Qasr Azraq

... expensive saloons hogging the road out of Saudi Arabia! Next entry -> Bosra, Syria Great Brands of the World - Jordan Once again a mobile phone network provider comes to save the day. Umniah is a strange looking and sounding brand that ...

... all their work, after less than two minutes we were home free and on our way to some desert castles! We started with Qasr Al Azraq, a huge black basalt fortress just outside of town. It was used by Lawrence of Arabia in the early 1900s, and was still in ...

... belle pièce. Le travail de restauration espagnole est de toute beauté. Plusieurs kilomètres plus loin, dans l’oasis d’Al-Azraq, un imposant fort a déjà servi de maison à T.E. Lawrence, l’auteur du célèbre livre Seven Pillars of ...

... family out. [Kat: Yes, I would!  Actually if we could have gotten some soldiers with guns as well…] Qasr Azraq was originally surrounded by extensive wetlands and as such was an important crossroad both for trade caravans as well as migratory ...

... , they are impressive and sophisticated. The reconstructed donkey powered well to feed the baths was interesting! The next stop was Qasr Al-Azraq, which is actually a fort, built out of black basalt rock. It was originally a roman fort, before being used ...

... for tea by the fire and were encouraged to try and drum along (poorly) to the radio :D We finished the tea and then to Qasr Azraq which was my favourite of all of the castles. Azraq was an oasis until not long ago and was the only fresh water fresh ...

... . Depicted in this castle are different rulers, hunting scenes, and other isolated pictures. The last castle we saw was Qsar Al-Azraq. This fort was almost destroyed in 1927 by a violent earthquake. This fort is believed to have built in AD 300 ...