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أورانتس
Hama · on the banks of the Asi
An old Syrian house: a stone gate on the lane, and behind it an entrance hall of black and cream stone.
Through the passage
From the lane you see only a stone wall and a gate under the name Orontes in mosaic. Walk through the passage into the entrance hall: bands of black and white stone, an arched wooden door and an engraved brass stand.
This is how the old Syrian houses were built: quiet outside, warm within. We kept the house as it was and opened its rooms to our guests.
Along the carved doors
From the entrance hall, a quiet corridor of carved wooden doors leads to the rooms. Choose yours.
Need more space to sleep? An extra bed is $8 a night, and a mattress is free, in any room.
See all roomsMorning to night
Mornings and evenings next door at the restaurant, and the quiet hours in between at the house.
Morning
From 7 am, order breakfast through the hotel and have it brought to your room for $5; from 10 am, walk a few steps to Orontes Restaurant and order what you like.
Afternoon
Back from the norias and the old town, rest in the iwan as the stone cools and the shadows grow long.
Evening
Syrian dishes, grills or Western food, right next door, and then only a few steps back to the hotel.
On the roof, at night
Our name comes from the river. Orontes is the ancient name of the Asi, “the rebel”, so called because it defies the other rivers of the region and flows from south to north.
On its banks the great wooden norias have turned for centuries, their creaking song heard day and night. Some of our rooms look straight out over the river and the wheels.
Photo: Abdulhadi.Najjar · CC BY-SA 3.0 · night version edited
Finding the house
In the old Al-Tawafra quarter of Hama, close to the Asi and its norias.
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Good to know
The short answers to what guests ask before they come.
Orontes Hotel is in the old Al-Tawafra quarter of Hama, Syria, on Abi al-Fida Street, close to the Asi river and its historic norias.
It is an old Syrian house turned hotel: a stone gate on the lane, an entrance hall of black and cream ablaq stone and a vaulted iwan. Orontes Restaurant is right next door.
Six room types: a Single Room with Noria View, a Double Room with Tree View, a Twin Room, a Triple Room, a Suite with Tree View and a Suite with Noria View. Any room can also have an extra bed for $8 (1,000 SYP) a night, or a free mattress, for one more guest.
Choose your dates and room on this website and send the request; we reply within 12 hours. There is nothing to pay in advance: you pay in cash on arrival. Groups, companies and travel agencies are welcome too; agency rates are agreed with us directly.
Check-in is from 12 noon and check-out is by 12 noon. Early check-in or late check-out is possible on request, but not guaranteed: it depends on how busy the hotel is on your dates, and there may be an extra charge depending on the room. Please ask us before you arrive. At check-in, every adult guest shows a valid passport or ID card.
Yes. Orontes Restaurant is in its own building right next to the hotel. It serves Syrian food, grills and Western dishes and is open to everyone from 10 am. Hotel guests can also order breakfast through the hotel from 7 am, brought to their room for $5.
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Choose your dates and room, and we reply within 12 hours. Nothing to pay before you arrive.
