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Forward Magazine: http://www.fw-magazine.com/content/old-house
Financial Times: http://www.fabsearch.com/Hotel/3334/Beit-Rumman-a-cool-Hotel-in-Damascus/Old-City or http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/2e2f382e-cbcd-11dd-ba02-000077b07658.html
Beit Rumman, a cool hotel in Damascus (Old City)
The FT's travel editor Rahul Jacob says that Beit Rumman is the smallest boutique hotel in Damascus and also the "prettiest." Concerning Syria, he comments, " Syria is in vogue today because it offers citadels that look as if they might be a stage set for yet another film about the Crusades. The competing muezzins’ calls to prayer sound as if they were still the voice of Bilal, picked by the Prophet Muhammad for his mellifluous voice." Read more about touring Syria in the attached Financial Times articles.
Syria Comment: http://joshualandis.com/blog/?p=2082
the boutique hotel in old Damascus pictured above, gets wonderful write ups, and typifies the handful of new hotels that have opened in the old city last year. The renovation process took years to complete. A crew of skilled artisans from Maaloula polished every stone and chiseled new ones to replace those that had been lost. The central fountain and mosaics were restored with great care, new plumbing, electricity and carved woodwork was put in. The owners spent every weekend trolling the souq for old antiques to adorn the six luxurious rooms and piano bar and sauna in the basement. They oversaw every aspect of the restoration. hiring an art historian and a super architect to return the house to its 19th century glory. Newly carved wood ceilings were installed in each room and elaborately painted according to original Ottoman styles and patterns. It is hard to imagine the amount of work and love that goes into restoring one of these hotels.
The National: http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090131/TRAVEL/803494536&SearchID=73382354987397
Syria Today: http://www.syria-today.com/index.php/july-2008/259-culture/741-the-house-of-pomegranates
Lara Dunston, a self-confessed “perpetual globetrotter” has written more than 40 travel books and hundreds of articles. She says: “In Damascus, Beit Rumman is my ‘beit’ of choice: sensitive restoration, tranquil courtyard, trickling fountain, friendly staff, fab location.”
Egypt Today: http://www.egypttoday.com/article.aspx?ArticleID=8432
Obelisque: attached PDF document
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Beit Rumman Boutique Hotel
72 Qishleh St.
John the Baptist intersection, next to the Syriac Orthodox Church
Main road of Bab Toma - Old City of Damascus
Tel: +963 11 545 1092/3/4
Fax:+963 11 545 1095
www.bietrumman.com
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