Property Description and Price
Description:
3 Bedrooms
1 living room
2 Individual bathrooms
Sleeps up to 6 people (3x2).
Access to roof terrace
Ventilators in each room
Linen, towels and blankets are provided for any stay less than 30 days.
Breakfasts can be arranged upon requests (10 Euros for 2 persons)
Prices:
up to 2 guests
70 Euros per night
350 Euros per week
Extended stay, quote available on request
from 3 to 4 guests
90 Euros per night
450 Euros per week
Extended stay, quote available on request
from 5 to 6 guests:
110 Euros
per night
550 Euros per week
Extended stay, quote available on request
for 7 guests or more rates are available on demand.
Refundable Deposit:
400 Euros (Deposit in cash, Credit Card - PayPal,
Bank Transfers or Traveller Checks)
Location:
Map Link to Damascus House
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Useful information
How to get there?
From the Damascus airport:
- Taxi from the airport to Maktab Anbar (12-15 euros, 600-800 Syrian Pounds)
- Pick up can be arranged from the airport upon request for 15 Euros.
From Amman/Jordan:
- Shared taxis from the "Baramkeh Garage" station (400 Syrian Pounds per seat)
- Train (Recommended if you like adventure, trip may take up to 6 hours..)
- Pick up can be arranged upon request for 5 Euros.
From Beirut/Lebanon:
- Shared taxi system from the "Baramkeh Garage" station (400 Syrian Pounds per seat)
- Pick up can be arranged upon request for 5 Euros.
Weather/Average temperatures:
Spring: Sunny; 21 Celsius
Summer: Sunny; 36 Celsius
Autumn: Sunny, 24 Celsius
Winter: Rains a bit, can eventually snow; 12 Celsius
Currency:
Syrian Pounds. US Dollars widely used
Language:
Arabic. French and English spoken widely
Weight/Measurements/Electricity standards:
European standards, metric system.
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Comparative information
This section has been set up in order to help you choose the appropriate accommodation based on your budget and standards you seek during your stay in Damascus. Our aim to advise you based on our local knowledge of the market.
Western 4 stars hotels (Le Meridien; Sheraton; Cham Palace):
All located in “posh” areas of town (from 15mn to 20mn by car from the old town)
110 Euros per night (double bed rooms).
Western 2 stars hotels:
60-80 Euros per night (double bed rooms). These are spread all around the city ( most of them 10-15mn from the historical centre by car).
Youth Hostels:
10 euros per person/per night. Sanitary conditions are not always recommendable. Fits people with VERY limited budgets, who do not mind sleeping under very rudimentary conditions (rooms can often be without windows, sleeps 4-6 people in 8-10 square meters, rudimentary shower facilities etc.). Most of these hostels are locatd in the “Bahsa” area (10mn by car from the Old Town)
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A Bit of History
Damascus is considered the oldest inhabited city in the world. The oldest city in the world is said to have been existing since 8000-6000 years before Christ (B.C.) but we don't know who ruled the city at that time. Rulers became known 2000 B.C. in the "Amorite period." At that time, the city become the capital of the Aramaen kingdom as documented in the old testament. Then sovereignty passed into the hands of the Assyrians and subsequently to the Neo-Babylonians under Nebuchadnezzar in 572 B.C. Damascus then became the capital of the Persian province of Syria. Alexander the Great swept through Syria and the Persian Empire. This was the first time Damascus had come under Western control. Syria became later the heart of a huge empire that included all of Asia minor up to Iran and Afghanistan. In 64 B.C., Syria became part of the roman empire. Damascus became the mercantile middlemen of the roman empire and has gained the distinction of being among the ten most prominent cities of the Empire. During this period, Christianity was introduced in Damascus with St Paul's arrival. With the break up of the Roman Empire (395 A.D.) Damascus became a part of the eastern province of the Byzantine Empire.
635 A.D. was a turning point in the history of Damascus. Islamic armies coming from the Arabian peninsula, invaded Syria. The first decades of the Islamic rule in Damascus are considered the "Golden Age" of the city. Damascus became the capital of an empire that stretched from the Atlantic Ocean to the Indus rivers and from the south of France to the west of China. In 661 A.D. Damascus was made the capital of the Umayyad Dynasty by Muawiyam Bin Abu Sufian. The Dynasty ruled for less than a hundred years, but made significant contribution to the artistic heritage of the city. In 750 A.D. the Abbasids put an end to the Umayyad rule.
Damascus was ruled by non-Arabs when the First Crusade in 1096 A.D. invaded Syria. One after another, the Crusader states fell to the Arabs. From 1516 to 1918 Damascus was part of the Ottoman Empire. Syrians nationalists conspired against the Turks and established the Kingdom of Syria at the end of the war, which included Palestine and Lebanon. The kingdom short-lived as the league of Nations gave the French the mandate of Syria. Syrians revolted against the French and gained independence in 1946.
The city now hosts 3 million people from various ethnic and religious groups (Sunnites, Chiits, Christians, Armenians, Kurds, Jews etc..).
The Umayyad Mosque is a must see. Built in 705 before Christ on a site, which had been a place of worship for thousands of years, it contains three minarets and the huge tombs of John the Baptist and Saladin (the mosque used to be a church).
Other must sees include the Azem Palace, the Hamidiyeh souk, the Christian quarter which includes the Chapel of St. Anannias and St. Paul's window.
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