Zenobia Hotel Palmyra

... from Lattakia named Maya, and together with Tayser, embarked on a FIVE stop search to find the perfect NYE party. First stop: Zenobia hotel, with 3 heavily made up women dancing in the middle of the restaurant and a few tables of Syrian men staring at ...

... a lot of travelling, both separately and together. We found a lot in common, and shared an otherwise pretty ordinary buffet at the Hotel Zenobia dining room, as it was blowing too hard to dine alfresco on the terrace.    After dinner we ventured ...

... of a former Byzantine church. At the end of the colonade was the Diocelitian's camp. It used to be Zenobia's palace, the last queen of Palmyra but when she was defeated it was converted into a Roman Army camp. The place was empty ...

... .  Honestly we could really care less about the story but the locals really like to market there shops and restaurants with Zenobia or Aurelian titles.   What's left is ruins - and lots of them.  The main colonnades are free and available ...

... . Arrived here in Palmyra late afternoon. We'll get tomorrow morning to explore the ruins. We're camping in the grounds of the Hotel Zenobia which is situated right on the edge of the ruins and is quite crowded. They've used some of the capitals from the ...

... recent gerestaureerd. In het NW is er het kamp van Diocletianus met de 'tempel van de standaarden'. De necropolis van Palmyra situeert zich buiten de stad zowel in het noorden, het westen als het zuiden. Er zijn individuele en ...

... 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 ...

... Heart (statues, etc). We are currently in the middle of the no where in Palmyra (very well preserved ruins which were commissioned by Queen Zenobia while attempting to establish an empire between the Persians and the Byzintines. A ...

... However, it is in a perfect high spot to watch the sunset. How beautifully the setting sun lights the ruins... I looked down on Palmyra and realized how small it was. Later, my driver Mohammad told me that the population was about 100,000. Most probably, ...

... displaced Iraqis that we have met, can travel safely there once again.  It was from this desert that they feisty beauty Queen Zenobia ruled her empire back in AD270.  It is said that she had killed her husband and taken over the throne.  ...

... of old met in Palmyra (called Tadmor by the Arabs) and the city became a centre of unsurpassed wealth. Palmyra's most famous resident was the Queen Zenobia who claimed descent from Cleopatra. She ruled(after the suspicious death of her husband) in 267 AD ...

... how long it took! The armies of Queen Zenobia were beaten back by the Roman forces and as retribution they torched Palmyra and knocked Zenobia's head off her shoulders and off all her statues in Palmyra. The city then went into decline and fell to ...

... de Palmyre, mettant a terre les Syriens et meme les Egyptiens. La fete prit fin avec la reaction musclee romaine, Aurelien capturant Zenobia et la ramenant a Rome (ce qui donna lieu a une scene probablement mythique, la reine ayant ete mise en cage et ...

Dar-Ez-Zour to Palmyra Mon 17thMay Simple breakfast in hotel. bought bread very fresh from the man who is making still busy making it by putting the circular dough on a circular pillow and then using this to stick it to the inside of his very hot oven. He ...

Arrived in the desert oasis town of Palmyra.  Wandered around the ancient roman ruins of the queen zenobia and climbed to the top of the hilltop fortress to watch the sunset. Not much to do in this town apart from the ruins and stayed in a flea ...

... by every camel man was over the top.  We wandered around and finished at the ampitheatre. Sipping tea at the Zenobia Hotel (the only hotel to look over the ruins), was restful after a morning of traipsing over rocks and sand.  Next ...

... only shows a few of the columns still standing and showings the initial route served. Diocletian's Camp Zenobia Baths The Folklore Museum Its clear to say Palmyra looked very distinguished in the role it placed along the Silk Road Route and is ...