"Wilfrid Thesinger annotated the saleroom catalogue which disposed of his lifelong collection of Arabian travel-books. Beside Doughty’s Travels in Arabia Deserta, he commented, “No other book about Arabia can compare with this.” T. E. Lawrence had..."
Syria Guide: Overview, Hotels & Travel Writing
About Syria
Syria is steeped in history, its capital Damascus is the worlds longest inhabited city and second city Aleppo is almost as old. The best-preserved Roman theatre on the planet stands in Bosra and the Roman city of Palmyra is equally impressive. Luxury hotels and boutique hotels are few and far between, but if you manage to book a room, they make all the difference when exploring the rest of the country.View all hotels in Syria >Featured Hotels in Syria
Dar Zamaria
"A fantastic traditional boutique hotel occupying an Ottoman-style former family residence in Aleppo."
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Four Seasons Hotel Damascus
"A timeless luxury hotel in Damascus' cultural hub, offering plenty of rejuvenating spa treatments and stunning views."
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Articles About Syria
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Charles Doughty’s Travels in Arabia Deserta
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Barnaby Rogerson
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Syria
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The Southern Provinces
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Damascus
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A Journey to Bosra
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Barnaby Rogerson
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Syria
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The Southern Provinces
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Damascus
"I know a woman who offers up her necklace of stories, a string of ancient stones mixed with worn glass trading beads, to her children. I have watched them finger the different colours and feel the shapes that have come warmed from their mother’s..."
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Damascus: A City for Shopping
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Nick Maes
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Syria
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The Southern Provinces
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Damascus
"Not everyone enjoys shopping; especially blokes, and in particular not this one. That anyone can wring a scintilla of satisfaction from trawling around a store in the hope of making a purchase baffles me. But then I suffer from a rare..."
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Palmyra: In The Footsteps Of Lady Jane
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Fiona Dunlop
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Syria
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The Southern Provinces
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Damascus
"To one side of the road stretched a stark escarpment, to the other the march of huge pylons, otherwise the smudgey yellow horizon was empty bar the occasional truck. We passed a daunting highway sign to Baghdad then, minutes later, a more rustic..."
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Aleppo
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Nick Maes
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Syria
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The Northeastern Desert
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Aleppo
"As I moved through Syria, I became an idiosyncratic time traveller; quickly realising it is impossible to tread anywhere that hasn’t already been visited, inhabited or invaded by Phoenicians and Egyptians, Romans, Mamluks and the Knights Templar. TE..."
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