Pictures from Damascus

Hookah - an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; Gerald smoking waterpipe at hotel -- apple-flavoured;



The first place we approached was booked. The second place had one room left, which we took at 900 SYP ($18.00), which is more our budget. The hotel has a beautiful courtyard inside featuring trailing vines, an orange tree and a central fountain. The floors and walls are ceramics. The house is a few hundred years old. The person at the desk is 96 years old and he is the official welcomer, inviting you to come and enjoy the courtyard.

2. Inner courtyard of hotel;



3. Inner courtyard of hotel.