Country Info
- Sanaa
- Capital
- Yemeni Rial (YER)
- Currency
- 18,078,035
- Population
- YE
- Country Code
Sanaa Slideshow
Top Hotels in Sanaa
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Movenpick Sanaa
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Sheraton Sana A Hotel Sanaa
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Taj Sheba Sanaa
12 reviews
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Mercure Sanaa
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Hadda Hotel Sanaa
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Arabia Felix Sanaa
22 reviews
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Burj al Salam Sanaa
48 reviews
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Eagle Tourism Hotel Sanaa
1 review
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Hilltown Hotel Sanaa
3 reviews
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Hotel Shahran Sanaa
2 reviews
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Sanaa Nights Hotel
16 reviews
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Golden Dar Tourist Hotel Sanaa
5 reviews
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Plaza Suites Hotel Sanaa
1 review
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Taj Talha Hotel Sanaa
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Royal Sana'A International Hotel Sanaa
1 review
Sanaa
Travel Blogs from Sanaa, Yemen
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Turkish Bath
This is a top pick! ... , "I had a great time, thank you!". Okey dokey, well I guess this is the end for the time being. Insha'allah, I will return to Yemen in the new year as I'm now determined to crack this pain-in-the-ass language now that I've started. I've had a great 10 ...
The Big Match: Yemen vs. India!
This is a top pick! ... more enjoyable to watch had I been able to vent my frustration with some good old English chanting - unfortunately, this being Yemen and thus somewhat conservative, I hadn't had the bottle prior to the game to ask my teacher for the Arabic translations ...
My Yemenia article...
This is a top pick! ... to be published. Apparently, Yemenia have contacts with my school for any pieces of student work that reflect positive Western experiences in Yemen. They publish them in their magazine so as to boost tourism in the country. So, if any of you happen to ...
Back in Yemen... finally!
This is a top pick! ... compelled for now to purchase Season 1 having missed the second half of the series on TV because of my first trip to Yemen. Yesterday I joined a gym called 'The Officers' Club'. It's really expensive in Yemeni terms at $50 per month, and upon entry I ...
Yemeni reaction to Saddam's death sentence
This is a top pick! ... his favourite word). Well anyway, I think this newspaper is fairly representative of the general sentiment of people on the streets of Yemen to Saddam's death sentence. When they look at it they see only the sad demise from great strength of an Arab ...
Hangin' with Royalty
This is a top pick! ... and had apparently got bored of being waited on by her many servants back in Saudi (as you do, obviously), so had come to Yemen some years ago to earn an honest living. Well, whatever, she was just stunning - rather upsettingly so actually, as I have a ...
Ramadan cometh... bringeth the hunger pangs
This is a top pick! ... ) it's more likely that a close result would have led to violence. Either way, I'm disappointed... both for the people of Yemen who deserve better than a corrupt dictator in all but name, and for myself because I kinda wanted the excitement of civil ...
Ramadan endeth... cometh my pithy retrospective
This is a top pick! ... in itself a sacrifice of sorts I guess, but it sure made Ramadan easier. Had I been back in the West (or probably anywhere but Yemen) and had to maintain a 9-5 schedule, I'd have probably not made it. I also have to confess that I had to break my fast ...
Election fever - Middle East style!
This is a top pick! ... experiencing 'democracy' Middle Eastern style. It ain't just the weather that's hot here right now folks! A quick politics lesson: Yemen is a 'democracy', yet the rampantly corrupt President Saleh has held office for 28 years, receiving 96.5% of the vote ...
Catch-up
This is a top pick! Hello all, Not too much to report really, but just thought I'd check in. Actually - shock horror - since returning to class after Eid, and with the impetus of a new teacher, I've become a hard-working student. This is in stark contrast to the ...
Orientation
This is a top pick! ... my MA and I figured learning it properly would boost my employment prospects to go with the International Relations Masters. So, I chose Yemen because it's cheap, it's non-Westernised so you pick up the language quicker as you're forced more to use it, ...
Observations
This is a top pick! Evening all, Can I first of all thank you for the many emails you have sent me. So many in fact that I'm going to have to break my promise to answer them individually this time, but please don't let that deter you from writing in the future. ...
Last day in Yemen
... about the only solo traveler in Yemen (never really spoke with any other travelers at all) Other comments and impressions of Yemen 1. Very good value country, with great prices for most everything. I averaged about $40/day, never paying more than ...
Arabia Felix
Salaam Alaykum. Welcome to Yemen! This is the greeting I received from the customs officer who stamped my visa when I arrived in this wonderful jewel of a country it seems the modern world has largely passed by. Here ...
Back to Sana'a
... her that I was fine. I probably shouldn't have told her before the trip about the tourist kidnapping incidents in Yemen. I also updated my travel blog and uploaded some photos onto Picasaweb. I checked the United flights and the ...
Happy Valentine's Day, suckers!
... be happy with a box of chocolates. Fortunately, neither of these things are going to happen to me this Valentine's Day because Yemen is one country that this humiliating debacle has yet to penetrate. I am free at last. Thank God! Happy ...
Hello from Yemen
... 's sanity. The plane suddenly went into a nosedive, and we landed. (Ooops,almost missed the landing strip! Thud.) In Sanaa, I was lucky...an American woman who knew what she was doing took me under her wing and helped me ...
Climbing around in archaeological ruins is fun
... 't just any old ordinary village...this was the Jewish village. Did you know that there used to be a sizeable Jewish community in Yemen? Neither did I, but I think I can imagine. We took a taxi, who didn't know how to get through the ...
You know you're in Sanaa/Yemen when...
... are covered with long, messy fake fur. (Why, though?) Yeah. That's how you know you're in Sanaa. Yemen is still (thankfully) quite conservative and old-fashioned, so Kim and her roomate posed as a married couple--and certainly ...
Yemen...yeah mon...Yemen
... this is the Yemen I wanted to visit. Why? When I told people (both you and others) that I planned to visit Yemen on vacation everyone was quizzical if not skeptical or concerned. Even to many Arabs, Yemen is the black sheep of the Middle ...
How to...
... nbsp; AND MATH. Off the books (and this is a rule of thumb for anywhere in the world, I'm not singling out dear Yemen)--make sure there's a cute girl with you. I hate to be crude and chauvinist, but this probably actually works, no matter ...
The sweet souqs of san'a
... with people, all the shops open up again, and stay open until late. I have really been enjoying the middle eastern food here - Lebanese mezze to start, roasted yemen fish, and a really, really strong turkish coffee to finish. Anyway, things are ...
Yemen
... trash. That afternoon. I got to the airport very early and boarded an Ethiopian air flight to Addis Ababa. My quick impression of Yemen- for what it's worth being there only a day and a half-is overall good. Yemen really is classic Arabia in the ...
Hikes in the hills
... works at the centre, to the mountains above Sanaa. We travelled to Shibam and Kawkabam, fortified mountain villages about 50km from Sanaa, where there was a very lively Friday market going on. After a short hike, we went on to a very impressive ...
First week
... am living in the heart of the Old Quarter. The ancient mud buildings are decorated with coloured-glass windows, white plasterwork and roof terraces. Yemen is so different from Syria - quite a bit poorer, for one thing. It is takin a bit of getting used ...
Hash House Harriers, Hotels and the Hadramawt
... - a mixed group of Yemenis and expats who meet regularly to do a sort of paper trail run in the mountains above Sanaa. Words can't describe the beauty of these rugged, lush outcrops of rock, dotted here and there with ancient abandoned villages and ...
Heraz mountains
... before I leave, then I will head back to Ursula's house. Tomorrow we are having lunch with Tim Mackingtosh-Smith, author of 'Yemen: Travels in Dictionary Land' - a really good book. On Sunday I will make a quick visit to Wadi Dhar to see the famous rock ...
Welcome to Tom's travel Blog
Tom is now in Sana'a. He is doing two weeks intensive Arabic and then is hoping to travel around. We were there in '83 to '84 - before Tom was born - so he is enjoying visiting places where his famly lived. Now over to Tom... Duncan Tom's ...
First week
... for a traditional Yemeni meal, salta, by my Adil, one of my teachers. Later, I will meet Abdullah, a Yemeni who livbes here in Sanaa and was one of Mum and Dad's first students at their language centre. After meals, and in fact much of the time, Yemenis ...
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