Aleppo
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Aleppo Overview
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Our Top Picks For Aleppo
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1 Aleppo’s souq
Haggle beside the locals in Aleppo’s souq, arguably the most vibrant and authentic in the whole Middle East
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2 Al-Jdeida
Lose yourself in the labyrinthine alleys of charming Al-Jdeida
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3 Boutique hotels
Live like a pasha for a night at one of Aleppo’s Arabian Nights–style boutique hotels and try to stop yourself extending your booking
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4 Qala’at Samaan
Explore Qala’at Samaan, the hilltop remains of a sumptuous Byzantine cathedral dedicated to an ascetic who lived his life on top of a pillar
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5 Dead Cities
Tiptoe around the Dead Cities, the eerie shells of abandoned ancient towns and villages scattered across the landscape
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Our favourite Aleppo Blogs (beta)
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Aleppo: Antiquity and the Pistachio
Blog: Aerohaveno: A Travel Blog - 17 April 2009
In 1994 we were teaching English in Egypt, and spent our annual holiday travelling overland through Syria and Jordan. Here’s a slice of our experiences in Aleppo...
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Introducing Aleppo
While Damascus was always the ‘holy’ city, the seat of rulers and wary of foreigners, Aleppo (or Halab as it is known), Syria’s second city, has been one of commerce since Roman times. While both cities claim the title of ‘oldest continually inhabited city in the world’, it’s in Aleppo that the legacy of history feels more immediate.
Aleppo today retains that air of an Arabian bazaar city, with people going about business as they have done for centuries. The streets speak a rhythm of sounds – from horse-drawn carts over cobblestones to the more frenetic pace of donkey-riding couriers, still the fastest way through the atmospheric, labyrinthine souq that’s fragrant with olive soap, exotic spices, roasting coffee and succulent grilled shwarma.
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