Next to the Souq is the Nizwa Fort and Castle the Fort it's been built in 1649 and the Castle been built in 888, the Fort is a museum today and offers splendid views of this ancient town and the surrounding mountains, you can walk around in this impressive Fort and Castle with many passages rooms, the Fort is an architectural testimony to the economic and military achievements of the early Yaruba dynasty from the mid-17th century, it was a military stronghold designed to withstand even the strongest of attacks at the time, even along the corridors, many traps were laid to deter any intruders that might have penetrated the defenses.

From Nizwa we drive up to (Jebel Akhdar) it's known as "Green Mountain" it's considered one of the most scenic areas in Oman, it's a part of Hajar Mountain Range. Jebel Akhdar has so-called because of the presence of green terraced gardens surrounding the villages you precede to the Saiq Plateau, this place can be reached only by Donkey for hundreds of year's A variety of fruits like pomegranates, apricot, apple, olives, Grape, Rose, Peaches, and Walnut are grown here, there are interesting walks in Wade Bani Habib, Shrejah, Al Ain, and Al Aqur.

From Green Mountain we visit Birkat Al Moz, it has a large Falaj system that supplies water date palms, and vegetables for many orchards, it's listed to the UNESCO organization, it's worth spending some time walking and discovering the old part of the village. From Birkat Al Moz we drive back to Muscat