http://www.odyssei.com Syria, - lately on the site en-us Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:42:38 +0100 Thu, 25 Jan 2007 22:42:38 +0100 pet@odyssei.com (Piotr Jaworski) pjm@odyssei.com (Pawel Jaworski) http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24765.html Required travel documents for Syria: passport [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24765.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24354.html Electric power: 220V / 50 Hz [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/24354.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/23998.html Area code to Syria: +963 [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/23998.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13845.html Hama is a quiet town between Aleppo and Damascus. It is one of the most attractive in Syria, and makes a good base for exploring nearby ruins. Much of the town's charm comes from the Orontes River. The water wheels are set in a lovely park in the middle o [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13845.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13844.html Dead Cities are a series of ghost-towns that lie among the limestone hills between the Aleppo-Hama highway in the east and the Orontes River in the west. They namely Jerada, Ruweiha, Serjilla and Al-Bara. The great mystery is why these towns were abandone [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13844.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13843.html The city is made almost entirely from black basalt, most of which has been filched from older buildings. It is also has one of the best preserved Roman theatres in the world. It's other archetectual merit is the theatre, particularly unusual in that it wa [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13843.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13842.html Palmyra's ruins date from the 2nd century AD, although the city began its rise to glory under the Assyrians. There are plenty of ruins to ferret around in at Palmyra. The Temple of Bel is a massive square courtyard. Across the road is the Great Colonnade, [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13842.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13841.html Krak des Chevaliers has two parts: an outside wall with 13 towers and an inside wall and keep. The two are separated by a moat which was used to fill the baths and water the horses, but is now moodily full of stagnant water. Walk through the main entrance [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13841.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13840.html It is the second largest city in Syria. Aleppo has fascinating covered souqs, citadel, museum and khans (caravanserais), it's a great place to spend a few days. The citadel dominates the city at the eastern end of the souqs. The citadel's exterior has a [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13840.html http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13839.html Damascus is the largest city and capital of Syria. It is another contender for the world's oldest continuously inhabited city - there was a settlement here as long ago as 5000 BC. The centre of the city is Martyrs' Square (aka Saahat ash-Shohada) - most o [...] http://www.odyssei.com/travel-tips/13839.html