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Cradle of Civilizations - Syria (10 days / 09 nights) |
| Day 1 |
Damascus.
Arrive to Damascus airport.You will be met & assisted by your assigned guide.Transfer to your hotel, dinner & O/N. |
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| Day 2 |
Damascus.
After breakfast, we drive to the national museum of Damascus then head to the old quarter to visit the folklore museum, which is a typical 17th century Damascus house We visit as well the Omayyad mosque & the tomb of the hero of Islam Saladin. Lunch in a local restaurant ( if included ).After noon we continue the sightseeing, heading to the street called straight, St.Paul’s window & St. Ananias chapel. The end of the day is highlighted by the view of Damascus from 350 meters above the city level. Back to your hotel for dinner & O/N. |
| Day 3 |
Damascus / Palmyra.
After breakfast, we depart for a long way drive to Palmyra one of the greatest trading post on the antique Silk Road .
We visit the museum, the temple of god Bel ,the monumental arch, the viarecta, the agora , and see some of the tower tombs, etc.
Lunch is in a local restaurant ( if included ).
To visit Ibn Maan castle to watch the sunset. We end at the hotel in Palmyra. We check in, dinner & wine & go to bed & O/N. |
| Day 4 |
Palmyra/ Dura-Europos/ Mari/ Deir-Ezzor.
This morning, we motor east of Palmyra to the Euphrates basin 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 .Over to Deir-Ezzor for dinner & O/N. |
| Day 5 |
Deir-Ezzor/ Halabia/ Rasafa/ Aleppo.
After breakfast, we head up stream to visit Halabia, a fort built by the Palmyreans to look after their affairs in the east .we go on to visit Rasafa, a 5th century Christian holly town .You will also visit the Islamic Jabar castle & Al-Assad dam on the Euphrates. This time,we follow the sunset to Aleppo city for Dinner & O/N. |
| Day 6 |
Aleppo.
After breakfast, we leave for a fill day sightseeing of Aleppo to include the archeological museum, the Citadel of Aleppo, the Grand mosque . Lunch is in a nice local restaurant(if included ) we continue the sightseeing by visiting the bazaars& the caravanserais of Aleppo . Back to your hotel for dinner & O/N. |
| Day 7 |
Aleppo/ St.Simeon/ Ebla/ Apamea/ Hama.
After breakfast,we leave Aleppo for a morning visit to St.Simeon cathedral, St. Simeon cathedral of all times .This after noon we motor south through the fertile country-side to visit Ebla . In Apamea, as we get there we visit the main avenue,Antony & Queen Cleopatra once strolled in this street . we continue the visit to the Cathedral, Arrive to Hama forDinner & O/N. |
| Day 8 |
Hama/ Homs/ Crac Des Chevaliers/ Damascus.
After breakfast, we depart Hama to Homs. In Homs we visit Khaled Ibn- Al Walid mosque, Khaled is an Islamic leader, who conquered Syria in the 7th century AD. We visit also the Church of Um- Alzunar, a belt found in this church said to be the belt of the virgin Mari . We continue our visit to Crac Des Chevaliers.Later on we leave the castle towards Ma’aloula, the picturesque village on Qalamoun mountain. We get to Damascus with the sun .Dinner & O/N. |
| Day 9 |
Damascus/ Shahba/ Bosra/ Damascus.
After breakfast, we go for a full day excursion to the south to visit the basaltic hills and to view the great monuments of Sweida, Shahba & Bosra whose enormous edifices built of hard basaltic stones reveal a glorious past Back to Damascus for dinner & O/N. |
| Day 10 |
Departure.
After breakfast ,Transfer to the airport for departure. |
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