Lattakia, Syria Travel Blogs

Lattakia - mediterranean blaaa
Dec 29, 2008

... at the hotel of a tintin fanatic, who was a little odd, looking at sunsets, eatting sweets, and drinking good coffee!! But lattakia truely is a lovely name for a town, dont you think? And it was right on the meditteranean. Just beautiful. I had ...

Love that Dirty Water
Dec 8, 2008 (2 photos)

... and a sip of orange juice eating.  If I keep this up I will look like a supermodel in no time. I think by tomorrow I will even be able to walk around and check out the beautiful town of Lattakia     Take Care Teresa

Syrian Fat Farm
Dec 11, 2008 (5 photos)

Hey People   I finally made it out of Syria after spending 4 days and nights in a Lattakia hotel room suffering from diarrhoea with nothing to entertain me except one English TV channel that played 24-hour action movies (not my favourite) and a great view ...

Last night in Syria
Jul 18, 2007

Evrim and Ý left Lattakia yesterday afternoon on a crowded service headed towards Kesab, a small Armenian dominated mountain resort a few kilometers south of the Turkish border. Kesab is small. Really small. It´s beautiful though. Really beautiful. It´s ...

Matar
Nov 4, 2009

... plastic greenhouses cling to each scrap of available terrain and inside grow the most lush vegetables and fruit I've ever seen.  Lattakia is Syria's main port and as is to be expected is vibrant and bustling, I sat in the centre and gorged myself on ...

Along the Coast
Jul 15, 2007

... ! We are not afraid. This place is beautiful and in many ways more European than any other city we have been to in Syria. It has a vibrant night life (to me and Rick at least) an amazing coastal walk above the Meditteranean and the people here have been ...

A cold day (and night) out
Nov 14, 2008 (10 photos)

... 's father. Disembarking the tiny mini-van we entered a quite village, very much unlike the noisy, fumigated atmosphere of Lattakia with children wheeling their undersized bicycles carefree across the narrow roads and alleys. It was well past midday by this ...

Lattakia
Nov 19, 2007 (9 photos)

November 19, 2007 Lattakia, Syria We traveled from Aleppo to Lattakia today by mini-van for 200 SP. We are staying at the Hotel Al-Atlal, which is listed in our LP guide. Our room costs 900 SP with bathroom. The caretaker is a kindly old man who shows ...

First view of the Mediteranean Sea
Sep 26, 2009 (4 photos)

... trees and even lush green forest at some places. We also enjoyed some exciting winding roads along this way. A bit south of Lattakia I approached the first time the Mediteranean Sea since 3 years in the same journey. It was a experience just like meeting a ...

Highs and Lows
May 15, 2006 (2 photos)

... Brandon telling me that he never even developed those pics....but it cracks me up to this day thinking about her expression. Lattakia is a bit off the usual overland route for most travelers heading south through the Middle East. Although a number of dead ...

Lattakia
Mar 18, 2008

... mostly university students returning to school after the weekend. Anyhow... a nice switch from buses full of men. Speaking of... Lattakia is a also home to the "free woman." Most dress very lavishly here. Walking the street is like a continual fashion ...

Back to the Med
Nov 13, 2009

We arrived in Lattakia about 10 AM from Allepo on the train,  The cost was 1U.S.D! And it was a great trip.  We hired a taxi after checking in to take us on a tour of Ugarit and Aala'at Saladin.  Saladin was great, and it was a great day, ...

We Bought the Bus
Feb 14, 2006 (3 photos)

It was one o'clock in the afternoon, and we were still at the Lattakia bus station. It happens sometimes that a morning erodes away in the rain.* We were trying to get to Qala'at Saladin, also known as the Crusader castle of Saone. The biggest obstacle ...

Lattakia
Oct 25, 2007 (7 photos)

Hvis Beirut er Mellemoestens Paris, saa maa Lattakia vaere Syeriens Beirut... Dejligt igen at vaere i noget der minder om Vesteuropa. Kvinderne gaar klaedt som de vil, og boernene raaber ikke laengere efter os... Har besoegt den foerste korsridderborg - ...

Latakia via Krak des Chevaliers, by every means..
Jun 28, 2009 (9 photos)

... and the inches of make up plastered on their faces. It could have been a seaside town anywhere but it didn't feel like Syria. We wandered through the streets, I was in the market for jandals after mine broke in the castle (big disaster!), however unless ...

Loose Lattakia
Sep 22, 2009 (7 photos)

... to be the challenge I had expected, but I was prepared for it and eager to take it by the horns. Did mention Lattakia is on the coast of Syria? Its got the whole 'Med feel' going there so I was in search of its beaches. Did I also mention the beaches, to ...

SEA, SNOW, SALAHADIN, AND SLUNFEH ...
Jan 29, 2007 (59 photos)

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Oldest alphabet in the world.
Apr 10, 2005

In Ugarit.

lattaquia,
Nov 7, 2008 (8 photos)

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finding a way to cyprus
Jan 9, 2009

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A mistake
Oct 23, 2009

We went to aleppo knowing nothing and were swept away by a taxi to the most disgusting redneck beach I have ever been to. It even beat out Myrtle. We spent one night in a crack "Villa" which we paid to much for two days. We left the next day for Hama ...

Lattakia
Feb 3, 2007 (15 photos)

We travelled west to Lattakia which is the principal port town in Syria located on the Med just north from Lebanon. Here there is a much more liberal and european lifestyle than most other Syrian towns. We did some trips into the mountains from here and ...

Lattakia
Apr 8, 2009

... la conduccio temeraria), i les vistes tambe. Estic tan rebentat que em passo mes de la meitat del trajecte dormint. Quan arribo a Lattakia plou. Com a bon motxiller, decideixo no agafar un taxi i recorrer el trajecte de l'estacio de tren a l'hotel a peu. ...