Explore Syria's ancient wonders in a 9-day tour

• 9 Days 8 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.

2^nd Day:  Damascus – Hama – Apamea – Aleppo.

-          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.

-          Move towards Hama starts with Norias and the Azem Palace.

-          The site of Apamea contains historical levels dating back to the Hellenistic, Roman, Byzantine and Islamic eras.

-          Aleppo, Overnight.

3^rd Day: Aleppo City Tour

-          Breakfast, then Aleppo city tour starts by Visiting:

-          The citadel: stands in the middle of the city and dominates it from the height of its fifty meters. It has admirably designed towers and is distinguished by its entrances made with perfection to prevent any enemy intrusion and its iron gates.

-          Caravanserais: They were intended for the accommodation of traders on the move and their goods. They are famous for their decorated facades, high arched entrances and huge wooden doors that closed at nightfall.

-          The souks: The old souks covered with Aleppo are distinguished by their coffered vaults and their enormous cupolas. Most date back to the 15th and 16th centuries. These are real living museums that offer us a true image of what were the commercial districts and the animation that reigned in the Middle Ages. Each souk specializes in selling a type of product. 

-          Aleppo, Overnight.

4^th Day: Aleppo – Ugarit - Saladin Castle – Tartus

-          Breakfast, Ugarit The Place Where Alphabets Began.

-          Head to Saladin Castle, which named after the great 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 defenses.

-          Tartus, overnight.

 

5^th Day: Tartus – Amrit - Crack des chevaliers – Al Mishtaya.

-          Breakfast, Move to 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.

-          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.

6^th Day:  Mishtaya – Palmyra – Damascus

-          Breakfast, departure towards Palmyra; (the city of palms) and that the Syrians call Tadmor (miracle in Aramaic) is the most important oasis of the Syrian Desert.

-          The Temple of Bel: sometimes also referred to as the "Temple of Baal", was an ancient temple located in Palmyra, Syria. The temple, consecrated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra in triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra and was dedicated in AD 32.

-          The theater and the big colonnade: sometimes also referred to as the "Temple of Baal", was an ancient temple. it consecrated to the Mesopotamian god Bel, worshipped at Palmyra in triad with the lunar god Aglibol and the sun god Yarhibol, formed the center of religious life in Palmyra and was dedicated in AD 32.

-          Tombs: including tombs towers, tombs dug tombs temples or individual tombs.

-          Damascus, Overnight.

7^th Day: Damascus City Tour

-          Breakfast ,  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.

 

8^th Day: Damascus – Bosra – Damascus 

-          Breakfast, Drive to Bosra (also spelled Bostra, Busrana, Bozrah, Bozra), officially known Busra al-Sham, is an ancient town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to Daraa and geographically part of the Hauran region. Due to being a major archaeological site, it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

-          Damascus – Overnight.

 

9^th Day: Departure.