Martini Dar Zamaria Hotel
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Damascus To Aleppo - Syria.
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 overloaded with sweet pastries to please the European palate and never any good old Aussie multi grain toast …
Happily Lost In The Souks Of Aleppo.
At breakfast, we met some East Coast Aussies who had been to Coral Bay! Sailed in on a yacht.
Our first tour today, with a great guide (a real dapper gentleman) was of the 12th century Islamic Citadel where 3,000 people lived.
Then we escaped from Aleppo's crazy traffic (it is a city of 4 million people) into the countryside near the …
Glorious but Embattled Syria
... and his minions must bear the principal responsibiltiy. My impression has been that Assad is a weakling, and is under the influence of more sinister forces behind the scenes, especially encouraged by Iran and Russia. But there are thugs and religious zealots on the rebel side as well, and there appears to be little hope for a unified alternative government to establish itself in the near future.
All very tragic....
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FEAR IN MAREA
... SAYS THAT ABOUT 50,000 PEOPLE WERE KILLED ALL OVER SYRIA.
IN MAREA,ABOUT 20 PEOPLE WERE DISAPPEARED AT THIS TIME.NO ONE HAS HEARD OF THEM SINCE.TO THIS DAY,ANYONE FROM MAREA WHO APPLIES TO ENROL AT UNIVERSITY IS ASKED IF THEY ARE RELATED TO ANY OF THESE DISAPPEARED.
MY WITNESS WAS CLEARLY TIRED.''DID YOU SLEEP LAST NIGHT'' HAD BEEN HIS FIRST QUESTION WHEN I MET HIM EARLIER.HE HAD HEARD THE SOUND OF DISTANT BOMBING AND LAY AWAKE MOST OF THE NIGHT TRAUMATISED.AS ...
The city of the soap
... Romans, Byzantines, Seljuqs, Mamluks and Ottomans.
There are various types of 13th and 14th centuries construction, such as caravanserais, Quranic schools and hammams, and the Christian and Islamic holy buildings of the old city and Jdeydeh quarter.
The old city is characterized with its large mansions, narrow alleys and covered suqs.The old city was built (mostly in white stone) within the historical walls of the city.The old part of the city is surrounded with ...
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Amenities
- Restaurant
- Free parking