Al Baleed Resort Salalah by Anantara

Training on the beach with Muay Thai professional Kitty was an intense, authentic, and deeply transformative experience.

The natural setting — sand, sea, and wind — makes every exercise more demanding and real, but it is the quality of the training that truly makes the difference. Kitty doesn’t just teach technique: he transmits discipline, control, and mental presence. Every strike has a purpose, every movement is refined, and every pause is part of the training.

The sand amplifies physical effort, improving balance and stability, while the work on technique, guard, combinations, and endurance is calibrated with professional precision. Kitty constantly follows the athlete, correcting, pushing, and motivating, without ever losing focus on safety and the quality of execution.

It’s not just a workout — it’s a ritual of strength. You leave tired, yet clear-minded; tested, yet more centered. An experience that unites body and mind, ideal for those seeking something real, far from standardized gyms.

Highly recommended for anyone who wants to challenge themselves, truly improve, and train with a professional who lives and respects the essence of Muay Thai. 💪🥊

My experience in Al Baleed was amazing. I had a really relaxing and enjoyable time with my family. All the staff were so helpful and had a superb attention to detail.
Mihira and the pool team looked after us by the beach and were incredibly friendly.
Everyone in the restaurant were so lovely, especially Yuli and John who always made sure we were looked after at breakfast!
I highly recommend this hotel, and will be back again!!

Excellent location with a magic atmosphere. Rooms spacious and clean.
Service Excellent..Outstanding assistance at the reception..
Ibrahim took really care of us throughout our stay!

We are returning guests to this resort and as always the staff made us feel we were at home! Thanks to everyone that made our stay unforgettable, in particular Leo the concierge, Kitty the Thai Boxing instructor, Claudia the Tennis Coach, Marichel/Mani/Dilan from the Sakalan restaurant and Fawzia/ Phiona/ Dada from the Kids Club. We are looking for our next stay in this great resort!

We had a magical time as a family in Salalah at Al Baleed. We travel often and this was by far one of the best resort hotels we have experienced. All the staff were exceptional, the food phenomenal, the accommodations lovely and the property is well cared for. We are grateful for our family time there, wonderful memories were made.

Very nice an clean resort. Rooms are spacious and well maintained. On arrival and they make you nice small welcome sign on the ground when you enter your villa and on the bed in your language you come from. It ismall thing but make you feel nice lik at home.All restaurants serve good food but you should make booking before you go . I specially loved breakfast and could stay there for hours.

Pool is very big and beach very nice and clean but my favorite of all resort is activities club. Mihira makes amazing job and he is always around and helpful when you need him. For sure you have to try to play tennis because they have good coach there during season. You can also do minigolf and they starting to build padel tennis . Actually it may be up by this time. There is a nice little gym and also ping pong table. So much fun and so many activities.

We went to Salalah at the Al Baleed Resort by Anantara as a family of 4.
Everything was perfect in every way: from the hotel staff who always went above and beyond to assist and help us (shoutout to Yussuf our villa host and all the Al Mina waiters), to the pristine and always superclean hotel facilities, to our superb villa on the lagoon, to end with the amazing white-sand beach that stretches for miles and miles with nobody around but seagulls... our vacation was truly a dream come true.
We will come back for sure.

Wonderful stay - gorgeous in every way. Incredibly kind and thoughtful resort staff. Plenty to do with teenage kids. Extremely grateful - wouldn’t hesitate to recommend this place.

We would like to thank the people of the Al Baleed Resort in Salalah for a wonderful and outstanding week over the Christmas holidays. Their kindness and attentiveness made our vacation an unforgettable experience.
While everyone of the team did an amazing job we would like to mention specifically Yuli, Mani, Asad, Dilian, Syam, John, Leo, Sultan from the restaurants, Hussein who did our tour, the exceptional team at the pool for always attending to our needs, the room service among them Rhoni and Rabi, as well as Yousuf and Daniel.
You have made our vacation unforgettable and we are excited to come back in the future.
Marie-Alice and Inge Morel

The hotel was amazing, especially the beach is beautiful!! Also the service was top!! Thanks to Nurul and Puja who did an amazing job – our room was spotless every day and taken care of with so much attention and love.

Such a special place, I cannot recommend this enough! You are treated like royalty and the resort is so wonderfully designed and a place you just don't want to leave. Gabor was always on hand when we wanted to book a restaurant or activity and Yusuf always greeted us with a smile in the lobby with dates and coffee. Our room was a delight to come back to and Rabbi and Aminul always provided us with what we need. All the staff were magical! So sad to leave but such special memories made.

Had an amazing time at Al Baleed! From check in with Gabor and Leo till check out the service was phenomenal! Our host Lamia was tremendously helpful with all the recommendations!

We had a two bedroom villa for 4 days! Highly recommend the Asian Restaurant (Mekong) - the sizzling beef from the mains was delicious and the calamari from the appetizers.

The breakfast spread at Sakalan was very good and service from Syam, Dilan and Yuli was exceptional!

The daily service provided by the cleaning crew was on point! From the moment we stepped into our spacious 2-bedroom pool villa, the level of care and attention from the resort’s housekeeping team helped make our stay truly exceptional. The villa was maintained to pristine standards—spotlessly clean, beautifully presented, and refreshed consistently throughout our stay. The staff was very attentive and anything we requested was promptly attended to.

A shout out to the buggy drivers who picked us up to and from the villa daily.

And a big thank you to Mr. Selim, Mr. Wesam and Mr. Shanaka for making all the arrangements and all the personalized touches!

Where shall I begin. What a hotel ! From the exceptional staff everywhere in the hotel from the room cleaners to the pool boys the barmen to the front desk staff. Top knotch ! This resort has 4 of the best places to eat In Salalah, plenty of choice and particularly for me as I have a gluten allergy , every menu was labelled clearly ( but they don’t just cater for gf. Literally every dietary requirement is catered for) . Top marks to the chefs who cooked every meal to perfection. It’s pricey but you certainly get what you pay for. Little touches such as cold face towels when you are on the beach to fresh fruit sticks and even a man who comes round to clean your sunglasses ! Coffee and wine are good here too but then the GM is an Italian so you would expect he would get that right😉. We stayed in a beach front villa which was spacious and had everything we could wish for. I can’t wait to go back. I’ve got a soft spot for Oman because of my work but I think Salalah has the edge on muscat for scenery

It’s a great location with a great atmosphere and the staff there gave us the best servece of course i will visit again…..

The view and the service was so satisfying, I enjoyed the atmosphere a lot and I’m going to recommend this place to my friends because of how beautiful the place and the architecture, and food is.

A great location paired with outstanding hospitality. The food is high quality, and the staff are truly awesome. The checkout experience was excellent, and Muhammad made it especially memorable and enjoyable. The Sakalan Restaurant and its team were also very good. Especially special thanks to sandeep

I really love my stay here.specially the food and the TMs hospitality. Definitely will stay again with my family and friends

It was one of my best days ever the food was delicious. The team was so friendly specially Mr. selim from front office.
Also, Dilshan, who helped me with a Reservation he was super friendly and made our booking for Spa and the special dinner that we are celebrating
I would really recommend the resort for all my family and friends to visit

The villa was really nice and everything was perfect, the Reservation team and Front Office was so helpful and generous. The food was great and I really enjoyed it.

Nice hotel and staff. I really liked the privacy of the villa and the staff was really helpful especially reception team. Amazing property on all levels which i hope to come again