Tarout Fort - 东部省

Cannot enter the structure but lovely feeling to be around. Hopefully this will develop the place to a hib. The neaeby bear the name and mark of Tarout

The Fort was closed for the day, but we got access with the kindness of a local historian. The four era layers of the fort are astounding, dating back to a Phoenician temple whose large foundational blocks are still present. The round towers are distinctive and impressive. I had visited this site back in 1965 when the water table was higher, and the site was not built up with surrounding buildings. What was the main pool outside the fort is now enclosed within a women’s hammam (bathhouse). There is no interior to the fort that can be visited, but one gets a grand sense of what the fort once was by walking around the ruins. One section of walls has a still-visible communication system by which one could talk into any of many wall vents that are interconnected within the walls and have the sound emerge on down the line, like an old ship’s tube communication system.

Castle constructed around 1600 BC on the ruins of a 4300 BC old fort. Well preserved architecture in the hearth of Tarout Island. There are some old preserved houses and narrow streets around the castle. If weather allows you, take a walk in the streets. You can take photos are roam around freely. People are very friendly an welcoming. Castle opening timings are 4:00 PM onward.

Nice castle with rich history and easy to find it . But it‘s not open for visitors