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Not many services on offer here, but the rooms are bright and breezy and offer good value if you can make sure you get one of the recently refurbished en suites. Mind you don’t get stuck in one of the older rooms, which can be dingy. Service is not first class, but friendly enough. Unassuming but pleasant hotel in a surprisingly quiet area given its central location. The tiny lift can be a little hair-raising and the whole place has something of a colonial air to it. Popular with the French.
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The comfortable, spacious rooms have a kitchenette area with sink, hob, fridge and en-suite bathroom. Great value for what you get, but not a prime location unless you need a quick stop-off point when returning in a service taxi from Beirut and Amman, as it is just around the corner from the central bus station where the cars leave from. The hotel has internet access in its business centre and a decent enough restaurant serving Oriental and European dishes. It’ll be a 10-minute walk into the city centre, though.
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The hotel is located close to the heart of Damascus’ downtown, near the business and shopping centre, but is nevertheless blissfully quiet, standing off a pedestrian street in the tangled alleys of Sarouja. For the baroque of taste, the architecture and design will be a feast with geometric tile work, bold zig-zagging patterns laid over the marble floors and arabesques and gilded columns the order of the day. In the summer guests can take dinner on the terrace under the shade of palm trees. Perhaps the best budget hotel in Damascus.
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As a first stop-off point for newcomers on a very tight budget, this beautiful old Ottoman house with courtyard and fountain makes the perfect introduction to Damascus. A double room with en suite is only £6. Very friendly and jovial atmosphere. If you fancy something a little rough and ready but authentic, then this is your best bet, but try to book ahead as space is very limited.
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This place is good value for what you get: a central location just off the Bassa computer market, standard airconditioned rooms with satellite TV and a great view out across the city to the mountains. The hotel has two restaurants which cook up oriental and Western dishes and there is a bar and summer terrace for drinking tea, coffee or playing cards. There’s also a decent gym, which is a rarity in this price bracket, and one conference hall seating 200.
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