Hi,

Thanks for your reviews.

What are you comparative thoughts of Six Senses Zighy Bay versus Alila Jabal Akhdar ?

They seem to have their similarities.

Zighy Bay does seem to be significantly more expensive. Not only is the room rate >50% more expensive (comparing bottom of the barrel zighy bay to second top room category at alila the difference was slightly more than 50%), when at the booking page, lunches are USD159 per person and dinners are USD264 ? A bit of a rort ? Can't you just pay for what you order ala carte style ? Or must you pre-pay ? Is it cheaper when you pre pay (hard to believe ?) this would make the USD82 burger at one of the restaurants at cheval blanc randhelli seem like a bargain lol

In your opinion, was Zighy Bay worth the premium over Alila ?
Alila room rate seems to include dinner, but perhaps zighy bay food is of a higher quality ?

If I go to Oman, what I am thinking is land at DXB, go to Zighy Bay, stay a few nights, then make my way into Muscat. Do you know what's the best way to organise a private car for transport ? Would you recommend this journey ? Seems to be 7-8 hours through the desert, could be fun. Then stay a few nights in maybe Al-Bustan/Al-Husn then exit through MCT.

Any thoughts on this plan ?

Thanks