Apamea Cham Palace Hotel Hama 5 stars

In the center of Hama, overlooking the Orontes river with it's famous water wheels, is the latest five-star addition to the Cham Palaces and Hotels. Hama is an old city in a rich agricultural region. It was rebuilt as "Apamea" by Seleucus Nicator I in 300BC and flourished during the Roman and Byzantine periods. It also figured in the Mohammedan conquest and the wars of the crusaders. It was the ho[+]me of the famous Arab historian Abufida.