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Day 1: Meet And Assist At Damascus International Airport, Transfer To Hotel And Overnight. Day 2: Breakfast, Full Day Damascus City Tour: Visit The National Museum (10 000 Years Of Culture ) Handicraft Market(The Best Hand Made Crafts Of The Middle East ), Azem Palace(A Perfect Example Of A Traditional Damascene House, An Ethnic Museum Now). Ommayad Mosque(A Place For Worshiping Since The First Millennium B.C), The Straight Street(The VIA RECTA ,The Place Where St; Anania Met St; Paul And Converted Him) The Church Of St. Ananias, The Window Of St. Paul And A Stroll In Souk Hamidieh (one thousand and one kinds of goods), End The Tour Of A Panoramic View Of Damascus . From Mountain Kassion. Back To Hotel For Dinner And Overnight. Day 3: Breakfast, Departure To Visit Sednaya (The Monastery Of OUR LADY and The Oldest Icon Of The LORD & THE LADY), Maalula (the town that has the oldest monastery, and its people still speak Aramaic the same language Jesus spoke and Taught, continue To Palmyra For Hotel And Overnight. Day 4: Breakfast, Full Day Palmya (the high lights of Syria queen Zenobia city .the great trade center through the first centuries A.D-one can not miss the sunset and rise in this romantic place- the dream city of Palmyra visiting: museum, the temple of Bel,(built in 32 A.D 40 000 square meters) the great colonnade and the valley of tombs, Amphitheater, Agora, Baalshamine, Enjoy Watching The Sunset– Overnight In Palmyra. Day 5: Breakfast, Departure To Visit Mari (3rd millennium B.C town destroyed once by the great Acadian king Sargon the 1st then by the Babylonian king Hamoraby) and Doura Euroupes (a classical town with more than a dozen of temples the most outstanding one is the synagogue), arrive in Der Ezzor (the bride of the Euphrates-enjoy taking a stroll on the suspension bridge) for hotel and overnight. Day 6: Breakfast, Full Day Visit Der Ezzor, Halabia, Zalabia (a Palmyrean Byzantine river fortress town), Back To Hotel For Overnight. Day 7: Breakfast, Departure To Visit Raqa (the second capital of the Abbasids empire of Baghdad’’ see the old city walls’’ the Abbasids mosque the Arabian nights palace= Qasr Al-Banat) And Rassafa (Sergepolis, the crystal town with its beautiful basilicas cathedral and under ground cisterns) Euphrates Dam. Proceed To Aleppo For Hotel And Overnight. Day 8: Breakfast, Full Day Visit Of Aleppo (the capital of the north. Which witnessed all the cultures for the last 7 000 years and stood against all invaders): Museum, Aleppo Citadel (the best example of Arab Moslem medieval military castles), The Great Mosque, The Souks; where you can easily test the aromatic atmosphere of the orient (Bazaars) And Khans (Caravanserais). Overnight In Aleppo. Day 9: Breakfast, Visit St. Simeon (the stylist, who spent most of his life on a pillar) Ein Darra an Aramaic Hittite city with an un forgotten temple), dead cities, the roman Road, Back To Hotel For Overnight In Aleppo. Day 10: Breakfast, Departure To Visit Ebla (a great third millennium B.C kingdom’ the city walls are over than 25 meters high and the same for thickness) And Apamea, the longest street over than a mile long and 37 meters wide .one can notice three different styles of pillars. See this town that once invited Hannibal the great Phoenician leader from carthage to live in; and the great Cleopatra once had been here) Mosaic Museum, Continue To Hama, Visit Waterwheels (Noria), Hotel And Overnight In Hama. Day 11: Breakfast, Departure To Visit Saladine Castle(the most impressive castle on the Syrian coast. Was known as Zayoun castle from the Phoenician times; a splinded castle), then to visit Ugarit, ( the city where the first alphabet was found. Thousands of clay tablets and a gret royal palace dates back to 1400 B.C) Lattakia for hotel and overnight. Day 12: After breakfast departure to visit al Marqab castle (a medieval crusade castle.), Tartous museum (the ex-crusade cathedral of Tartous), St. George’s monastery, Crack Des Chevaliers (the most well preserved castle from 1110 A.D the castle which is considered the mother castle of all medieval European castles), then to Damascus, hotel and overnight. Day 13: After breakfast, full day excursion to the south to visit Shahba (the city of the roman emperor Philip the Arab. With a lovely small mosaic museum), al Sweida (an old Nabatian roman city known as Dionysian for its reputation of vineyards and wine), Qanawat, Bosra (the greatest theatre built in 103 A.D and could house more than 15 000 spectators), back to hotel in Damascus for overnight. Day 14: Breakfast, full day excursion to Lebanon to visit Baalback (the lord of Bekaa valley; the paradise of gods; a complex of temples needed over than 200 years to be built), back to Damascus for hotel and overnight. Day 15: Breakfast, Transfer To Airport For Departure. top Day 01: Arrival at Damascus international airport. Meet & assist Transfer to hotel, Dinner & overnight.. Day 02: After breakfast, Full Day Damascus city tour visiting: the National Museum, Azem Palace, Omayyad mosque & the tomb Saladin. continue to the Staight street, St. Paul's window & St. Ananias chapel. Ending the tour by a panoramic view from mountain Kassion, Back to hotel for dinner & overnight. Day 03: Breakfast, Excursion trip to Shahba, Qanawat, Suwayda and Bosra. Return to Damascus, dinner and overnight. Day 04: After breakfast, drive to Palmyra, visit the museum, the temple of god Bel, the monumental arch, the agora, Valley of tombs, Baalshamine, and the amphitheater. Back to hotel for dinner and overnight. Day 05: Breakfast, Departure to Deir Ezzor. Visit Mari and Dura Europos. hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 06: Breakfast, Departure to Aleppo via Halabiye, Raqqa, Rasafeh and Ja'abar. Arrival hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 07: Breakfast, Full day city tour of Aleppo to visit the Citadel, the Grand Mosque, Khan Al-Wazir, the old quarters of the city, the museum and the covered Bazaars, dinner & overnight. Day 08: Breakfast, Excursion trip to Ain Dara, St. Simon, Qalb Loza and the Roman Road. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 09: Breakfast, Departure to Latakia via Ebla, Al-Bara and Apamea. Arrival hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 10: Breakfast, Departure to Tartus via Ugarit (Ras Shamra), Ibn Hani, Saladin Castle and Amrit. Arrival Tartus, dinner and o/n. Day 11: Breakfast, Departure to Damascus via Crac des Chevaliers, Maaloula and Saydnaya. Arrival hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 12: Breakfast, Transfer to Damascus airport for final departure. top Day 01: (Damascus) Arrival at Damascus international airport. Meet & assist Transfer to hotel, Dinner & overnight.
Day 03: (Damascus/ Palmyra) After breakfast, drive to Palmyra, visit the museum, the temple of god Bel, the monumental arch, the agora, Valley of tombs, Baalshamine, and the amphitheater. Back to hotel for dinner and overnight. Day 04: (Palmyra/ Dura-Europos/ Mari/ Deir-Ezzor) Breakfast, departure to visit the ruins of Dura-Europos, a historical town built by Seleucus Nicator. We continue the visit to the archeological site of Mari, a great kingdom flourished in the third millennium B.C. continue to Deir-Ezzor for dinner & overnight. Day 05: (Deir-Ezzor/ Halabia/ Resafa/ Aleppo) After breakfast, departure to visit Halabia, continue to visit Rassafa, proceed to Aleppo, for hotel Dinner & overnight. Day 06: (Aleppo) After breakfast, full day tour of Aleppo: museum, the citadel of Aleppo, the grand mosque. continue the sightseeing by visiting the bazaars & the caravansaries of Aleppo. Back to hotel for dinner & overnight. Day 07: (Aleppo/ St. Simeon/ Ebla/ Apamea/ Hama) After breakfast, departure to visit St. Simeon cathedral, then to visit Ebla and Apamea, mosaic museum. To Hama for Hotel Dinner & Overnight. Day 08: (Hama/ Homs/ Crac des Chevaliers/ Damascus) After breakfast, Departure to visit Khaled Ibn Al-Walid mosque, visit also the church of Um Al-zunar, a belt found in this church said to be the belt of the virgin Mari. continue our visit to Crack Des Chevaliers. The to Ma'aloula, continue to Damascus for Hotel dinner and overnight. Day 09: (Damascus/ Shahba/ Sweida/ Bosra/ Damascus) After breakfast, full day excursion to the south to visit Sweida, Shahba & Bosra, Back to Damascus for dinner & O/N. Day 10: Transfer to the airport for departure. top Day 1: Arrival to Damascus - meet & assist transfer to Hotel - O/N. Day 2: Breakfast, Damascus Full day city tour including: National Museum - Tekieh Souleimanieh, Hamidieh Bazaar, Omayyad Mosque, Azem Palace, St. Annanias House, St. Paul`s window, ending the tour by a Panoramic view of Damascus from Kassioun Mountain - back to hotel & O/N. Day 3: Breakfast, Departure to Sydnaya, Maaloula, Proceed to Palmyra for Hotel and overnight. Day 4: Breakfast, Full Day Palmyra visiting: tower tombs, lower tombs, temple og Bel, museum, temple of Baalshamin, the great colonnade, triumphal arch, Agora, the amphitheater, departure to Aleppo for hotel and overnight. Day 5: Breakfast, Aleppo, St. Simon, Ain Dara, museum, citadel, Umayyad Mosque, souks and khans back to hotel for Overnight in Aleppo. Day 6: Breakfast, transfer to visit Ebla and Apamea, continue to Hama, visit Noria (Water Wheels), hotel and overnight. Day 7: Breakfast, Departure to visit Crack Des Chevaliers, continue to Damascus, hotel and overnight. Day 8: Breakfast, Option 1: A tour to Lebanon to visit Baalback, Option 2: A tour to the south of Damascus to visit Bosra, Shahba, Sweida and Qanawat. Back to hotel and overnight in Damascus. Day 9: Breakfast, Transfer to Airport for Final Departure. top Day 01: Meet and assist through customs and immigration. Transfer to hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 02: Breakfast, Full Day Damascus city tour: visit the National Musuem, Handicraft market, Azem Palace, Ommayad Mosque, tomb of Saladin, the Straight Street, the church of St. Ananias, the window of St. Paul And a stroll in souk Hamidieh, end the tour of a Panoramic view from mountain Kassion. Back to hotel for Dinner and overnight. Day 03: Departure for Palmyra, Arrival hotel, beginning the city tour of Palmyra. (Tadmor), in a desert oasis on the trade route between the Mediterranean and Mesopotamia, to visit its museum, the temples of Bel, Baal Shamin and Nebo, the Roman baths, and the Valley of the Tombs, amphitheatre, back to hotel in Palmyra for dinner and overnight. Day
04: Departure for Deir Ezzor. Arrival hotel, then
visiting Mari and Dura Europos. Day 05: Departure for Aleppo via Halabiye, Raqqa and Ja'abar. Arrival hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 06: Full day city tour of Aleppo to visit the Citadel, the Grand Mosque, Khan Al-Wazir, the old quarters of the city, the museum and St. Simon. Return to hotel, dinner and overnight. Day 07: Departure for Damascus via Crac des Chevaliers (the most spectacular 12th-century Crusaders' castle of all), Continue to Maalula, where villagers still speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus, for a visit to the chapel of St. Sergius, then to Saydnaya. Arrival hotel in Damascus, dinner and overnight. Day 08: Transfer for final departure. top
Day 1: Damascus International Airport, meet and assist, transfer to Hotel for dinner and overnight. Day 2: Breakfast, Full day visit Damascus: the national museum, Azem Palace, Omayyad mosque & the tomb of Saladin. After noon we continue the sightseeing, heading to the street called straight, St. Paul's window & St. Ananias chapel. Panoramic view of Damascus from Kassion mountain. Back to hotel for dinner & O/N. Day 3: Breakfast, departure to Palmyra, full day visiting Palmyra, the city of a thousand column. We explore the temple of god Bel, the museum, the tombs, the theater, the Agora, the monumental arch, Zenobia bath. Enjoy the sunset view. Back to Hotel Dinner & O/N. Day 4: Breakfast, Full departure to Aleppo, en-route visit Noria (water wheels in Hama), proceed to visit Ebla, arrive hotel in Aleppo, afternoon visit the Grand mosque, Bazzars, back to hotel for Dinner & O/N. Day 5: Breakfast, visit Aleppo Museum, Citadel, then departure to Lattakia via Ugarit (Ras Shamra), arrive hotel in Lattakia, for dinner and overnight. Day 6: Breakfast, departure to Damascus, via Tartus to visit Amrit, continue to Crack Des Chevaliers, Maalula, arrive hotel in Damascus for Dinner and overnight. Day 7: Breakfast, Transfer to Damascus International Airport / Flight Home. top Day 01: (Damascus) Arrival at Damascus airport .Meet & assist. Transfer to hotel for dinner & overnight. Day 02: (Damascus/ Palmyra) After breakfast, half day tour of Damascus . The National museum, Azem Palace, the Omayyad mosque , The Straight street, St. Paul’s window & St. Ananias chapel. Bazaars Afterwards to Palmyra . Arrive to hotel in Palmyra, check in , dinner & overnight. Day 03: (Palmyra/ Homs/ Hama) After breakfast, visit the tower tombs & the underground tombs, museum, temple of Bel, amphitheater, drive eastward to Homs, then to Hama, the old Aramaic Kingdom, Check in, hotel, dinner & overnight. Day 04: (Hama/ Crac Des Chevaliers/ Ma’aloula/ Damascus) After Breakfast, visit the huge ancient wooden Waterwheels from the middle ages of the city , then we drive south to visit the mosque of the great Islamic leader Khaled Ibn Al Walid. continue to Crack Des Chevaliers, the castle which Lawrence commented on, as being the wholly admirable castle in the world. then southward to the historical city hidden among rocks, Ma’aloula, the village in which tradition, mythology and even the old Aramaic language still drawing their daily way of living as they are isolated in the Qalamoun range of mountain. Continue to hotel in Damascus for dinner & overnight. Day 05: (Damascus/ Airport) Transfer to Damascus airport for departure. top |
