Al-fujairah

United Arab Emirates

Fujairah is a port city on the Gulf of Oman coast of the United Arab Emirates, and capital of the emirate of Fujairah. Unlike the other emirates it faces the open Indian Ocean rather than the Persian Gulf, making it an important bunkering and cargo port. Sights include the 16th-century Fujairah Fort, the restored heritage village, the Al Bidyah Mosque — the oldest in the country — and the beaches and coral reefs along the east coast backed by the Hajar Mountains.