Aleppo Travel Forum

Can anyone tell me which days I should expect most touristic places and shopping sites closed due to Muslim holidays between Dec 29-Jan 5?

It is possible to see St. Simeon, Sarjella/Sergella, Ebla, Ayn Dara and Apamea in a day? And if not, what can be taken out of that program?

What can anyone say about the Maara Museum? Worth Visiting?

Are most touristic places closed on Jan 1? Or no?

What are the most important things to see in Damascus in a day?

Is there a train service from Aleppo to Palmyra?

Also is it a stupid idea to take the train from Aleppo to Damascus for a day, return at night? Will there be enough time to check a couple of important sights in Damascus within those few hours?

please ppl i am going to aleppo next week and want to find some friends before i go theer, i dont wanna stay alone, am nice and frinedly person who likes to have fun and enjoys the life

please if someone can give me name of place where i can book the ticket to gazientap.i went on thy.com.tr but its in turkish.unfortunately i dont understand.can i get a good travel agent i need to book roundtrip ticket if there is any.from gazientap airport i ca take a bus to aleppo.what are they called.
in aleppo what hotel you recommend and i plan to stay 1 or day and a half what i should sight see.then from there how far is damascus what should it cost for a taxi or bus .thank you very much for help

Does anyone know where I can enquire about apartments that are available for long term rental? Looking for 1-2 bedroom, ideally in the area of Ashrafiye, from January 2007.

dear all

i want to get some detailles about travelling from istanbul to allepo;i noticed that there is only one train each thursday ..

i want actually to take the plane from francfort to istanbul and then i need somthing to go to syria!!

may you advice if you have any ideas how when and how much does it cost ;if they accept the euro or the dollar or what?!

thanks alot for your help

thank you very much fouad but what about flight to adana and then i read somewhere here theer is bus from adana airport to aleppo,and how much does that cost what airline goes and where do i book the ticket in istanbul.also my other questions earliers about hotels where you can reccomend i saw on website birbey hotel has a good deal 1 week with breakfast for 118 british pounds for 2 people.can you advise i dont know where birbey hotel is and i want to be close to sultanhamet from what i understand sultanhamet is close to many places for sightseeing

i am visiting istanbul in feb 2nd week,will be there for 16 days,i need to know where i should visit while i'm there and i also want to go to aleppo and damuscus.i looked at the train service direct to damuscus leaves on thurs morning but it takes to long,is it a nice journey worth taking or i should fly to adana and take train from somewhere nearby.how much does it cost to fly to adana,from istanbul.then i want to get to aleppo and then to damuscus spend 1 day in aleppo is that enough and around 4 days in damuscus,after that i have to get back to istanbul i leave istanbul to uk .you know any reasonable hotels in istanbul,aleppo and damuscus.also do i need visa for turkey and syria i know turkey visa they can give me at airport how about syria will they give me visa at the border.also what are good places to shop in istanbul and aleppo.in istanbul which is good area to get a hotel european side or asian side .one last question sorry i arrive at sabiha gokcen airport are there regular buses to take me to town istanbul how much it cost around what currency i should bring.thank you if anyone can help me out .
husain

I will be making my first trip to Syria and am wondering the best way to make it to Aleppo from Istanbul. Any feedback on the travel time of the sleeper train versus a bus would be appreciated. Any advice on the best way for an American to get a visa would als be great. Thanks for any help.

Can you any body help and ask the above question please i am travelling from the uk to istanbul and then from there to aleppo i can not find any flights on line??? i will really appreciate it

thanks
Alex

thank you very much for the answer.

Please tell me how can I phone in Aleppo, Syria, from Romania? Tell me what prefixes should I use.

Please help me find the phone number of a very good friend. His name is Ara Toranian and lives in Aleppo. An e-mail address would be better. Send it to ancanistorr@yahoo.com. Please ! Many thanks in advance.

I'm going from Antep to Damascus next month and I'd like to see Aleppo too.
Whoud you please tell me how aften are the buses runing between Antep and Allepo? and trains between allepo and damascus? how much is the fare? Should I cross the border my self and then take another bus to allepo?

I am staying in Turkey and wish to travel from Adana to Aleppo (and then to Damascus). What is the best way to get to Aleppo from Adana? How long does it take?

We wish to get in touch with the family of Kusay Nureldin who was born in Aleppo and hopefully still lives in Aleppo, Syria. They tried to reach us years and years ago, but our relatives forgot to take their phone numbers. We have tried to find out their telephone numbers or their e-mail addresses, but could not be successful. We will be grateful if you could help us finding their address and telephone number. And if this happens, we will have the opportunity to visit them.

Sincerely yours,
Atak, Zuhal Zeren

Marhaba,
I am studying arabic in Damascus and i went to Aleppo last weekend.I really loved Aleppo so much and i seriously started to consider abt studying arabic there,but i have no idea abt it and i dont know anyone studies there so i hesitate.is there any good language institue foreigners study arabic?And if anyone inform me about accomodation for foreigners that would be great...
Masalama...

is it better to go from adana to aleppo or from antep to aleppo. i am coming from istanbul to aleppo and i have the choice to fly to adana or antep which is closer to aleppo first and which has more busses to alepo and are they available and time

i want to travel from Damscus to Istanbul by train , but the only avaliable direct train is on tuesday & i want to travel on wednesday & can't wait till next tuesday, i noticed that there's a daily train from Damscus to Aleppo ..also there's a daily train from Adana to Istanbul...so my question is how to get from Aleppo to Adana/Turkey & avaliable mean of transport(train or bus)..& is it daily?...what's its time table...thanks but please urgently answer me.

i will start the new year in aleppo! i will be there on 1 and 2 januray 2006
any nice hotel to recommend? lonely plante recommends diwan rasmi and beit wakil and zamaria martini, does anybody have a personal impression on them? costs?
and possibly, a trelephone number o email for reservation!!
thanks a lot
anna

I need some phone numbers,from Aleppo,if somebody can help me,please contact me:liliana77@rambler.ru

Thank you in advance,Liliana

Hi All Travellers!Is the best way to travel from Aleppo to Ankara, Turkey via Bus? Also, what cost? The train seems too long and flights too expensive. Any help would be great!

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Is there any direct BUS connection frm Aleepo to iran cities esp Tehran? Besides tehran any other cities? How long is the journey & how much?

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The Wandering camel said the price of accomodation in Al diwan was less than 40 US$. Well I tried to book a double room for December and they said the price is 65US$ + 11 % tax. Has anybody stayed there recently? Thanks a lot.

Hi everyone.
I will be in aleppo in 2 or 3 weeks,
Is there some intresting activities and nightlife there ?
Thanks for any input!

Hello, me again :-)

I am trying to fax the Baron Hotel in Aleppo to make a reservation for my forthcoming visit but the number comes up as unobtainable.

Can anyone confirm the number? The one I have is (00 963) 21 2218164

Thanks in advance

John

Hello,

I am hoping someone will be able to give me some advice and put my mind at rest..

We are travelling from the UK to Turkey on 31st August, albeit via a slightly unconventional route!. We are taking a very early flight to Greece (Kos) then catching a ferry to Bodrum and finally the overnight coach to Istanbul, arriving very early in the morning on September 1st..

The problem is that we want to travel on the through train on the 1st September from Istanbul to Aleppo and are worried that by buying the ticket on the morning of departure, with only a couple of hours to spare, we will not be able to get a sleeping compartment on this train.

Is there any way that we can buy the ticket in advance, prior to our arrival in Istanbul? If we had to pay courier charges and have the ticket sent to us in the uk it would not be a problem.

We are so looking forward to going to Syria, it seems such a wonderful country and we would hate not to be able to go due to the train being full!

Thanks in advance

John

could anybody tell me about any cultural, political, religious and other kinds of events, public holidays, festivals and things like that... which take place this year in aleppo, in september?

if you know about them please write: date, address, name of event, short description and is it worth seeing or not.

thanks a lot.