Afamia Hotel Damascus Syria

... leading us to his decrepit yellow taxi. In the mad rush for customers this man had won by simply being the pushiest. “Afamia Hotel? Okay, no problem, two hundred Syrian Pounds.” Whether this was a fair price or not, we nodded and climbed into ...

After a week of exploring Syria, I return to where I entered the country, the capital and largest city, Damascus. By now, the weather had improved significantly. It is still cold, but not snowing or raining. Much better tourism weather. Our guide takes us ...

... he may not want anyone to know is that he too had to "don" a particularly flattering skirt to cover those knees and legs! Damascus itself is a bustling colourful city, with many parts to it. The walled old town itself split into many quarters – we ...

Today we had an early start to make our way to Damascus. Bashar(Bish) claims that Damascus is the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world even though people from Aleppo claim that that city is. After we arrived at our hotel we had to wait a while ...

... of foliage and pools and were quite nice indeed. After the palace visit, I finished my walking tour of old Damascus and headed back to the hotel. I've decided to be a lame tourist and I end up spending the night at a nice air-conditioned movie ...

...   spiritual feel. Nowadays, the Khan often holds exhibitions of photos and paintings. Must see! WHAT TO SEE IN DAMASCUS? Damascus is the capital of Syria and one of the most ancient cities in the world. Under the Roman it was a chief town, and later ...

... time we're at the bus station, it's full on snowing. Even the locals are snapping pictures as this is relatively unusual weather for Damascus, although not unheard of. Thuy kindly loans me a scarf and cap so I don't freeze, as I resolve to buy gloves and ...

... , die nu in diverse musea zijn tentoongesteld (onder meer in het Museum van Apamea zelf en in het Museum van Damascus). Van de 4 stadspoorten is enkel nog de noordelijke poort over (the northern Antioch Gate). We beklimmen een nabij gelegen heuveltje en ...

... wi-fi downstairs, air-con, own bathroom and cable TV. The only shortcoming was no mini-bar fridge. This is our first basic hotel in Syria, and we’ve taken it because they organize tours around the area. It’s very good for 1200 SYP per night. ...

... straight off the beach at Coral Bay Resort, with excellent coral and tropical fish Syria §  Damascus – our wonderfully ornate Al Medina (City) Hotel; the old Souk area; the wonderful restaurants in restored old buildings; the interior of the ...