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The Fardoss tower hotel is located at the center of Damascus, the pearl of ancient civilization, which is surrounded by business offices, ministries and market. The old city, Kassioun mountain and the gardens of Barada river are the wonderful sights from the hotel.

Situated in the middle of business and shopping areas, Fardoss offers you all the advantages of a four star hotel with the ultimate comfort. Its “homey” atmosphere makes our hotel the perfect one for business travelers and families.

This is the site where St. Simeon lived on top of a pillar for fourty-two years. Fourty-two years under the blazing sun, in the bitter cold, and exposed to all the mountain winds!

He is a shepherd from Northern Syria who became a monk as the result of a revelation in a dream. There is only a stump of the column left, some two or three meters high. Shortly after the death of the holy man the most beautiful church in the East was built on the ridge of the hill where he had taken up "residence".

The lay-out, centering on the famous column, was original. Four basilicas, arranged in the shape of a cross, opened onto a sort of octagon covered by a dome; in the center stood the sacred pillar. This Citadel offers a view of some of the 300 dead towns of the Byzantine era of Northern Syria.