"Aleppo is still a very lively city. New, excellent boutique hotels are opened in old Arabic houses, and they are even cheap to stay in. Shopping the Arabic way in Aleppo souks is among the best there is, but you need to hire a qualified personal guide since there are no good sign postings or other interpretation."
"With few visitors from the outside world, the urban culture of the Arab world persists in the Old City of Aleppo. This is a wonderful place to experience it. The streetscapes in many places are not that much different than they were likely to have been in historic times. The architecture of individual structures is often striking, and superbly evocative of the most charming aspects of Arab culture."
