Syria accomodation

Hi all,

We now have our flights orgainised to and from Syria. Seems like we will have to apply for a multiple visa when we arrive in Syria. We will be there for approx 25days and intend to visit Jordan (thus the multiple entry visa - for our return flight).

We still havent decided how to actually devise our holiday, though we intend to spend more time in Jordan and hopeully hire a car in both countries.

Our main problem is finding hotels that are decent, clean, reasonably priced and well located in all areas plus a good car hire company.

Any suggestions will be of great help!

Nadja - Malta

2 suggestions, based on having been staying there repeatedly :

Afamia***, Damascus - near Hedjaz station, just behind the main post office, 10 mins walk from the main souq and old town - just a pity that it takes them always several days before the reply on inquiries/bookings, but excellent value for money :

e-mail : afamia.hotel@mail.sy ; ask for a 'business room', very pleasant renovated rooms on the 2nd floor ; we paid in 2007 : USD 42,- per night, excl. breakfast @ USD 5,- p/pers. ; but hotel rates have apparently gone up considerably in the meantime, expect, I guess, at least USD 60,- ( see my own request, posted 18th July, 'Price level for tourist services' and reactions ) ;

Noria***, Hama - very central situation, mid-sized hotel on the 4th floor, just over the best ice cream parlour in town, very friendly management and staff, warm welcome, smallish but cosy rooms ( ask definitely for rooms at the back side, as road traffic starts very early in the morning and is very loud ! ) ; rate for September 2010 : USD 65,- double/twin room, incl. tax and breakfast ; e-mail : admin@noria-hotel.com ( under same management and also popular, somewhat less comfortable, a bit further down the same street : Cairo hotel ) ; very convenient by the way : reliable and friendly laundry shop almost opposite elevator door on ground floor, can be nice mid-way your trip !

When returning to Syria ( now postponed for some reason ) we don't even consider other places.

Driving a car is something we even wouldn't consider in Syria ( but we did in Jordan ), as this seemed more or less a suicidal adventure. Public transportation is excellent on trunk routes - frequent and cheap buses, and on some routes also even cheaper and definitely very comfortable trains, although not frequent - see www.syrische-eisenbahn.de for three lingual information on fares and schedules.

Enjoy your trip to marvellous Syria.

I also liked the Afamia hotel , it is well located, very clean and nice.
My suggestions:

Palmyra - Ishar Hotel
Deir Ez-Zur - Ziad Hotel
Aleppo - Dallal House

Hey hoy ... :)

I have question on this topic ... if somebody can help me :)

We are students from Europe :) but .... we would like is there somebody who knows for some
kind of acomodation for some normal money :) ... When i say normal i mean of course for the less then 50 or 60 dollars! :)

As the Syria is quite cheap country ... we would like to wind some HOSTEL if somebody know there for no more than 10 dollars per night :)

THANKS IN ADVANCE :) ....... In Syria :) .... i am, Syrian :)

Marko :)

Marko, Syria is a quite cheap country (compared to Europe) but it is not easy to find a good and cheap accommodation in Damascus. The Ghazal Hotel is a good option. I stayed there in October 2008 and payed 600 S£ (12 $) for a dormbed.

In Hama I stayed at the Cairo Hotel and payed 350 S£ for a single room with shared bathroom. They also have cheaper dormrooms.

Edited by: jodah

hi,

Accomodation

There is plenty of accomodation. These are some of the places I liked a lot:

Damascus: Al Rabie, Saruja-Bashsa Str., +963 (11) 2318374, alrabiehotel@hotmail.com
Hama: Riad Hotel, Kouatli Str., 963 (33) 239512 or 963 (33) 235540 (organises tours, a bit commercial), riadhotel@scs-net.org
Aleppo: Al-Gawaher, Bab Al-Faraj Str, +963 (21) 2239554, gawaherh@aloola.sy
Lattakia: Hotel Lattakia, Shikh Daher, North Mosque, 479527 or 458678
Deir-Az-Zawr: Main Street, 051 362070