24/10/00 Damas

Way Palmyre - Damas

Opposite of site entry. Take the Karnak company and reservation are advised. Before 14h00 for the following day. Else the same day. Way through desert (100 £S).

 

Housing  : Al-Rabie Hotel (Sharia Bahsa)

Cheap hotel (175 £S for a bed in dormitory) but a little dirty. For the moment they renovate old paintings. Possibilities of taking lunches. Notebooks filled with tricks and easy ways are consultable at the entry.

 

Excursion mosque of Omeyyades  :

Paying entry (50 £S). Attention women must carry an infamous coat. Two entry , one for the Moslems, and an other for tourists. You can try to say you're a moslems. Tomb of Jean-Baptiste.

 

Excursion to the tomb of Saladin  :

Just near the mosque, admission free.

Excursion in the Souks  :

See absolutely spices souks. Attention the souks are very large is possible to be lost. But environment worth the walk.