Hotel Afamia Damascus

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 ...

... 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 ...

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 ...

... even though the whole area looked largely peaceful. After failing to locate the cafe, we went back to the hotel to check out. It was time to leave Damascus. Strengths: -The Old Town and the Souqs -Delicious food -Friendly people -Safe and relatively ...

... The old city of Damascus still preserve its graphical and historical aspects, and is until today protected by the high wall. Damascus has a wealth of historical sites dating back to many different periods of the city's history. Since the city has ...

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... Hama and Crusader castles Friday 14th May 2010                Damascus – Palmyra (Tadmor to the locals) We're taking the bus for the three-hour trip to Palmyra (current population ...

... , Dana; Wadi Musa, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Coral Bay Resort, Jerash, Amman) Syria (Damascus, Maalula, Palmyra(Tadmor), Hama, Musyaf, Krak des Chevaliers, Apamea(Afamia), Aleppo, Daret Azze, Qala’at Samaan, Lattakia, Qala’at Salah Ah-din, ...