Hotel Baron Aleppo

... customs officials making us tea and arranging someone's brother to give us a lift into Aleppo. In Aleppo we opted to stay at the Baron Hotel. This place is legendary and deserves the highest reputation. Numerous persons of importance have stayed at this ...

... we use the Riga Hotel wi-fi (with the password our management gives us), then out about 10.30pm to have a beer at the Baron Hotel, as used by T.E.Lawrence and Agatha Christie, but it looks pretty dreary, so carry on to the Al Analib restaurant, which has ...

... there is always the fast car coming up from behind, lights flashing. After an hour we reach the outskirts of Aleppo and the fun really starts. We don't have a hotel booked and in the dark, we have no idea where we are! We keep going straight in, Carole ...

... As in Turkey, people see a foreigner, assume you are lost and immediately offer you help! Our hotel is stunning, one of the old Ottoman houses in Aleppo (what they now call a traditional Syrian home with several rooms feeding off a central courtyard which ...

... filled with particularly interesting things but I could not help but feel a sense of grandeur while sitting in the orange glow of the Baron’s. Aleppo was going to be a good place, I could feel it. Settlement in the Aleppo area goes back to the 8th ...

... . We bought sweet bread rolls covered in honey and sesame seeds from a street corner and then Gemma, Jane and I wandered to the Baron's Hotel where we met Euan for a drink . Some famous bods like T E Lawrence and Agatha Christie have stayed there. It has ...

... completely comfortable wandering around in Damascus on my own but didn't feel quite as much at ease in Aleppo.   I did manage to stop into the Baron Hotel for a drink.   This is the hotel that T.E. Lawrence - i.e., "Lawrence of ...

... ).  I settled for it out of fatigue. To make up for my shabby sleeping quarters, I went to the rooftop restaurant by the Baron Hotel.  I had been on the road nonstop for the past 24 hours, and I wanted to reward myself. The hummus was quite ...

... lonely est plutot bonne. On trouve l'hotel quelques minutes après et ca valait coup de chercher. Les prix sont tout à fait corrects et l'hotel est nickel, il y a même une télé. Le luxe ! Cet hotel est le rendez vous des backpackers, il y a un couples ...

... one night in Aleppo, unfortunately not in the Baron's ...

... It is quite fascinating to see. I immediately like it here. We make it to our destination in the middle of downtown Aleppo, the infamous Hotel Baron. It is the oldest hotel in the city and was once stayed in by Laurence of Arabia. It is grand and ...

... to the penny!). Our french buddies then delivered us to our Hotel before disappearing into the crowds... We are staying at the Hotel Baron, a leftover from former British colonial times. Our room is the one TE Lawrence (of Arabia) stayed in while in ...