OASIS

Tourists, conquered by the exceptional monuments of Palmyra, often forget to walk through the oasis. However, the gardens that populate the ancient city cover over 3 000 ha, where palm trees, olive trees and pomegranate trees grow away from high walls of land between which wind paths and canals.

The irrigation, once exclusively provided by the Efca source, is now complemented by diesel powered diesel pumps. In the middle of this maze of paths, you will probably be invited to share a glass of tea in the shade of a garden.

It will also be an opportunity to discover the fauna and flora that inhabit these places: date palms, olive trees and grenadiers. Today, the oasis belongs to the premises. Some have built part of their parcel of coffee; A break in one of them is the best way to discover how the oasis works.

Try a route from the street that runs through the palm grove to then reach the temple of Bêl. Around it, you will find several small coffees lost in the middle of the vegetation, some with swimming pool and space for camping:

Al-Baider coffee restaurant

Located behind the time of Bêl

59 17 410 86 54 84 44 09 031

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Count 300 LS for a meal, 50 LS for tea or coffee (served alcohol) and 300 LS for sleeping under tent.

In the Bêl temple, this café-restaurant serves typical dishes from Palmyra served on tables scattered throughout the oasis. Here no concrete structure, we are in contact with nature, surrounded by palm trees, olive trees and grenadiers with a privileged view on the rear wall of the temple of Bêl. If you want to relax in the swimming pool, you can relax with a massage or even spend the night in the Bedouin tent at the entrance to the camp.