Apamee Cham Palace Hama, Syria, Hama

Hotel: Apamee Cham Palace Hama

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Apamee Cham Palace Hama
Syria

Time Info:
Check in: 02:00 PM
Check out: 12:00 PM

Hotel description
The hotel is located in the centre of Hama. Overlooking the Orontes river with its famous water wheels. The Apamee Cham Palace has 200 rooms and suites , two restaurants, a bar and an oriental lobby bar, business center as well as banquet and meeting facilities for up to 220 persons. Outdoor swimming pool, tennis courts and a large parking area. It is the only five star palace in Hama.

Dining
· Restaurant Al Nawaeer oriental and occidental cuisine – all week days
· Al Hadika : Le Jardin “ restaurant : garden view Syrian , oriental , occidental cuisine
· Le Patio: oriental cuisine – snacks
· Oriental Lobby bar
· Bar
· Coffee shop

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Hama: situated between Homs and Aleppo on the banks of the Orontes river, is an important agricultural and industrial center. Hama is considered the most picturesque city in Syria and one may wish to take time to relax in the attractive gardens along the river banks.
Hama situated 205 km of Damascus city ,on the banks of the Orontes river, is an important agricultural and industrial center. Hama is considered the most picturesque city in Syria and one may wish to take time to relax in the attractive gardens along the river banks. The chief attraction of Hama are the great norias (waterwheels), Originating in the Byzantine times, the oldest surviving wheels date from the 13th century. Today, 17 norias are still turning on the Orontes. These norias were used to raise water from the river into aqueducts. As this function is now carried out by electric pumps, the purpose of the wheels today is purely decorative and of historical interest.

Apamea: Sister-city to Palmyra. It is located 55km Northern of hama.it is a Greco-roman city built around 300aD.This stopover site along the caravan route was founded by one of Alexander's lieutenants, who named it in homage to his Persian wife, Apamea.In the time of the Seleucids, it was second largest city in Syria after Antioch.It was surrounded by a fortified wa11 8.5 kilometers long and had roughly a million inhabitants, including 120,000 nobles.From its bygone days of glory, the city has preserved the smooth and cabled columns lining the interminable "cardo," the monumental avenue 1,850 meters long and 37,5 meters wide running across the center of the city, while the ruins of the governor's house still evoke the visit of Cleopatra and Mark Antony. Septimus Severus arrived in the year 179, when he was legate of the 4th Scynthian Legion and, later, in the year 215 the Emperor Caracalla called her on his way home from a journey through Egypt. At the beginning of the 5th Century, Apamea, with its view over the Orontes and the Ghab Plain, was the capital of Syria Secunda whilst Antioch was the capital of Syria Prima. It was also the home to the headquarters of an archbishopric. This period of peace and prosperity enjoyed by the town was not to last due to a series of Persian invasions during the 6th Century. Apamea was spared from the Persian’s pillages until the year 573. It fell into their hands again from 613 to 628 and was to remain so until the Arabs conquered it in the year 638. In 975, Byzantines arrived and occupied Apamea for eighteen years until 993. In 1106, it was conquered by the Crusaders. Forty three years later, in 1149, the town was once again taken over by Nur Al-Din Ibn-Zanki. The site is full of mosaics, some of which can be, seen at the neighboring museum. One cannot stroll through Apamea without stumbling across untold numbers of pilasters, basins and friezes. To walk here is to walk on whole stratums of civilizations past, perfumed with the humus of the centuries and the magic of stones spattered in gold and honey .

Anderin: About 60 km north east of Hama, this Byzantine settlement is an extensive site. It covers an area of 3 Km sq., and although not much of it is recognizable, the remains of the Barracks and a few segments of the cathedral can be seen. This Byzantine settlement must have been of religious importance, as there were formerly nine other churches. Most of the town is built from mud brick, although the important buildings were built of volcanic basalt stone. The town was surrounded by a 1.5-meter thick wall, which had rectangular towers at several points for guards. The Barracks date back to the end of Justinian's reign, when he built many defensive sites in Northern Syria, like Resafa and Qasr Ibn Wardan. The Cathedral is typical of 6th century Syrian style. It is structured of three naves separated by archways with an apse that ends in a semi-circle. Only segments of this cathedral are evident, however it bears resemblance to Church of Bissos.

Ibn Wardan Castle: Located 63 Km to the northeast of Hama, is Qasr Ibn Wardan. This castle, built in the years of 561 - 564, is often considered one of the most beautiful of the castles built by Emperor Justinian. It possesses a pattern that is similar to the royal buildings of Constantinople. It is a complex of Palace, Church and Military Barracks. The palace was probably used by the Governor of the region, and a lot of it has been restored by the Antiquities Department. The church part of the complex is the most interesting feature, and nothing remains of the Barracks.

Asriyeh Castle: This is situated 110 Km to the east of Hama, and used to be a station for trade caravans traveling between the north and the south. The most interesting feature is the Roman Temple that dates back to the 1st century AD.

Deir Al Saleeb: Located on a rocky hill 40 Km to the southwest of Hama, are the basilicas of Deir Al Saleeb. There are two churches here that were built in the 5th century

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