Orient Hotel Palmyra

... down. It was nice to have a good walk on a predominantly flat surface. The only problem with that was that Palmyra gets blackouts and halfway back to the hotel the power went out. Once we got back to the hotel we had a bit of a rest before dinner then ...

... four, and then a table for 6 and then finally I was able to sit down to eat. It is a shame that we are leaving Palmyra tomorrow cos I really like this town. Oh well, we arrive in Damascus and Bish ensures us that Damascus is the best since that is ...

... sound. The door was around 2 feet thick and weighed a couple tons). Last night we were planning on visiting some more of the Palmyra ruins in the dark because they are all lit up in the night but we had to wait until tonight because of an unexpected ...

... attempting to establish an empire between the Persians and the Byzintines. A somewhat scary but interesting event occurred while enroute to Palmyra today. Our packs were on top of the mini-bus and we hit a bump and my bag sailed into the ...

... Palmyra was at its height and aggressively set out to conquer new territories including Rome. She added many opulent touches to Palmyra including commissioning a massive stone pillar to be sent from Aswan in Egypt. The mind boggles as to how it got there ...

... . In the afternoon, we visit the Fakhr-al-Din al-Maani Castle, built by Mamluks in the 13th century. The second day in Palmyra features a visit to the famous temple of Baal, which has served as a pagan temple, church, and mosque throughout history. It was ...

... ......funny but I freaked out....chomp chomp chomp, leaving globs of spit in my hair. OntoTemple of Bel and the ruins of Palmyra.  The inside complex is the most intact and was amazing and walking through the monumental arch and down the road, was ...

... by camels and experience a little of what happened all those years ago. The Dedeman Hotel The Dedeman Hotel is directly located within the ancient ruins of Palmyra giving it a unique position for tourists to visit the ancient history. It has 221 standard ...

... ! It was New Years Eve and unfortunately due to the situation in Gaza, all events were cancelled....We had dinner at the Palmyra Restuarant, sampling yet another bedouin dish of Kaway, a lamb dish baked in a terracotta pan and then it was upstairs to ...

... on any maps. I'm currently writing this in the Baron Hotel, which was at one point the end of the line for the Orient Express. TE Lawrence, Kemal Ataturk and Agatha Christie all stayed here. I just wish they'd redecorated the rooms since then. That said, ...

... and Bosra. But around 228 AD the Sassanid dynasty took control of Persia from the Parthian dynasty and pushed towards Palmyra. Around 258 AD Roman Emperor Valerian appointed an Arab named Odainat governor of Syria. The next year Valerian was defeated ...

... enough. I decided being indoors with air-conditioning was a much better option.  We took a public bus (large motor coach) to Palmyra. We arrived in the evening and immediately went up to the castle to watch the sunset over the mountains. It was quite ...

... as it turned out, was anything but representative of the experience we were to have driving in Syria...    Palmyra was quite stunning and we spent almost three hours exploring the sprawling site, refusing the very persistent touts ...

... condition, and with air-con, and allowing smoking, to Palmyra. That money also paid for us, and the driver to be boarded at a hotel in Palmyra and for the driver to be on hand to drive us around the site should we wish it. The next day we were driven all ...

... night after dinner we went for a drink at the Baron Hotel. This is where Agatha Christie wrote Murder on the Orient Express. I guess it was an amazing hotel in its day but it's a bit tatty now. The Orient Express' final destination was Aleppo back ...

... rate it that highly. On the plus side are the ancient cities of Damascus and Aleppo, the desert ruins of Palmyra, Krak des Chevaliers castle, Euphrates river, waterwheels of Hama and a few other secondary ruins, castles and towns. I'm ...

... over halvdelen af kvinderne rundt i sorte telte, saa neonfarvede leggins er lidt lettere at faa oeje paa. Fra Hama gik turen til Palmyra, en ruinby midt ude i oerkenen, og ja der var varmt og toert. Palmyra ligger paa Silkevejen ved en stor oase, idag ...

... of the Citadel and did some shopping in the huge Souq's befor a dinner out then went to the hotel where Agatha Cristie wrote Murder on the Orient Express. The next day we checked out the templar castle which was pretty amazing, lots of secret pasageways ...

... rest is leeg en donker.... We zijn dus veilig Syrie uit, geen last meer van de geheime politie :-). Na Deir ez Zor nog naar Palmyra geweest (gaaf!) en nog een laatste dagje Damascus (shoppen dus, hihi. Geen paniek - of juist wel - het valt tot nu toe ...