Dar Halabia Hotel

... . The immigration and customs were a breeze to get through.  My pre-arranged English-speaking driver got me to the my hotel, The Dar Halabia Hotel, and got me settled in for a nap//sleep.      I awoke and was ready to go later in ...

... hotel for me and my two friends Marko and Michael.They will arrive by plane the next day. After visiting two other hotels, I find the Dar Halabia Hotel located directly in the Old City of Aleppo, which is a very beautiful hotel with friendly staff.  ...

... (although we did meet a bunch of Kiwis at our hotel, one of the few located inside the old city). The hotel we chose (Dar Halabia) was a stunner – another converted house with a big interior courtyard (complete with the biggest lemon tree I've ever ...

My birthday begins with looking around for breakfast, which is not easy in Aleppo. Then I move to the new hotel, Hotel Dar Halabia. Then I take a taxi to the airport to catch my two friends Michael and Marko from the airport to the hotel. In the evening ...

... Antakya"), and luckly this seemed to register with him.   Then his eyes lit up and he said "Dar Halabia?", the name of my hotel.   I jumped up and down saying "Shukran, Shukran!"   We then proceeded to negotiate the ...

... hotel we stayed in at Aleppo to be clean. it was 'quaint' and good for getting us out of our already extended comfort zone. The hotel is in the middle of a souk  which is a market of small shops, narrow alleys, and distinct smells. We decided to ...

in the old city the souq, covered market, is something to get lost in. ...

Today, Friday, is muslim Sunday. So the whole Bazar or Suq how it's called here, is empty.  We visit the Citadell which is impressive, and walk around in the city for the rest of the ...