Bahla Fort

This was actually our last stop before heading home, so in addition to fort pictures, this post has some shots from the drive home as an added bonus!

 

Apparently this is the oldest fort in Oman, dating back to pre-Islamic times (That's about 600 A.D. or earlier). Even though we had seen several forts, this one was still different and we were glad we took the time to see it too. Primarily, the grounds were just massive in comparison with anything else we had seen. It seems there are three main houses within the fort's walls. It was more like a small protected city.

 



On the left hand side you can see the Bahla Wall running up the spine of the mountain. It turns and runs horizontally across our picture here, but it is harder to see. Apparently the wall runs about 7 miles and is also quite famous.

 

The ceilings were very cool and authentic I thought. The main beam running horizontally in this picture is the trunk of a palm tree.

 The front door has Arabic calligraphy carved into it.

 

 

And now the following shots are all from our drive home.