Behlys Boutique

Nous avions réservé une chambre pour 2 nuits avec vue sur piscine pour terminer notre périple de 15 jours à Oman. La jeune employée nous a proposé une chambre avec vue sur la rue â notre arrivée. Déception! On lui a fait savoir et cette erreur a été réparée de suite. Belle piscine oû l'on peut vraiment nager, excellent petit déjeuner, literie confortable, belle plage à proximité et excellent service de "car Wash" à la station shell à proximité pour restituer notre vehicule de location avant le retour dans la grisaille de l'automne en France. Beaucoup de charme pour cette grande demeure familiale réaménagée oû l'on a pu se reposer comme à la maison!

Excellent stay Excellent stay! Hosts were so helpful and friendly. Great location, delicious breakfast, very comfortable.

Excellent stay for as a female solo traveler. Great amenities and location. The breakfast spread was amazing, and the bed and room were very clean and comfortable!

Nice boutique hotel Lovely hotel with boutique feel. nice spacious rooms and large swimming pool 5 minutes walk to beach

Keep in mind when reading this review that we were in Oman in late May when the heat is intense ("the hottest month" according to Ruth, the Behlys owner's wife) so there are no tourists to speak of. That means we (my brother and his wife and me) were the only people in the hotel, the owner was away. The "hotel" (more like staying at somebody's house) was the owners' family home until recently when they split the modern, white building into three. The central section remains the family home and to the right and left are the guest sections. So although Ruth is not usually involved in the hospitality business we felt as though we were staying in her home and had some lovely chats with her. She also very kindly came to pick me up at the airport at almost midnight and would have picked my brother up at 4 a.m. if he'd asked. My brother had a room with two double-beds in it and it still remains very spacious. There is a lovely balcony with a view onto the pool. My room was next-door but to the side of the house with no balcony and a view onto neighbouring houses. The bed is very comfortable and despite the noisy air-conditioning I slept very well. The bathroom is very small but serves its purpose. I used the hand-held shower rather than the overhead shower which shot water in every direction except down (a problem I mentioned to Francisca, the Filipina hotel manageress). Soap and shampoo is provided. In May there is no cold water (and that's general, not specific to this hotel) as it usually comes from storage tanks on the roof where it gets heated by the sun. Ruth suggested that we'd get colder water from the hot water tank! There are plenty of sun loungers around the pool but in May it's far too hot to want to lounge anywhere but in the shade or indoors! The water in the pool must have been at around 32°C or more, so not refreshing in the least. But the advantage is the beach is a 5 minute walk away and the sea is cooler, according to Ruth. We didn't try. As others have said the hotel is a long way from the city centre and in May you don't want to walk anywhere more than a few minutes. But the O-Taxi system is extremely efficient and cheap so we used them to get to restaurants etc. If you check the hotel's location on a map you might be concerned that it appears to be at the end of the airport runway. But in fact the flight paths are now over the sea so aircraft noise is not noticeable.

Nous n'aimons pas les grands hôtels avec plein de services inutiles pour nous. Cet hôtel est juste parfait pour nous. Le personnel est très gentil, la chambre simple mais propre et confortable idem pour la salle de bain. La proximité de la plage et la piscine ont contribué à la qualité du séjour.