Travel Blogs by Travelers Who Stayed at this HotelAl Nakheel Hotel Palmyra
Out of the Sands
I needn't have reserved a ticket for this particular journey from Hama to Palmyra. When I went to the bus station the day before, I was issued ticket number one. It makes sense, since I assume that the only people who need to make the journey are tourists and whose connected to the industry. But never mind, the trip was simple, took about three …
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The 1st of many 1st's....... by HJ
....Its only been two days and I've experienced the 1st of many 1st's already...
1) I didn't buy any perfume in Duty Free.....admittedly that was because our complimentary champagne took 40mins to be served and we nearly missed our flight but still...
2) We were served ice cream on the plane
3) Cried before and after boarding / departing from the plane (The first was leaving Rob at the Gatwick Express - the 2nd was when Yohanna and I were talking about how much ...
Palmyra, oude stad van koningin Zenobia
... echt prachtig, maar binnen de omwalling is het weer allemaal ruïne en puin.
meer over deze site op: http://www.discoverislamicart.org/datab ase_item.php?id=monument;ISL;sy;Mon01;3 5;en
Zo, en na dit bezoek gaat het weer verder richting Palmyra! Naarmate we Palmyra naderen, op zo’n 40 km ervoor, zien we mooie bergketens opduiken aan de einder, de bergketen Jabal Abu Rujmayn met als hoogste punt 1387m. We rijden door een ...
Door and Window
Over the past few months, my mind has constantly been swirling around the ideas of exploration and discovery. When thinking about these two terms, I am excited by the number of ways we can understand them. There are opportunities for exploration and discovery at every moment of our lives. While planning lessons about exploration, ...
Car trouble and machine guns in desert paradise
... toilet and shower buildings, and a shut down swimming pool. This all sounds lovely, but it is all a bit rundown and well used; the buildings would have been whitewashed maybe twenty years ago, the facilities are rather creaky and "quaint", the toilets are squatters… but it is such a lovely site, and we are getting so used to the “ambiance” of Syria, that we are quite comfortable here.
We rode our bikes into town to do a bit of grocery shopping and ...


