Furat Cham Palace Deir Ezzor

... and historical attractions of the three countries. <br> <ul><br> <li>Our programs are carefully woven and created around the theme of nature. As we focus on the culture of local people through their art, craft forms, homes authentic local cuisine and lifestyle. We also focus on observation of unique biodiversity, along with mostimportant historical attractions and world heritage sites all put together ...

Dusty days and dusty nights, Man we are in the middle of the desert today. The sites we visited were simply dusty mounds of dirt. Hard to get excited about until you tell yourself this is the cradle of civilisation and you should be interested. In any case enjoy the photos.

... given to the Knights Hospitallier, contemporaries of the Knights Templar. Two thousand soldiers lived here under the guidance of 50 knights. The stables held 1,000 horses and it is believed there was enough food in storage here to hold out for 5 ...

... that was really worth it and Crac defiantly delivered. The castle was bigger than I expected and I really enjoyed just wondering around it. The views from the top were really nice of the surrounding hills and everything is so green in this part of Syria with trees and lots of agriculture it is defiantly a country of difference landscape one day in the desert the next in green fields! After Crac I got dropped off at the bus ...

... rooms and corridors. We make our way round, find the tomb area and explore up and down, inside and out. This is a short 30-45 minute stop. Then back into the mini-bus to go to St. George's Monastery. According to arabic and western sources, the history of the monastery goes back to the sixth century during the reign of Emperor Justinian. It was consecrated to St. George, the glorious martyr. The monastery is built over the ruins of a pagan temple ...

... to the bus station. We were asked if we wanted to take the mini-bus, leaving right now for double the price. We declined and were waiting for the big travel bus. Len thought we had a couple of hours so I said I was going to walk back to the hotel and ask why he had charged us so much. I was just about there and met Hamzah on his motorcycle going off to work at the ruins. I thanked him so much for such a wonderful evening and then went onto the hotel. What the ...

... d'Homs, visitée l'avant veille. L'Euphrate la traverse elle aussi (un joli petit pont, en état douteux néanmoins), et hôtel comme restaurants ont été l'occasion d'ultimes sympathiques ...

... ruines ayant revêti un aspect plus traditionnel, sec j'entends, et d'en conclure qu'effectivemment Palmyre c'est pas mal je vous recommanderai. Deir ez Zur, dans l'est de la Syrie, sentait déjà bien l'Iraq : les environs de la ville sont assez misérables et la pluie tombée la veille (ici aussi) avait donné au revêtement une dimension boueuse d'un point de vue esthétique assez d ...

Deir Ezzor er det oestlige syriens hovedby og et virvar af forskellige folkeslag... Kunne godt maerke, vi var langt vaek fra alfavej - og taet paa Irak. Vi er blevet registreret til den store guldmedalje - kan ikke koebe en tog- eller busbillet uden at skulle vise pas og indskrives. Samtidig er vi naermest blevet udspurgt paa hottellet i Qumishle om vores goeren og laden (der for mit vedkommende ikke var stort)...

We arrived in Deir az-Zur in the late afternoon having spent 18 of the previous 24 hours on buses of various sorts, so our first priority was a much-needed shower at the hotel. Feeling refreshed we headed for a wander around the town. The centre itself was little different to some of the other generic, 'slightly dirty' towns of Syria, yet it had a relaxed air about it, induced perhaps by its oasis-like surroundings. A few minutes walk outside of the centre was the ...