Where to sleep
Three to five hotels per open city, selected for condition, location and reliability rather than price. Check live prices through the links below, or write to the hotel straight from this page: your own email app opens with the request already filled in, and the hotel answers you directly. No payment is taken on this site.
The coast's main resort hotel, formerly Rotana-branded, on its own beach with pools, sea-view rooms and a summer crowd of Damascene families. The place to stay if the sea is the point of the coast for you.
The Cham Palaces chain's seaside property: a large beach complex with chalets as well as rooms, a marina and several restaurants. Older than Afamia and more spread out, popular for long family stays.
A modern four-star tower in central Tartus, the practical base for Arwad island, the Crusader cathedral and the fish restaurants on the corniche. Rooms on the upper floors look over the harbour.
A hill-town hotel below the Templar keep of Safita, cooler than the coast in summer and a sensible overnight between Tartus and the castle. Simple rooms, big views over olive terraces to the sea.
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Booking.com and Expedia still do not take reservations for hotels in Syria, so hotels are booked directly: by email from this page, by phone or WhatsApp, or through a licensed operator who holds the room for you. Payment is mostly on arrival, in cash dollars; since late August 2026 foreign Visa and Mastercard cards also work at many upscale hotels in Damascus and Aleppo. Quoted rates are per room per night, indicative, and move with the season.
Syrian booking platforms such as HalaSyria, SyriaBooking and Rahal list hotels, some with online payment. They are new and have few reviews; we have not vetted them and do not earn from them, so use the caution you would with any new payment site.
Ask for the rate in writing, confirm whether it includes the 10% service and tax, and whether cards are accepted that week — card terminals are being installed hotel by hotel. Several famous names still operate under old chain branding without the chain behind them; service is usually fine, but loyalty points and chain guarantees do not apply.