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What is the weather like?


By syriaadmin - Posted on 03 July 2008

Syria is extremely hot in the summer. Thankfully, the rooms at St. Elias have airconditioning. Participants are recommended to bring hats, sunglasses, sun screen and also swim trunks and a towel as there will be some arrangements to swim in some five stars hotel and in Latakia in the Mediterranean sea.

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Facts About Damascus

  • Damascus is believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.
  • Shi'ia Muslims make pilgrimages to Damascus to several important mosques.
  • Saint Paul was converted to Christianity "on the road to Damascus".
  • The largest restaurant in the world is located in Damascus (according to the Guinness Book of World Records).
  • The old city of Damascus has seven gates or main entrances.