The Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle), Oran is one of the principal tourist attractions of Oran. Castle is called Qasr in Arabic. Oran abounds in various architectural structures like museums, mosques, forts and palaces which display the heterogeneous influences of different cultures which have permanently left their imprints here. The Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle), Oran is one such popular tourist spot. The Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle), Oran can be accessed very easily by the visitors coming to Oran because of a well developed system of transport and communication system in Syria.
There are a number of tours organized to the Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle), Oran as part of the Oran Travel. On a collective basis you can take a trip by a minibus through the entrance of the park from where the visitor will need to walk to the castle. However you can also view it individually without taking the help of tour operators. For this you will need to request for permission from the security located at the entrance gate. The Bey Mohammed El-Kabir has constructed a new area called the Derb around the late 17th century, to be specific in 1796. The mosque was probably a synagogue where the Derb was most probably a Jewish area.
An important Oran Tourist attraction, the Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle), Oran has its primary entrance through the park, where the main entrance which is like the archway in front of a fort is placed at the end of the Rue Meftah Kouider. The Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle) in Oran is situated near the Mosquee du Pacha placed on the corner of Boutkhil and Rue Benamara. You can reach the castle quite easily if you start from the Place du 1er Novembre or the Place d'Armes. From here the shortest route is taking the Rue Mehali Mokhtar way to the castle entrance. Among other popular architectural wonders in Oran, the Qasr el-Bey (Bey Castle) is unique in beauty bringing a lot of novelty to your Oran Tours. It is very elegantly shaded in light colors and beams with the grandeur of blending two important civilizations, the Arabic and Jewish in its intricate structural outline.
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