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Al Nahda Resort & Spa

5.0 star property
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2 restaurants, breakfast served
Bar (on property)
Property grounds
Royal Suite
Outdoor pool, pool umbrellas, pool loungers

Reviews

6.8 out of 10

Popular amenities

  • Hot tub
    Hot tub
  • Pool
    Pool
  • Bar
    Bar
  • Spa
    Spa
  • Room service
    Room service
  • Air conditioning
    Air conditioning

Explore the area

Map
Al Nakhal Street, Post Box 502, Barka, Muscat, 320
  • Barka Souq
    6 min drive
  • Jamiya Islam Masjid
    7 min drive
  • Barka Fort
    10 min drive
  • Muscat (MCT-Muscat Intl.)
    37 min drive

Room options

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Executive Suite

Executive Suite

  • 65 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed OR 2 Twin Beds

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Royal Suite | Living area

Royal Suite

  • 109 sq m
  • Sleeps 6
  • 1 King Bed and 2 Twin Beds

Premium Suite

  • 75 sq m
  • Sleeps 4
  • 1 King Bed

About the area

Barka

Located in Barka, Al Nahda Resort & Spa is in the historical district, within a 10-minute drive of Barka Souq and Jamiya Islam Masjid. .This family-friendly resort is 31.6 mi (50.9 km) from Al Mouj Marina and 5.8 mi (9.4 km) from Barka Fort.
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What's nearby

  • Barka Souq - 6 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Jamiya Islam Masjid - 7 min drive - 5.6 km
  • Barka Fort - 10 min drive - 9.4 km
  • Muscat City Centre Shopping Mall - 35 min drive - 51.4 km
  • Al Mouj Marina - 36 min drive - 51.0 km

Getting around

  • Muscat Intl. Airport (MCT) - 37 min drive

Restaurants

  • ‪McDonald's - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Flame - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪مصنع بركاء للحلوى العمانية - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Fun juice | ڤن چوس - ‬6 min drive
  • ‪Aventus Cafe - ‬8 min drive

About this property

Al Nahda Resort & Spa

Luxury resort with 2 restaurants and a full-service spa
Al Nahda Resort & Spa offers 109 accommodations with DVD players and minibars. Rooms open to patios. These individually decorated accommodations include sofa beds. Pillowtop beds feature Egyptian cotton sheets and premium bedding. LED televisions come with premium satellite channels. Rooms have partially open bathrooms. Bathrooms include shower/tub combinations with rainfall showerheads, bathrobes, slippers, and designer toiletries.

This Barka resort provides complimentary wireless Internet access. Business-friendly amenities include desks, complimentary newspapers, and phones. Additionally, rooms include safes and complimentary bottled water. A nightly turndown service is provided and housekeeping is offered daily.

2 outdoor tennis courts and a health club are featured at the resort. An outdoor pool, a children's pool, and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a lazy river, a steam room, and a fitness center.

The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.

Eram Spa has 22 treatment rooms. Services include facials, body wraps, body scrubs, and body treatments. A variety of treatment therapies are provided, including aromatherapy, Ayurvedic, and hydrotherapy.
Make yourself at home in one of the 109 individually decorated guestrooms, featuring minibars and LED televisions. Your pillowtop bed comes with Egyptian cotton sheets, and all rooms are furnished with sofa beds. Rooms have private patios. Satellite programming and DVD players are provided for your entertainment, while complimentary wireless internet access keeps you connected. Partially open bathrooms with shower/tub combinations feature rainfall showerheads and designer toiletries.
Pamper yourself with a visit to the spa, which offers body treatments and facials. If you're looking for recreational opportunities, you'll find outdoor tennis courts, a health club, and an outdoor pool. Additional amenities at this resort include complimentary wireless internet access, concierge services, and babysitting (surcharge).
Grab a bite at Khalab Restaurant, one of the resort's 2 restaurants, or stay in and take advantage of the 24-hour room service. Snacks are also available at the coffee shop/cafe. Relax with your favorite drink at the bar/lounge or the poolside bar.
Featured amenities include complimentary wired internet access, a business center, and limo/town car service. Planning an event in Barka? This resort has 5177 square feet (481 square meters) of space consisting of a conference center and meeting rooms. A roundtrip airport shuttle is provided for a surcharge (available 24 hours), and free self parking is available onsite.
Khalab Restaurant - This restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
Samar Restaurant - This restaurant serves dinner only.
24-hour room service is available.

Languages

Arabic, English, Hindi, Indonesian

Property amenities

Internet

  • Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
  • Available in some public areas: Free WiFi and wired Internet

Parking and public transport

  • Free self-parking on site
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking available
  • 24-hour return airport shuttle (surcharge)
  • Airport shuttle on request
  • Limo/town car service

Food and drink

  • 2 restaurants and 1 coffee shop/cafe
  • 1 poolside bar and 1 bar
  • 24-hour room service

Restaurants on site

  • Khalab Restaurant
  • Samar Restaurant

Things to do

  • 2 outdoor tennis courts
  • Arcade/games room
  • Bike rentals
  • Billiards/pool table
  • Children's pool
  • Fitness centre
  • Full-service spa
  • Horse riding/hire
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • A hot tub
  • Steam room
  • Tennis
  • Volleyball
  • Yoga classes

Family friendly

  • Arcade/games room
  • Babysitting (surcharge)
  • Children's pool
  • DVD player
  • Free children's club
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Free supervised childcare
  • Laundry facilities
  • Lazy river
  • Mini golf
  • Outdoor pool
  • Playground
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Snack bar/deli
  • Sofa bed
  • Soundproofed rooms

Conveniences

  • Lift
  • Free newspapers in reception

Guest services

  • 24-hour front desk
  • Concierge services
  • Daily housekeeping
  • Dry-cleaning service
  • Hair salon
  • Laundry facilities
  • Luggage storage
  • Multilingual staff
  • Porter/bellhop
  • Tour/ticket assistance
  • Turndown service
  • Wedding services

Business services

  • Business centre
  • Computer station
  • Conference centre (5177 square feet of space)
  • Meeting rooms

Outdoors

  • BBQ grill(s)
  • Garden
  • Picnic area
  • Pool sunloungers
  • Pool umbrellas
  • Terrace

Spa

  • 22 treatment rooms
  • Aromatherapy
  • Ayurvedic treatments
  • Body scrubs
  • Body treatments
  • Body wraps
  • Facials
  • Hydrotherapy
  • Manicures and pedicures
  • Massage/treatment rooms

Accessibility

  • If you have any requests for specific accessibility needs, please contact the property using the information on the reservation confirmation received after booking.
  • Lift
  • Grab bar near toilet
  • In-room accessibility
  • Low-height worktop and sink
  • Raised toilet seat
  • Wheelchair-accessible parking
  • Wheelchair-accessible path of travel

More

  • Designated smoking areas

Room amenities

Bedroom

  • Air conditioning (climate-controlled)
  • Blackout drapes/curtains
  • Ceiling fan
  • Egyptian cotton sheets
  • Free cots/infant beds
  • Pillow-top mattress
  • Premium bedding
  • Rollaway/extra beds (surcharge)
  • Sofa bed

Bathroom

  • Dressing gowns
  • Bathroom (partially open)
  • Designer toiletries
  • Hairdryer
  • Rainfall showerhead
  • Shower/bath combination
  • Towels

Entertainment

  • DVD player
  • LED TV
  • Premium channels
  • Satellite channels

Food and drink

  • Coffee/tea maker
  • Electric kettle
  • Free bottled water
  • Minibar

More

  • Desk
  • Free newspapers
  • Individually decorated
  • Iron/ironing board
  • Phone
  • Safe
  • Slippers
  • Soundproofing
  • Turndown service

Policies

Check-in

Check-in start time: 2 PM; Check-in end time: midnight
Express check-in available
Minimum check-in age: 18

Check-out

Check-out before noon
Express check-out available

Special check-in instructions

This property offers transfers from the airport (surcharges may apply); to arrange pick-up, guests must contact the property 24 hours prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation
Front desk staff will greet guests on arrival

Access methods

Staffed front desk

Pets

Pets not allowed

Children and extra beds

Children are welcome
1 child, up to the age of 5 years, can stay for free if using existing beds when occupying the parent or guardian's room
Rollaway/extra beds are available for OMR 25 per day
Free cribs are available on request at the property

Payment types

Important information

Optional extras

  • Airport shuttle fee: OMR 25 per vehicle (roundtrip)
  • Rollaway bed fee: OMR 25 per day

The above list may not be comprehensive. Fees and deposits may not include tax and are subject to change.

You need to know

Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card, debit card, or cash deposit may be required at check-in for incidental charges
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges; special requests cannot be guaranteed
This property accepts credit cards

We should mention

The seasonal pool will be open from June to April
Reservations are required for massage services and spa treatments; reservations can be made by contacting the property prior to arrival, using the contact information on the booking confirmation

Property is also known as

Al Nahda Barka
Al Nahda Resort
Al Nahda Resort Barka
Nahda Resort
Al Nahda Hotel Barka
Al Nahda Resort & Spa Oman/Barka
Al Nahda Resort And Spa
Al Nahda Resort & Spa Oman/Barka
Al Nahda Resort And Spa
Al Nahda Resort Spa
Al Nahda Resort & Spa Barka
Al Nahda Resort & Spa Resort
Al Nahda Resort & Spa Resort Barka

Al Nahda Resort & Spa Reviews

Reviews

6.8
Rating 10 - Excellent. 19 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 8 - Good. 35 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 6 - Okay. 35 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 4 - Poor. 18 out of 114 reviews" "
Rating 2 - Terrible. 7 out of 114 reviews" "

7.4/10

Cleanliness

7.0/10

Staff & service

6.0/10

Amenities

6.4/10

Property conditions & facilities

Reviews

4/10 Poor

Jerry

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Swimming pool got no water in it.
Swimming pool has no water.
Stayed 6 nights in Jul 2019

6/10 Okay

Jonathan

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Cute villas but don’t expect too much
Check in was slow. It’s advertised as 5 star, but really a 3. Rooms are spacious though. Cute villas and layout
Stayed 3 nights in Feb 2019

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Travelled with group
Liked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Staff & service
The space of the room and property are amazing. And the acrivities
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service, room comfort
Disliked: Property conditions & facilities
Huge hotel that has seen much better days, the rooms are big and comfortable but the pool area is dismal , the breakfast is good and the food is ok , the service is good and the staff polite ,all in all a bit of a mixed bag !
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Relaxing hotel situated in a beautiful park. Excellent swimming pool and gym. Very quiet. Pity that meals were very overpriced.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2018

10/10 Excellent

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Excellent property and ideal location. Enjoyed lot
Stayed 3 nights in Nov 2018

8/10 Good

Mohamed

Liked: Staff & service
Stayed 1 night in Sep 2018

4/10 Poor

Girish, muscat

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Hotel stay
Worst experience in Al Nadha during Eid Al Adha holidays due to following reasons : 1. Swimming was not maintained at all; could see algae flaoting around 2. Both the ACs were not working at all during the summer time
Stayed 1 night in Aug 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Positive - Spa, Food, Big area, silent environment Negative - Unmaintained areas, old and broken furniture, Room phone not working hence has to go to all places to get the requirements, maintenance staff not able to fix phone, smelly toilet, week Wifi signal, less illumination in external lawn areas, less serving staff in restaurants
Stayed 2 nights in Jun 2018

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities
Needs maintenance
The good thing about cycling. The suites has no towels in bathrooms Service is poor took 3 + hours to get bath towel. WiFi poor connection

8/10 Good

Steven

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Barka resort after a day in the wadis.
Kind of a hidden gem, for the price. Barka is close to several amazing Wadi hikes. This property is a unique concept and the villas are spacious. Far better than we hoped for in booking. Check it out.

4/10 Poor

Shahab, Muscat

Disliked: Cleanliness, property conditions & facilities
Old facility
The facility is very old and is not maintain properly, you can easily see the trash and empty bottles around the area. the pool bar was closed and calling to receive any services taking ages. Breakfast was very limited and many item were not fresh !!! Is not worth the money.
Stayed 1 night in Feb 2018

6/10 Okay

Martin, London

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Very tired
Lovely surroundings and nice apartments, just a shame the resort looked tired. The jacuzzi and lazy river was closed and the resort was a ghost town. Many tiles missing from the swimming pool.
Stayed 6 nights in Feb 2018

10/10 Excellent

Yousuf

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Awsome
it was too good. i loved the help given by Mr. Afsal. He's such a great person.
Stayed 1 night in Jan 2018

8/10 Good

Sue, Abu Dhabi/North Carolina

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Very Nice
Wonderful place! Staff is fantastic, friendly and very helpful. Some of the amenities were under renovation such as the steam tunnel. It can use some updating. Nevertheless it is a lovely place. I can only imagine what us was like when it first open.
Stayed 3 nights in Dec 2017

10/10 Excellent

Mostafa

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Simply super
Amazing experience, well maintained product and nice gestures from the management team, special thanks goes to Ram and his team
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Hamood, Muscat

Liked: Room comfort
Very slow reception with lack of enough staff. Most of the outdoor attractions are not maintained and not in working conditions.
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

8/10 Good

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Great resort , for all I was there with group of friends and it was fun
Stayed 1 night in Nov 2017

2/10 Terrible

Moazzam, Muscat, Oman

Disliked: Staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
PATHETIC. SOME staff unbelievably RUDE
TLDR : The security guard closed barrier ON roof of my car AND started aggressively fighting with me. Details: We parked outside of the resort as the small inside parking was full. At the time of checkout I was bringing my car inside to pick bags and my family from the reception pickup area. While I was entering the premises and my car was under the barrier, the security guard closed the barrier on my car (apparently to show his anger because the inside parking was full). The barrier hit the roof of my car and it got stuck under it. I honked several times before he decided to open the barrier. When I got out of the car, he approached me and instead of apologizing he started to shout aggresively on me. When I told them I am going to the reception to complain, the two security guards tried to physically stop me. Anyhow, locked my car in spot and brought front desk manager to the scene. He told me that they will take some action. From his body language and from the quality of services at the place, I don't think they will do anything. If the decided to do something and informed me then I'll update here. Others: The other staff was polite. The pool wasn't temperature controlled so it was bit cold. There wasn't hot/warm water in the (disgusting/smelly) shower & toilet area near the pool. It took five calls and few hours of wait for the iron. The breakfast was okay, not great. There were flies on the platter of cheese
Stayed 1 night in Dec 2017

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Cleanliness, room comfort
Al Nahda Weekend Break
The resort is relatively remote, so sightseeing in Muscat or sitting on the beach is not really practical, but if you're looking to get away and do nothing this is a good option. The rooms are spacious, clean and reasonably well appointed. There was only 1 restaurant open while we visited, it has a limited menu but the food was good, although I'm sure you'd exhaust the choices if you stayed for a week. The spa facilities were very good, I would recommend this for anyone looking for a purely relaxing short break. The biggest disappointment was the grounds themselves, the more you walk around the more you notice the areas in need of maintenance or replacement.
Stayed 2 nights in Sep 2017

6/10 Okay

crew13

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Nice quiet resort
Resort vast but just a little tired. We stayed in low season and very quiet- not all facilities open but management did their best not to let it affect too much - e.g. Set up telephone ordering from pool as that bar closed. Meals a bit hit and miss again due to low season. Staff very good and friendly. Evening entertainment a little dull and bar was popular with locals . I'm sure it's better in high season!

10/10 Excellent

Haridas

Liked: Cleanliness, staff & service, property conditions & facilities, room comfort
Good

6/10 Okay

Jim, Dubai

Disliked: Room comfort
A/C was not working in Bedroom when we checked in. It is difficult to close the main door. Next day morning a A/c in the main hall was not working. There was no parking inside the resort need to park our vehicle outside unattended.

6/10 Okay

Verified traveller

Liked: Staff & service
Disliked: Cleanliness
needs improvement
friendly staff room not so clean after 6 pm no activities at all

6/10 Okay

Khalid

Liked: Property conditions & facilities
Disliked: Cleanliness, staff & service, room comfort
Worst Reception desk ever bad attitude
I would say everything was not too bad but I had the worst stay ever when I came to the check in desk, the reception was so bad the way he treated me as a customer not respectful at all not friendly I would never ever stay in this resort again because of that Omani guy who isn't respecting the customers, I booked at this resort just to relax & have a good time but his attitude ruined the whole stay. Sorry about that but the other nationalities who used to work at the reception desk were way more respectful than that Omani guy...