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Tartus Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Tartus, Syria
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Defenders of The Faith
This is a top pick! Prelude: On the Mediterranean Tartus is a Mediterranean town known for its Crusader connections. Immediately, one thing became apparent to me as I arrived and walked around to find a hotel: the place was stylish and many women were unveiled, ...
Tartus
... incredibly friendly and it was the first time I didn't spot a single tourist for 2 days straight. Also, my chance encounters proved Tartus to have a very diverse population, as I met scores of Iraqis who relocated here during the war, as well as a few ...
Two Castles and a Bus
... and Syrian guys even wore shorts at times; none of that in Aleppo (or even in Hama where I am now). The evidence that Syria is a crossroads of empires is also evident, as there are people who look Arab, Greek, have blue, or green eyes, red hair ...
The Big One
... , and not much to see. Some of it dates from the 5th Century. Lots of St George icons; apparently he is buried in Syria. Went to Husn Suleyman, which is a ruined temple, first to Baal and then Zeus, until the Fourth Century. Best part of ...
Railway sleepers
... . Cheap hotel, more kebabs and sleep re-energised me somewhat and an early start saw the next day’s ride bring me to Tartus. I was starting to regain my power, met Ibrahim and Josef who worked at the the Tartus train station and spent a ...
Taxi Drivers and the Perils of "yes"
It's been a few days. My hotel in Tartus (Tartous) didn't let me post anything, and there were no internet cafes I could find. Took a bus from Aleppo to Lattakia, which is on the coast of Syria and has its nice beaches. I hopped in a cab in ...
château d'el Marquab et le crack des chevaliers**
In English En espanol German tartus et l'île d'arouad Tartous est une petite ville sans grand interêt, où j'ai pu m'apercevoir de la mentalité un pau salace de la population maculine syrienne : un gars d'une quarantaine d'année m'a ...
last night in Syria
... . On the way i stopped at al Hosn castle. One of the most preserved castles i've seen. Spend an hour there and continued to tartus. Arrived at 1:30 and my boat leaves at 6. Check in supposed to be 4. Stopped 4 petrol and a taxi driver came up and showed ...
Tartus
Fire dage i Tartur, som ligger ud til Middelhavet, blev brugt til affaldsoe (Arwad), der var korsriddernes sidste bastion inden de trak sig tilbage til Cypern, korsridderborge og almindelig afslapning. Enkelte af billederne er ledsaget med lidt tekst - ...
Castle Explorer
... I know he is 12 - that would be legal in Alberta. In my first entry I mentioned that there is a certain stigma about Syria because of its government. On a more overt level the goverment here wants to know about the people on its territory. Like in ...
Tartus: The view, oh, the view!
... there's no women to be found in Syria (and in the Middle East for that matter)! They are ALL in the sea-side town of Tartus. It's amazing. Beautiful women on the street, to my left, to my right, groups of two, groups of three and all dressed very ...
Development and Death in the Hills
I have a rough plan, no map and no Miss Direction to ride the back roads in the hills behind Tartus. I spend a happy hour at Amrit having a chat with some Phoenicians who lived there around the 3rd century BC. It's an interesting place because they ...
Relaxing
Michael (the other) got ill. So it's better to relax for another day. We visit the "beautiful" island not far away from Tartus. ...
Day 7: Beirut - Tripoli - Tartous - Turkish border
... went to the passport office. The Kassab/Hatay border crossing is quite small and things were very easy there. With Turks travelling into Syria without a visa now (and vice versa), there were quite a few triptickets to be stamped so it took a few minutes. ...
Unbreachable
... castles from the time of the Crusades. The best preserved and probably the strongest was Croc de Cavalier, near the city of Tartus. Placed very strategically in a break in a long mountain range it was built with all the experience gained from centuries of ...
A Last minute Change of Plans
... , eating breakfast, and mailing my package (40$ usd) and I arrived at the trainstation at 2:55. The next train was leaving at 3PM to Tartus, so I jumped on it for half a Usd. At Tartus, I took a cab to the hotel, and I was greeted by the owner, who ...
Alep - Tartous
Pour arriver à Tartous on a pris le train depuis la gare d'Alep situé à proximité du parc public. Il faut ensuite prendre le bus de Lattakia à Tartous (environ 1h). Enfin au bord de la mer ! Ca fait bien plaisir de retrouver le soleil et la mer ...
The swing of things
... slowness. We drove on for some time then the driver pulled off the road and came to a stop in front of a small souq. "Tartus" he claimed. I paid him and thanked him, waved good-bye to my trip companions, slung on my pack and strolled down to the city ...
At the coast
After visiting Krak des Chevaliers, an old castle, we continue our trip to Tartus. Michael got sick on the journey. ...
The Kindness of Strangers
... climbs through pine woods. The scent is refreshing. I pass through a mountain village before getting dumped on to a main road to Tartus. My destination, I hope, is a hotel I stayed at 6 years ago south of Banyas. I ride through hills, now heavily ...
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