Hotels in Damascus

... in Iran. Yazd is the oldest continually inhabited city in Iran, and possibly the oldest in the world, competing with Damascus. The old part of the city is filled with beautiful mud brick buildings, accompanied by spectacular mosques and minarets and a ...

...                   Syrian border -  Damascus (Syria)             ...

... there and that I would have to get a visa from the USA. And it was final. So instead of spending another night in Damascus as I originally planned because I wanted to see the Citadel and Grand Mosque and Souk, I went to the garage to get a bus to ...

... , as it always proves to be quite amazing. This past month was a visit to some of the Boutique Hotels and wonderful restaurants that have been restored here in Damascus. They are so oppulent and as you can see by the pictures they are being restored with ...

... train wall, she was able to catch up on a few hours rest before we dove into our next city: the Syrian capital, Damascus.     Drowsily, I followed Sarah as we walked through the Old City, walking past the giant Omayad Mosque, through the ...

... mosques and fountain courtyards, street-cart vendors and coffeehouses. But there's also a new, much more modern Damascus where one can find many boutique hotels, chic shopping, and a new modern sophistication to the city.   We enjoyed the shops ...

... to switch cabs and head to Jordan but he convinced me to let him show me around the old city.  I was expecting Damascus to be a crazy overpopulated and loud city like Aleppo but it was nothing like Aleppo.  Damascus is the capital of Syria and ...

... overlooking the new city and Jebel Quassion (Quassion Hill).  From the Four Seasons' location, the swankiest part of Damascus extends up Jebel Quassion;  this where the President lives and the locations of many embassies including ours.  ...

... out of my mind, especially with no TV! Anyway when he found out that I didnt have any hotel reservations in Damascus, he told me that most hotels are fully booked in the city. He knows this as the day before he tried helping some guests looking for rooms ...

... in a lifetime" list. We then took a minibus to the top of Mount Qasioun which is also heavily recommended. The view of Damascus is breathtaking and the sunset was quite beautiful. After that we went to the old city to explore at night and have ...

... diplomatic at all. There are no flags, escorts or dignitaries. Even the house of parliament is not easily recognizable. The Damascus University is the education hub of the country. The tourist information office was very helpful in telling me how to ...

... in the morning and seemingly every ime i went toi buy something i got ripped off. By the time id actually made it to Damascus as 2 hotels i went to check into were fully booked its fair to say i was suitibly fucked off. I wandered the city but no matter ...

... me 5 days free until ‘school’ starts next Sunday. Not sure what I’m going to do yet, maybe just explore Damascus, maybe venture a bit further afield if I find any other students with time on their hands. Or I could just work on improving ...

... there had been three hotels bombed by terrorists less than a week earlier we drove on into Syria and pulled up for some camping in Damascus. Up early the next day for a day trip into Lebanon and Beirut. The President was killed by a bomb right in the ...