The 18-storey, 297-bedroom Four Seasons Hotel Damascus opened in Syria earlier this month and is set to unveil the city’s first full-service spa later this year.

Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts’ seventh property in the Middle East, the hotel’s interiors have been designed by Pierre Yves Rochon – who also designed the Four Seasons Hotel George V Paris and Four Seasons Hotel Washington DC – to incorporate Ottoman, Persian and Syrian influences.

The property boasts 231 guest rooms and 66 suites, including 12 fully-serviced residential apartments for long-stay guests.

Facilities include the main restaurant, Safran; a Syrian fine dining offering, Al Halabi; and an Italian restaurant, Il Circo; as well as the X.O bar and Kitara lounge and 1,600 sq m (17,200sq ft) of meeting space – incorporating a 1,000sq m (10,800sq ft) ballroom.

The spa, which is scheduled to open in April, will boast four treatment rooms, a pool terrace, a 100sq m (1,080sq ft) swimming pool, an eight-person spa pool, a juice bar and a gym. The facility will be open to both guests and local members. Details: www.fourseasons.com/damascus