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Orient Dream - Syria & Lebanon & Jordan (14 days / 13 nights)

Day 1

Arrival/ Damascus.
Arrival to Damascus airport to be meet & assist by Minerva guide. Transfer to your hotel, O/N.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2

Damascus/ Beit-Eddin/ Beirut.
After breakfast, Transfer to the nice city of Beirut, to Chouf area. Visit the beautiful palace of Beit-Eddin, an eighteenth century Arabian night’s type retreat. you will admire graceful arcades, ornate ceilings, rich marble mosaics, tinkling fountains and beautifully paneled rooms . Continue to your hotel in Beirut for dinner & O/N.

Day 3

Beirut/ Saida/ Jounieh/ Dog river/ Byblos .
After breakfast , we start our journey to the Castle and souq of Saida , drive to Jounieh and take the cable cart to Harrisa ,we continue our visit toDog river and finally to our hotel in Byblos for a nice dinner & Peaceful O/N.

Day 4

Hama/ Homs/ Palmyra.
After breakfast ,we leave the nice city of Hama towards Homs for a short visit including Khaled Ibn Al-Walid Mosque , then transfer to Palmyra for dinner & O/N.

Day 5

Palmyra.
This morning, you leave the hotel and wander out into the ruins , you visit the museum of Palmyra, The temple of god Bel, the main avenue, the arch of triumph , Zanobia bath, the theater, the Senate house & the unique tombs...etc. Lunch is in a local restaurant.( if included ) ,P.M we go over to Al-Ma’ani castle for a panoramic view of Palmyra Dinner & O/N.

Day 6

Palmyra/ Apamea/ St. Simeon/ Aleppo.
After breakfast,we leave Palmyra,and first destination will be Apamea.
In Apamea, as we get there we visit the main avenue,Antony & Queen Cleopatra once strolled in this street .We continue to St.Simeon cathedral . We arrive to our hotel in Aleppo. Dinner & O/N

Day 7

Aleppo.
After breakfast, we drive into the core of the city of Aleppo , that leaves the profoundest impression upon the visitor, on which stands the gigantic Islamic medieval Citadel of Aleppo that reflects the glory of Islam in it’s heydays. The Grand mosque of Aleppo which was burned down in the 10th cent. Is to be visited before making a visit to the archeological museum of Aleppo. Lunch is in a typical Aleppo restaurant. ( if included ) After lunch we continue visiting the wonders of Aleppo represented by its medieval souqs & caravanserais stuffed with all kinds of goods & colors. Back to your hotel for dinner & O/N.

Day 8

Aleppo/ Crac Des Chevaliers/ Ma’aloula/ Damascus.
After breakfast, head to Damascus and visit the great castle, Crac Des Chevaliers. Lunch is in the dominating king daughter tower restaurant. ( if included ) Continue the visit to the peaceful village of Ma’aloula, whose language is the Aramic, the very language of Jesus Christ. Arrive to your hotel in Damascus. Dinner & O/N.

Day 9

Damascus.
After breakfast, we start a full day sightseeing of Damascus The city which has grown up between an oasis and Jabal Qasioun to include the national museum, the folklore museum, Omayyad mosque,built by Caliph Al-Walid on 708 A.D. the Street called Straight mentioned in the Bible, St.Ananias chapel & St.Paul’s window. Free time to stroll in the oriental atmospheric bazaars. The end of the day in highlighted by a visit to Qasioun mountain ( whose slopes are now covered with houses ) for a full panoramic view of Damascus. Back to the hotel O/N.

Day 10

Damascus/ Bosra/ Jerash/ Amman.
After breakfast, we driver to visit the ruins of Bosra which seems to have fallen asleep cause of the roughly - hewn blocks of stone black houses and amid black rocks , (The best preserved Roman theater in the world,( a Roman theater in an Arab Citadel) the gate of the Wind, the Main avenue, the Underground market,the Lntern gate, Al Omari mosque, The Byzantine cathedral, etc.) , transfer to the Syrian / Jordanian border for the border formalities , we head to Jerash, then to Amman for dinner & O/N.

Day 11

Amman /Mont Nebo /Petra.
After breakfast , we visit the the Theater & Citadel of Amman , then we head to Petra , on the road , we visit Mont Nebo & Madaba . Arrival to your hotel in Petra for dinner & O/N.

Day 12

Petra / Wadi Rum / Aqaba .
After breakfast , we start our visit to Petra ( the Corinthian tombs & the Monastery) , then transfer to Aqaba through Wadi Rum.Arrival to your hotel , dinner & O/N.

Day 13

Aqaba / Dead Sea / Kerak Castle / Amman .
After breakfast ,we drive our way back to Amman , we visit Kerak Castle & Dead Sea on the way , arrival to your hotel in Amman , dinner & O/N.

Day 14

Amman / Departure .
After breakfast , transfer to Amman airport for departure

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