Travel Guide Hama

Coming from Homs, vendors, coolers around the neck, offer small vanilla or chocolate cones to the many truckers who travel from the coast. A few kilometres from Hama, it is the turn of the fish merchants to take place on the side of the road. The Orontes is near, the first vision of one of Syria's most important rivers at the level of the Al-Rastan dam built in the 1960 s, impossible to miss. The view on water restraint is surprising." I am distributing on Hama the enchantment of pleasure that awaits me. What an attractive city, under its Arab sails, with the eternal song that day and night, she pupil with a strong voice in one of the Orontes loops! '»»»»This presents the charm of Hama, the song of his giant norias who, from a circular movement, lifts water from the river to the gardens, celebrated by Maurice Jacquemin in his novel A garden on the Orontes. Inspired by many poets, the singing of norias was often compared with the tears of a mother weeping her child or even the lamentations of forbidden lovers. The art galleries of the city often exhibit paintings (not always successful) of the norias, a source of inspiration also for painters. The norias fly the star to other monuments, such as the homes of the old town, its lords, its mosques. In the interest of investing in this heritage, some people are engaged in the restoration of old homes to make restaurants or hotels in the same spirit as in Aleppo.Hama is a city where the evenings are pleasant. Much more, Hama is an excellent anchor for excursions in the region (Apamea, Massyaf, Krak des Chevaliers, Qal Shmemis, Qasr Ibn Wardan, Anderin…).