Tartous

Tartous (Arabic:طرطوس), an ancient city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria, is the second largest port in Syria after Latakia and had a population of 115,769 in the 2004 census before the current civil war.

Understand

Get in

As of 2017, rail services is limited to twice daily trains from Latakia, all long distance trains are cancelled indefinitely. The national operator CFS provides timetables at their webpage. 🌍 Tartous railway station is centrally located.

Get around

See

Tartus port

• 🌍 Arwad (أرواد). The only inhabited island in Syria which has been settled since at least the 2nd millennium BC. (updated Jun 2018)

Do

Go by boat to Arwad Island. Trip SYP25 per person one way.

Buy

Eat

Tabole Fatoush Hot Fish + Syadiah

Drink

Arak

Sleep

• 🌍 Holiday Beach Resort, ☎ [phone]. A major resort located a few kilometers north the city that remains open despite the ongoing civil war. (updated Oct 2017)
• Menchie (Raffoul), Place Menchie, ☎ [phone]. Check-out: 11a.m.. Low Budget hotel. Hotel is close to bus station. Next to Tartus museum. Owner is a nice man, he has also shop in the same building. Rooms are clean. SYP500 per double room (Dec 2011) with own bathroom.. 
• The Republic Hotel. Budget hotel. Rooms are dirty and stink. Staff (owner) doesn't speak English. SYP600 per double room with bathroom (Dec 2011). 
• Daniel Hotel. Nice hotel, with clean rooms and bathrooms. SYP1500 per double room (Dec 2011). 

Cope

Consulates

• Greece, Al Wahdeh Street, P.O. Box 4011, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 

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