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Highlights of Syria
Departs daily
Package includes:
• Return airport transfers in Damascus
• 5 nights’ accommodation in Syria, sharing twin room
• Sightseeing in air-conditioned car as per itinerary
• Entrance fees as per itinerary
• Services of private, English speaking guide on all touring
• Meals as shown (B=breakfast, L=lunch, D=dinner)
Package excludes:
• Airfare and airport taxes.
• Travel insurance, visa cost and tips
• Any optional sightseeing tours.
• Extras at hotels and meals not mentioned.
• Immediate check-in on arrival, late check-out on departure (if this is required, please ask us for a re-quote).
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Itinerary:
Day 1:
Arrive Damascus, transfer to hotel.
Overnight: Damascus.
Day 2:
Sightseeing in Damascus, the world's oldest continuously inhabited city. Visit the National Museum and the Hamedieh Bazaar, a huge covered Suq (bazaar) providing a lively kaleidoscope of different peoples, crafts, customs and smells. On to the "Street called Straight", one of the city’s main east-west thoroughfares since Roman times, lined with shops and stalls. Visit St. Anania's Church and St. Paul's Church, both linked to St. Paul's conversion. Drive to the famous desert oasis of Palmyra. Overnight: Palmyra. (B)
Day 3:
Full day sightseeing in Palmyra, the "City of a Thousand Columns". A desert city of vast colonnaded streets, lavishly decorated tombs, ornate stone carvings and imposing temples, it combines late Hellenistic, Parthian and Roman traditions on a scale unmatched in the classical era. See the Bel Temple, the impressive Colonnade Street, Theatre, and the Valley of the Tombs. Drive to Aleppo.
Overnight: Aleppo. (B)
Day 4:
Sightseeing in Aleppo. Museum, Citadel, Covered Bazaar, Grand mosque, Caravansaries. Afternoon visit to St. Semion.
Overnight: Aleppo. (B)
Day 5:
Visit the famous Krak Des Chevaliers, probably the most characteristic and best preserved of all Crusader Castles. It stands proudly on a volcanic crater and overlooks the Beka’a plain, Homs and Latakia mountains. Continue to Maalula, a charming mountain village set against the austere rocks. Its inhabitants still speak Aramaic, a language from Biblical times. Proceed to Damascus.
Overnight: Damascus.
Day 6:
Departure transfer to the airport. (B)
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