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.
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