Built in the Eclectic Architectural style by Şekip Nakip in 1920s,

The Liwan Hotel is one of the best examples of the structures of

 this kind. In the structure designed with lanai, stone vaults

and arches were used.

 The first dwellers of the residence were the first

President of Syria, Suphi Bereket, and his family.

This beautiful and noble work of art of

Antakya has also been used as a

“French Residence” and

“Treasurer’s Department”.

The restoration of the

 building purchased

by Tevfik and

Hüseyin Pehlivan

Brothers was started

in 2005 and carried

out without any

change in its

historical

 texture and

 was introduced

as a hotel to

the tourism of

Antakya

in October, 2008.