Krak, Syria Travel Blogs

Defenders of The Faith

A travel blog entry by lraleigh

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... a political group, freely elected in Lebanon. The conversation was cordial, but not the easiest subject for an American in Syria. Krak des Chevaliers In the morning, I left for the Homs Gap, a break in the coastal mountains that provided easy ...

I 'Krak' Myself Up Again..

A travel blog entry by natandkat

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From Hama to Krak and back. Hello from arguably the second most important site in Syria and the best preserved castle in the world. TE Lawrence simply called it, 'the finest castle in the world'. In our eyes he obviously hadn't laid eyes on Ishak Pasa ...

Kool Kids Do Krak

A travel blog entry by djchurch

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... I just felt some lung hit my ear from behind. I'm suddenly terrified the big, hairy smelly man next to me can read English." Krak de Chevaliers was everything you could ever want a desert castle to be. It is in amazing shape, pearched on top of a ...

The Castle of Krak Des Chaveliers

A travel blog entry by kdwali

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... on Krak, he was also the guide for a team of researchers and camera crew producing a documentary on the history of Krak. He is on a national geographic program. A lovely, friendly and caring gentleman, he made my tour more interesting and absorbing then ...

The Krak des Chevalier Adventure

A travel blog entry by kcroone

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Friday morning- Breakfast again in the hotel and around 8:00am as there was a side trip to Krak des Chevaliers. Nine of us-me, Steve & Anita, Lisa & Andrew, Terri, Mike & Yoo Jong and Eric along with the 2 drivers, Musa and Mahmoud left for this ...

Crusader Castles of Syria

A travel blog entry by fifoota

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... roads leading towards it. The area is heavily wooded, a delight after the barren landscape across the rest of Syria. Unlike Krak and Marqab, Saladin's was never the property of the military orders such as the Knights Templar and the Knights ...

Castle out my window!

A travel blog entry by jcastellan

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... Fahed got quite excited each time he told us about it. We reached Krak mid-morning and went to the castle. The castle is called Krak Des Chevaliers and was built in 1031ish. It is considered to be the greatest fortress in the world and sits on a 650 metre ...

Le Krak de Chevalier Castle and Ugarit

A travel blog entry by mikeandfi

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... a grey world at the edge of the drop off. Alpine plants let us know that we were in a different part of Syria. Cool and cold. Then switchback after switchback pulled us down the hill at ever increasing speed until we levelled out onto a ...