Four Seasons Damascus

... ) terminal with jet bridges and air conditioning.  More importantly, I arranged for a "Meet and Greet Service" from the Four Seasons Damascus.    (Yes, there's a Four Seasons in Damascus too.)  This was the best investment I ...

... heavy and alot of people were trying to get taxis. So I spent the rest of the day relaxing in a park next to the Four Seasons hotel, watching the sunset and observing the traffic and passerbys. There was an old man on a bench nearby who started shouting ...

... like… if they can afford it, of course. There’s even a glitzy promenade of high-end boutiques attached to the new Four Seasons Hotel, which is a massive modern citadel. At my first hostel, Al Haramien, I met a Korean girl, Karam, who had ...

... of the city showing people living there as early as 8000-10,000 BC, it is also a modern city with a lively opera house and a Four Seasons hotel.      For those planning to visit Syria's capital city, be sure to check out the Azm ...

... to foreign investors and they have been pouring money into the city, in fact just down from my hotel is a brand new Four Seasons Hotel.  Damascus also has the honour of being the center of the Arab world for the year.  Each year a different ...

... ground level. The Ommayed mosque, such a dominant figure in the city looked small, and insignificant compared to the monstrous Four Seasons Hotel. Suburbs that I've only heard of stretched off to the horizon. I realized the narrow streets that have grown ...

...  Anita bought a tile, Terri bought a rug, and I had no packages.  That's a first! Lunch was at Costa Coffee by the Four Seasons hotel.  I had an iced mocha and a sandwich and the others also ate while we relaxed before getting on the bus.  Now it ...

... lot more rain apparently but there were still some very dry areas. The roads are really quite good. No large potholes. The city of Damascus is large and the traffic is incredible. I would never drive here. There are not many lane lines on the road and the ...

... world. Highlights are the Umayyad Mosque, where St John the baptist's head is apparently buried, and the old city of Damascus.  It was like being transported back in time - to live the lives that people have been living ...

... later and pushed myself to go see the sights a bit although all I really wanted to do was sleep.  I went and saw the parks near the Four Seasons, saw the Four Seasons (not that impressive), tried to go to a museum and find a door that was unlocked ...

... day, happy day. Back to Bekdach for Arabic style ice cream and other last minute shopping before heading to a coffee place by the Four Seasons to meet up with a friend of Mohammed's. We all had coffee while they caught up and we probably ended up leaving ...

... we went. This time our hotel was 1000% better than where we stayed last year!  We all stayed at the Omayad Hotel up by the Four Seasons and about 2 blocks away from last year's hotel.  It was so worth it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  I had my own room as Kim B. was ...

... ever traveled through... In Damascus, as I walked towards the hostel where I'd be staying, a block away from the new Four Seasons I discovered two x-rated movie theaters and later discovered that x-rated DVDs were being sold on every other street corner. ...

... a cab when we were lost...and we said, look at how rich that place is! well never eat there! peter took us to the four seasons by accident. as we walked around i noted that this was officially  the furthest away i had been from welland, in more ways ...

... the American school that was currently closed in retaliation.   It had been a day, and I was done with Kamal.  Now I just wanted to retreat back to the Four Seasons in Damascus.  Was it wrong of me not to tip him out of my ...