Hotel deals in Palmyra, Syria

Jeannie here.  The oasis at Palmyra has attracted weary travelers for centuries.  The ruins of the Roman town and, later, Zenobia's brief kingdom, are extraordinary.  We heartily enjoyed walking down the roman road and visiting the ...

From Palmyra, Syria by seanandjeannie

... out in the desert and down by the sea and to the banks of the Uphraties. First we traveled east out to the Oasis of Palmyra to visit the famous ruins there that date back to the 2nd. century BC. but flourished in Roman times in the 3rd century AD. ...

From Palmyra, Syria by ckalenchuk

... blocking any view on the castle. We then went back the way we came, and rapidly covered the 200 kilometres to Palmyra. The weather oscillated between drizzly and some clear spots in the sky. Fabulous rainbow over the desert. Snowdrifts high up, that ...

From Palmyra, Syria by robertandtanja

... on an oasis in the middle of the dessert. They get away with high prices because, well, where else are you going to go? Palmyra used to be govern by a queen and she had control over the dessert and whomever she sided with would have the strongest ...

From Palmyra, Syria by osirisrain

... boring, just the odd irrigated olive plantation to bring a touch of dusty greyish green to the otherwise dusty landscape. Palmyra town itself is an oasis in the desert landscape with date and olive plantations surrounding it. The ruins of the ...

From Palmyra, Syria by purplefrog

... maybe that's because we had a guide here, while we were left to wander on our on at Ephesos. It was pretty hot walking around Palmyra, so in the afternoon Aldo from Peru and I to a pool to cool down a bit, this resultet in the both of us smelling ...

From Palmyra, Syria by evamaria85