Sheraton Damascus

... ,Sunithy,and our two daughters Natalie and Naomi. We all landed in Alexandria and drove to Giza where we were booked in the Sheraton hotel, the stay was good, ventired out to all the pyramids sites and also saw the stepped pyramids, Cairo is a bustling ...

Amman to Damascus -Sat 8th May We're up fairy early for us, decide to get breakfast near the bus station rather than pay Sheraton prices, check out (zero bill, great these Sheraton points) and go for a taxi. The driver, on hearing that we want to go to ...

Damascus - Sunday 9th Went to check out swimming pool for swim before breakfast but told it was only open from 10 - 6 - so only when we weren't likely to be there! So we jumped in a cab and asked to go to the Old City. We got taken miles around to the ...

Damascus ...

... packing away all our stuff from the truck and eating a leisurely breakfast. Feeling a little revived, we caught a taxi to the Sheraton where we spent an afternoon of luxury - taking baths, enjoying the wonderful room and spending time by the enormous ...

... Soviet leaders?   As we entered the city I started to spot the major hotels:  Le Meridian, Sheraton, Hilton.  Then I noticed a new building surrounded by upscale shopping and dining establishments-the Four Seasons.  Security here ...

... of accomodation when I told him I was only planning on paying 500 syrian pounds per night ("Why don't you stay in the Sheraton..?"  "Well, I don't have $200 american to spend on accomodation every night.."), and asked if I minded if he come in and ...

... eyes in the dry, sauna like heat. So at 9:30pm, we left the house for dinner.  Promised a pizza bar dinner at the Sheraton, which Louis was so excited for, we put on our nicest clothes (the only pair of pants we each brought-slightly wrinkled, in a ...

... an open area for tourists to visit, the locals know they don't have to bargain, as the tourist will pay anyway, finding that Damascus is more developed in terms of tourist spending and visiting. In that respect Aleppo i would have to say is better but in ...

... open area for tourists to visit, the locals know they don't have to bargain, as the tourist will pay anyway, finding that Damascus is more developed in terms of tourist spending and visiting. In that respect Aleppo i would have to say is better but ...

... , it was very quiet and no hassle! The mosque didn't open till 10 so we wandered around the backstreets for a bit, a brilliant experience. Damascus has a vibe which is really hard to put your finger on, but we felt really "at home" with it all. Not ...

... a bedouin guy was selling camel rides tottally unrelated in the parking lot, by far the sharpest free market idea i saw all day. i guess this was just another day in damascus...besides that crazy potato food i ate which i will NEVER forget. keep reading! ...

... to compromise as a one way street runs the wrong way. We navigate by instinct and approximation and finally fight our way clear of Damascus. We are heading for Suyedeyan and go rather a round about way of getting there. We arrive Our next stop is ...

After walking along straight street to find the souks we eventually halted to this magnificent ornate building which was the Umayyad Mosque. This mosque held Saladin coffin and also a shrine to St John the Baptist (prophet Yahya). Its splendorous ...

... expedition to see some of the highlights that Syria has to offer international tourists. Our guide is Ayman, originally from Damascus has studied internationally and is English speaking. This was really the first chance to meet with similar travel minded ...

... Aleppo, hire a fixer or guide to assist you  (unless you speak Arabic yourself) as this could save long delays. Sheraton Hotel, Aleppo Now obviously i was invited by the Ministry of Tourism to attend a Festival in Syria and there were many ...

... expedition to see some of the highlights that Syria has to offer international tourists. Our guide is Imah, originally from Damascus has studied internationally and is English speaking. This was really the first chance to meet with similar travel ...

... worried because the only 3 pics on the card were of the local industry, which we snapped to show our blog fans that Damascus was as environmentally ghastly as Aleppo. He didn’t seem to be concerned about those pics, especially as I offered to ...

... sure if it was a boy or a girl. We also saw a lot of Mari god statues which we nicknamed 'boggles statues' from the Damascus museum. Unfortunately we weren’t allowed to take pictures of the antiquities inside, so we’ve only got pictures of the ...