Sleeping in history

Staying in the Baron Hotel. Agatha Christie stayed here. So did T. E. Lawrence. It used to be the hotel of hotels. USED to be.

Now the Baron experience includes:
vestiges of its more glorious past (bar with leather chairs!)
tourists that come only to photograph, not to sleep.
a ghost-y-looking 3rd floor with a crib in the balcony.
huge modern tubs in the remodelled bathrooms.
cracks in the 15' tall ceiling.
an AC unit with japanese instructions.
old keys that barely open the doors.
and according to Lonely Planet a "woeful breakfast" (we didnt think it was that bad).

We're supposed to be staying in T. E. Lawrence's room, but we think its a hoax.


A few streets over, E's Professor is staying in the newly-built Sheraton hotel. Digging for the development of the property uncovered part of Aleppo's ancient city wall. Its now on display below the hotel, and the only part of the wall that is uncovered.