Motel Shams
Motel Shams is a hotel in Tawahi, Aden Governorate. Motel Shams is situated nearby to Gold Mohur Hotel, as well as near the reservoir Cisterns of Tawila.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gold Mohur Hotel and Cisterns of Tawila.
Gold Mohur Hotel
Hotel
The Gold Mohur Hotel is a resort hotel on Aden, Yemen. On 29 December 1992, Al Qaeda conducted its first known terrorist attack in Aden, bombing the Gold Mohur Hotel, where U.S. servicemen were known to have been staying en route to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope. Gold Mohur Hotel is situated 570 metres southwest of Motel Shams.
Cisterns of Tawila
Reservoir
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The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding. Cisterns of Tawila is situated 3½ km east of Motel Shams.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aden and Crater.
Aden
Photo: T3n60, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Aden is a city in the Yemeni Coastal Plains, on the Gulf of Aden at the southern end of the Red Sea.
Crater
Suburb
Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people. Crater is situated 4½ km east of Motel Shams.
Motel Shams
- Type: Hotel
- Also known as: “Mūtīl Shams”
- Categories: accommodation, building, and tourism
- Location: Tawahi, Aden Governorate, Yemen, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
12.77201° or 12° 46′ 19″ northLongitude
44.99467° or 44° 59′ 41″ eastElevation
28 metres (92 feet)Open location code
7H46QXCV+RVGeoNames ID
7489910
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In Other Languages
“Motel Shams” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “موتيل شمس”
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