Camping place in Jordania and Syria ?
 

Hello,

I would like to know if some of you knows camping place in (or near):
- Maan, Jordania
- Amman, Jordania
- Damas, Syria
- Palmyre, Syria
- Alep, Syria

Any help would be really appreciated, it's not that easy to find camping place in these areas...

aurel :mchappy:

There's a fab place in Palmyra, just aside the ruins. Very cheap too.

The view from our tent in Palmyra :)
http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...ast/img333.jpg

Amman, Damascus & Aleppo all are big busy cities and you won't find any camping there (or if you find one, then very far downtown). But there are LOADS of cheap hotels that can organize safe parking for your moto.

We found Aleppo super nice city - certainly worth looking around a day or two. Damascus is nice too, but Amman was a bit too modern and thus a bit boring for us.

Happy Middle-Eastern travels, Margus

I'm sorry Margus but my english is not that good... why do you mean by "fab place" ? :helpsmilie:

Fab = fabulous = nice, super etc positively minded stuff :)

Cheers, Margus

Of course... I should think twice before asking stupid questions :D

Thanks for all your advices, it helps a lot ;)

Regards
aurel

Hi aurel,

We are on Middle East trip later on this year(september),so we have a good recomendations for a hotel with camping facilities very close to Amman,chip and clean-www.olivebranch.com.jo
Please,if you decide to use it,let we see your opinion here.

Regards,

Simon

hello
we have been there on that campsite (hotel) last year. It was really expensive and we were not allowed, because there were a lot of guests in the hotel and the owner didn't want that they looked out over us. They didn't want that the guests saw us. So it is not that great!!!

We saw this campsite on the web but according to your advice we'll maybe skip it! :thumbdown:

you can always try...maybe they let you in this time.......we were there when there was the jerash festival. so maybe it was because of that. and when you are not with a lot of people (we were with 2 adults and 3 children) it is maybe not so pricy.

there is a good campsite 20 - 40 km west from allepo to, near the border of turkey. A belgium women runs it with a syrian man.

there is a monastry 40 km north of damascus where you can have a room for free (they ask only for a tip). it is monastry St. Thekla. it is really nice there. don't come there too late because then there is a chance that it is full. go there!!!!

Thanks for your advices :thumbup1:

hee
I found this OFFROAD-REISEN: Reiseberichte, GPS-Daten und Fahrzeugerfahrungen

i think it is interesting

Hi,

That's a good link Brend, I've bookmarked it. By the way, didn't you receive my email? I've sent you one.

How about camping in the open by the way in Syria/Jordan? Would be nice too if you're self supporting with water and cooking stuff.


Are others travelling this summer too?

Jurgen

Camping OK if you like. But cooking - IMHO pointless in the Syria & Jordan. The food from restaurants/kebabs etc is dirt cheap compared to Europe, while you can taste real exotica! :)

Ride safe, Margus

Dear Margus, true may be, but finding yourself a place in the open is a nice thing in itself. It's not because it's cheap, but it's the atmosphere.

Seeing the sun set, cooking your own food and eat it in total quietness, sleeping under the stars, spotting desert foxes and so on :)

BTW
As vegetarians we don't eat Kebab :)

Jurgen

Makes perfect sense to me - that is exacly why I like camping myself. But it doesn't make sense to save food costs by doing food ALWAYS your own, especially in Syria (superb full meal less than a 3USD! And you meet loads of new friends, starting with the cook). Personally speaking, I'd miss considerable part of the country's experience by skipping their traditional food. Good thing I'm an Omnivore. ;)

PS: many places, if not the most, have a menu for vegetarians, too :)

Regards, Margus

True, it's often nice to eat in various places, to meet people and feel the atmosphere of that too. Well, I think we both agree on this whole subject, it's nice to do both from time to time.

Yeah, couscous with vegetables, right? ;-) Well, good thing there's enough for vegetarians.

Did you camp alot in the open in Syria/Jordan?


Jurgen

Yes, when ever possible :)

A remote wild place at the Dead sea was the best with billion dollar view to the sea, one time local shepherds found us too in Jordan's wilderness before it got dark, but looks like they have nothing against camping on their land, at least they didn't had. Good memories.

...and then a bus full of japanese people arrived with caps on their heads :-)


This sounds as a very nice place indeed. Got a waypoint of it? You were there by Motorbike?

brend, do you have any further information on these locations?

Thanks in advance

Matt

I'm an oldschool navigator - common sense, a good map and a compass are the real adventure for me. Seen guys with 2 or 3 GPSes on board the bike stopping by and asking me for directions :)

http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m...u/DSCN1662.jpg
This is the place we were under the Dead Sea sunrise. Israel on the other side already enjoys the sunrise, ours Jordanian was to come.

Cheers, Margus

hee goodwoodweirdo

campsite near allepo/turkish border, look at this site:
syrie.startpagina.nl/prikbord - Camping Syrië

and the monastry is in maloula I believe. maybe you can find something from st. thekla in a book or on the internet.

I leave today, I go to egypt for 6 weeks. so this was my last post.

bye

Palmayra: Al Baider Camping directly beside the Temple of Baal as per first photo. If his brother still has a "cut" finger asking for pain pills then offer to cut if off for him.
N34 32.769 E38 16.473

Aleppo: Camp Kaddour. On road west in small town next to road.
N36 08.387 E36 52.581

Damascus: New Kaboun Camp. Fantastic campsite just off main road into town. short rider to town with great camp owner. Best showers and toilets in middle east.
N33 32.778 E36 20.874

Crac de Chavelier: Camp in garden of "Round Table Hotel" behind castle

Jerash: Hadrians Gate Hotel with parking in small garage directly opposite entrance to ruins. The hotel owner help us when my bike died to get to Amman. N32 16.335 E35 53.501

Wadi Mujib: Trajan Hotel. stunning view over valley, dump of a restuarant. watch the wind...don't camp too close to the edge ;-)
N31 26.010 E35 47.518

Aquaba: Bedouin Garden village and another next door on road south 10km. AGREE PRICE beforehand!!!

Thanks for all this infos! :thumbup1:

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You are right as an vegetarians but Margus too as an animal meat eater.
In Syria and Lebanon, food is very very cheap and delicious. Sure better than eatin macaroni or egg at campsite IMHO.

Cheers,