Country Info
- Damascus
- Capital
- Syrian Pound (SYP)
- Currency
- 16,728,808
- Population
- SY
- Country Code
Syria Slideshow
Top Hotels in Syria
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Riga Palace Aleppo
36 reviews -
Paradise Inn International Bloudan
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Beit Al Mamlouka Damascus
84 reviews -
Rawda Hotel Damascus
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Old Vine Hotel Damascus
56 reviews
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Orient Gate Hotel Damascus
17 reviews -
Mandaloun Hotel-Restaurant Aleppo
48 reviews
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Baibers Hotel Homs
12 reviews
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Laliche Lattakia
2 reviews
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Hotel Dar al Kanadil Al Bab
26 reviews
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Blue Tower Hotel Damascus
19 reviews
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Damascus International Hotel
19 reviews -
al-Gawaher Hotel Aleppo
24 reviews
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Park Hotel Aleppo
37 reviews
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Homs Grand Hotel
5 reviews
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Carlton Idlib
2 reviews
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Carlton Green Hill Damascus
1 review
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Tishreen Hotel Damascus
5 reviews
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Baron Hotel Aleppo
53 reviews
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Jdayde Hotel Aleppo
50 reviews
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Al-Khair Resort Homs
4 reviews
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Riviera Lattakia
11 reviews
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Sahara Touristic Complex Damascus
4 reviews
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Ghazal Hotel Damascus
35 reviews
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Chahba Cham Palace Aleppo
8 reviews
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Dallal House Hotel Aleppo
12 reviews
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Heliopolis Palmyra
35 reviews
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Safwan Hotel Lattakia
6 reviews
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Techrine Hotel Damascus
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Dar Halabia Hotel Aleppo
56 reviews
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Beit Marrash Aleppo
8 reviews
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Ishtar Hotel Palmyra
60 reviews
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Zanobia Hotel Lattakia
2 reviews
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Dar al Takwa Hotel Damascus
3 reviews
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Al Khair Palace Hotel Damascus
3 reviews
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Mansouriya Aleppo
25 reviews
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Yasmeen D'Alep Hotel Aleppo
104 reviews -
Odeinat Hotel Palmyra
1 review
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Al-Atlal Lattakia
1 review
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Afamia Hotel Damascus
90 reviews
Syria
Travel Blogs from Syria
Damascus - Rich In History.
This is a top pick! ... cleaned by one of the many Iraqi refugees and grabbed some fruit for our evening meal and got ourselves organized to leave Syria. It is with reluctance, as it is a beautiful country with lovely friendly people and very little hassle. ...
Aleppo - Syria
This is a top pick! ... we had to get off the bus and wait, whilst they checked our visas that we already had and were eventually stamped into Syria. The drama diddnt end there, not 10 minutes after crossing the border we stopped at a skanky little service station, desperate ...
Hammams and hurrahs
This is a top pick! ... was a palpable sense of prosperity about Aleppo, another excellent Old City to enjoy, and some fantastic food with some of Syria's best restaurants. Excellent stuff. We happily whiled away a couple of days taking in the sights and smells of the souqs, ...
The Road To Damascus.
This is a top pick! A funny thing happened to biblical Saul on the road to Damascus - us to! We found the Bagdad Cafe. Close to the turn off to Iraq (only 152 klms away) we stopped at this little Bedouin Enterprise and had a cup of tea and chatted to the brothers who ...
Kool Kids Do Krak
This is a top pick! (From Journal) - "I'm currently both proud and disgusted with myself. I'm sitting in a mini-bus in Homs waiting to leave for Krak de Chevaliers, the famous Crusader castle. One taxi tried to take me there and back for 1200 pounds ($24). Another ...
The people of Syria are the friendliest!
This is a top pick! ... . Don't think that would work in our part of the world. There is not much of a mixture of people here in Syria. I have been mostly surprised at the many blue eyed fair skinned people here. Its mostly a homogeneous country so Nikolas been ...
Damascus To Aleppo - Syria.
This is a top pick! Today was a red letter day. Fruit for breakfast!! We are already liking Syria! We have had buffet breakfast through out Egypt and Jordan and whilst there has always been some sort of eggs, olives, tomatoes and yoghurt the standard buffet is ...
Friendly Welcome in Aleppo
This is a top pick! ... was even worse then when I had started to "fix it". My God, what was happening to my brain! In Syria, the government controlled all Internet Access and I stopped my troubleshooting session by chalking up the problems to Government Firewalls. I made ...
The Palms And Peace Of Palmyra.
This is a top pick! ... is shut. This was quite pleasant as we could explore the town without any hassle - not that their is much hassle in Syria really. Lots of little children were out in the streets playing and parents and grandparents sat on their front steps enjoying a day ...
Sleeping in Crac
This is a top pick! ... way to the roof to look at the spectacular views all round. That evening, we ate locally and drank the rest of the El Shark, this was our last night in Syria, we had a day of driving and then we would be on the final leg of our journey in the truck. ...
Damascus All Over Again
This is a top pick! Diana's Jordanian friend, Raghad, had arranged a service taxi that would take us to Beirut. 37 JDs a piece. We went into Syria; passed Damascus, and finally arrived at the Lebanese boarder. The Syrians exit-stamped my passport. However, when I gave my ...
Aleppo
This is a top pick! ... The menu offered nothing that you would not be able to find in Turkey, but the food was good. There are no teapots in Syria, because they mostly use teabags. I visited 2 hotels listed in Lonely Planet, before finally finding a spot at al-Salam for ...
Aleppo Cont'd
This is a top pick! ... majority. I heard an Imam preach just minutes before reaching the Maronite Cathedral. There seems to be no industry in Syria's second biggest city. The economy revolves around trade and small crafts. There are numerous Turkish brands that are readily ...
Didn't really hang about in damascus i had ...
This is a top pick! Didn't really hang about in Damascus. I had seen much the same stuff in Aleppo earlier in the week. Spent a day wandering around the souqs etc, and stayed one night in Munster Mansion, but it was OK. Wasn't really in the mood to discover this city. A ...
Left olympos with michael and kylie and we ...
This is a top pick! ... was good to talk to them all. passport control. everyone armed and moustachioed. Looked like a Sergio Leone special. No problems. Syria-a-go-go On the way to Aleppo passed thru some pretty remote villages in the hills between Turkey and Syria. ...
19th reasonably quite day in aleppo though ...
This is a top pick! 19th Reasonably quite day in Aleppo, though saw a car crash on a busy junction. Couldn't believe it was the first smash I'd seen in my time here given that the drivers are all trying to be Stirling Moss in their Ladas and minibuses (the only two ...
Palmyra
This is a top pick! ... they may be considered ancient, they will not be around for us to see. 2 years of military service is mandatory in Syria, similar to Turkey. There was a small internet cafe right next to my hotel. Facebook and Youtube are banned in Syria. An ...
was approached by some tourist guide guy ...
This is a top pick! ... me to my hotel. About 4 mins later a wee barefoot boy came to get me. I had imagined a van or something, but not in Syria. It was about a 10 minute dodge thru the town and the souk to get to the hotel which was hidden away behind some stalls selling ...
Aleppo Cont'd and Homs
This is a top pick! ... pounds, with tips. I should have told him that tips were included in the 1,650 that we had agreed on. Syria has some stunning fortresses. Although they were built around the same time (11th Century) Chevaliers was even more impressive that the ...
Damascus Cont'd
This is a top pick! The breakfast served at Ghazal was no good. 50 Syrian pounds. My 2 roommates, the Australian and the Irish chaps, left for Aleppo. The Irish chap was planning to backpack through Africa. I wonder if he will make it through. Went to the Arab Science ...
Damascus
This is a top pick! After having my grilled cheese sandwich with tomatoes took the bus to Damascus. 2.5 hours for 200 Syrian pounds. As I was getting on the bus, two Arabs were excessively friendly to me. They were speaking to each other in a language that I did not have ...
Damascus Cont'd and Bosra
This is a top pick! ... a psychiatrist; currently, he works in Zurich; took a 2-week break from work and decided to visit his German friend in Syria; after Bosra, we sat at a cafe in Damascus and talked extensively about politics and economics. I expected Bosra to be similar ...
Managed to get myself out of bed and drink ...
This is a top pick! ... . Also saw the rather disturbing sight of a few too many troop carriers heading from the army camp north of Palmyra west towards the Syria/Israel border. Hmmm. There were also a number of sojies on the bus who were going to the camp to get briefed on ...
Home of the Golden Hamster: Preface
Early yesterday morning I returned to Amman safe and sound after five nights in Damascus, Syria. I traveled with DeVan, Adib, and Mohammed by car (special thanks to Die for getting us to and fro). We also met up with Mango and his friend Omar. I am not ...
Napping in Hama
Hama, Syria, July 7th Ok so we got into a bit of a different strain here and we have had our share of...problems. Nothing I'll go into detail about and nothing to worry about too for Hama becomes our place of rest, total and absolute, evinced best by ...
Hamah, Syria
After parting with my crew in Aleppo I made my way to Hamah, Syria, on the banks of the Orantes. The city is famous for its ancient water wheels, which remarkably date back to 1100BC and provided water for irrigation. It is also known for a horrible ...
Tartus
Since I wasn't really fealing Hamah I decided to head to Tartus on a whim. Tartus is a small coastal city of maybe 100,000 and it had a very liberal feel to it, with head scarf-less women dressed in designer clothes and groups of teenagers parading ...
Turkish Delight
... it’s better that we’ve been in touristy areas, I’m not sure we could take this day after day - nice as it is. But if all I’ve heard is true, this is a mild introduction to what we could experience in Syria. ...
Palmyra, The Bride of the Desert
... and this is what we did. I will start by giving a brief history lesson. Palmyra is located in the centre of Syria and is Syria's most famous tourist attraction. It is an oasis and was centrally located for trade between Persia, Asia, India as well ...
How Many Camels?!?!
... up as a Bedouin woman. I've attached two photos. One mid transition and one after. Quite amazing I think. Right. Feeling a bit better so heading south tomorrow. Syria is only 500kms long, so I should be able to sneak through it in a ...