorabilia to bring home, Al Hujra has enough of souvenirs on hand. The mall also trades traditional things such as hookah, an Arabian smoking pot, and shawarma, a chicken roll.
