Explore Syria's ancient wonders in a 6-day tour

• 6 Days 5 Nights, Group: 1+ Traveler, Damascus - SY

1^st Day: Beirut Airport – Damascus

-          Meet & Assist at Beirut Airport or around Beirut, move by our vehicle. Finalize crossing the Syrian-Lebanese border to the hotel in Damascus. Meet your guide in Damascus. If you time allows visit the Old City.

-          Overnight.

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2^nd Day: Damascus – Maaloula – Ugarit – Latakia

-          Breakfast in the hotel, move towards  Maaloula the only village that still speaks Aramaic, the language of Jesus, to visit the monasteries of St. Takla and St. Sergios and Bacchus.

-          Then to Ugarit The Place Where Alphabets Began.

-          Latakia, Overnight.

3^rd Day: Latakia – Saladin Castle – Amrit – Tartus

-          Breakfast, Then to Saladin Castle, which named after the great Molem leader known in the West as Saladin. There had been a fortress here in ancient times and the crusader fortress is just one in a succession of military buildings on this side. It is a concentric castle built on spur which provides natural defences.

-          Amrit: was a Phoenician port located near present-day Tartus in Syria. Founded in the third millennium BC, Amrit (was the northernmost important city of ancient Phoenicia and a rival of nearby Arwad. During the 2nd century BC, Amrit was defeated and its site largely abandoned, leaving its ruins well preserved and without extensive remodeling by later generations.

-          Tartus, overnight.

4^th Day: Tartus – Safita Tower – Crack des chevaliers – Al Mishtaya

-          Breakfast, and move to Safita Tower or Chastel Blanc is a medieval structure in Safita, western Syria. It was built by the Knights Templar during the Crusades upon prior fortifications.

-          Then to Crack des chevalier:  To visit the most beautiful, wonderful and complete fortress in the world, the crusaders made it the basic element of their system of strongholds on the coast.

-          Al Mishtaya, overnight.

5^th Day: Damascus City Tour

-          Breakfast in the hotel, then the tour starts with visiting:

-          National Museum: As the country's national museum as well as it’s the largest. Sciences, geography, Religious services, Jewelry, funeral rites, storytelling in mosaics, war and wisdom.

-          Umayyad Mosque: The Umayyad Mosque also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. Its religious importance stems from the eschatological reports concerning the mosque, and historic events associated with it.

-          Al-Azem Palace: Azem Palace is an important remarkably complete example of late Ottoman architecture in the Old City of Damascus. It shows the individual architectural style of Syria with its high quality of craftsmanship. It avoids external display, true to its genre, and it presents a reticent face to the city.

-          Saint Ananias Church: It is of particular importance because it is attached to the memory of Saint Paul. Before his conversion to Christianity, he had a vision here that blinded him for several days and gave him an unshakeable faith.

-          Al Hamidiyah Souk/ Damascus Straight Street.

-          Overnight.