Tourist Hotel Aleppo

... couple of hotels. Everything booked. We get a room at the third one with the intention of going the following morning to the Tourist Hotel with far better rooms and lower prices. Even though I am exhausted from the bus trip, the following day at ...

... in Aleppo, flying directly there from Cairo.  On arriving at the airport, we told the taxi driver we wished to go to the 'Tourist Hotel' (yes, it is actually called that) and he said 'Madam Olga?'.  Ben was all prepared to say 'no', but having ...

... hand, a friendly Syrian offered to show us the way to the hotel.  Unfortunately 'Tourist Hotel' was full so we crossed over the road into 'Springflower Hotel' which promised guidebook recommendations, friendly ...

We met a really nice couple from Poland at our hotel in Aleppo and together we booked a driver through our hotel to take us to 3 places that were a bit far and hard to get to by public transport - Qala'at Samaan and the dead cities ...

... and two that were nude beaches, we had to write these down on a piece of paper, no doubt for some later tourist to confirm. Conversation got a little more delicate when topics such as Australian soldiers in Iraq, and homosexual marriage were brought up ...

Our first tourist spot in Aleppo was the Citadel of Aleppo (7,000BC Est.) medieval fort castle situated on a mound in the ancient part of the city considered to be the oldest in the world has been occupied by many civilisations, much of ...

... research done at a "Second Cup" on camping grounds. The only campground I could find was 60 kms out of Aleppo toward Q’al al Saaman, a noted tourist site. We decide to drive around the ring road toward the airport, expecting to find a hotel for the ...

... it was some muslim pied piper waking people up for their 4:30 am ramadan diner. it was pretty cool. the main tourist attraction in aleppo, besides the shopping, was the citadel. the citadel is basically a huge moatted fort which is at the center of ...

... impression of Syria is that its not geared towards tourists which is quite refreshing.  I only visited a few places Aleppo (along with Damascus) vies for the oldest continuosly inhabited city in the world title, pretty impressive.  I liked ...

... and already knowing the environment you return to makes your stay more enjoyable. After a night I moved on to Aleppo, again, checking in the hotel I had already been familiar with. It was buying presents I stopped over for. Luckily the town provides ...

... walk toward the Citadel without the aid of a map, just heading off in the general direction.  A few paces away from the tourist zone took me to the grey and noisy drab of Aleppo's urban neighbourhoods.  Everywhere people were busy at work - an ...

Drove the truck into Aleppo this morning. At the tourist bureau we had cups of tea flavoured with cinnamon with a couple of friendly guys who worked there. We then headed off into souks where us women split off to go look for our gear for Iran. After much ...

... appetizers shared by the group followed by our personal entrees, all for around $10. Afterwards we stop at the historic Baron hotel, the oldest in Aleppo, and home to a check signed by T.E. Lawrence (but never paid!) We then head to a shisha bar near the ...

Was approached by some tourist guide guy who said he would call my hotel and check for accomodation. not that old chestnut. anyway, he looked like Gerard Kelly so immediately took a dislike to him. He called a hotel and they said they would send ...

... , 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 delegates, but ...

... wonderful university student, Mohamed, approached me and walked with me to the first and cheapest hotel in my guidebook, Tourist Hotel, which was about 20 min away from the Souk. Tourist was booked, along with the following 4 hotels in my trusted Lonely ...

... one spluttering moped. They ride past restaurants and bars called thıngs like 'Palmyra Restaurant and Buffet Touristy' or 'New Tourist Hotel' and past shops selling lethal medieval maces. The point of this hilarious place is as a base for busloads ...

... as well. We will probably spend two days here. This is the largest city not only in Syria, but also in the entire Levant (the largest between Istanbul and Baghdad for sure!). Tourist Hotel= $15 from here, a 2.5 hour busride to Hama is in order for ...

... Antalya (near Olympos, where we had just left) and from there catch an overnight bus to Antakya and hope there was a connecting bus to Aleppo. The bus to Antalya departed at 4.45pm (the guy that sold us the ticket had said 4.30) and the bus from there to ...

... to get lost amongst the many passageways that interconnect the various souqs - jammed with shops (many selling the famous Aleppo olive oil and laurel leaf soap), vendors, shoppers and the occasional small lorry. It was interesting to note that ...