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Endless Memories - Syria & Turkey (11 days / 10 nights)

Day 1

Damascus.
Arrival to Damascus airport to be meet & assist by your assigned guide. Transfer to hotel for dinner and O/N.

 

 



 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 2

Damascus
Damascus is a splendid city of a glorious past,which mentioned in the earliest historic text - Egyptian records of the 19th century B.C. and the archives of Mari dating from the 25th century. We visit the magnificent national museum , the folklore museum ( Azem palace ), Omayyad mosque , the tomb of Saladin & the straight street of Damascus are to be visited before lunch. This after-noon is an easy visit to the Christianquarter where St.Ananias saw the vision of God , who ordered him to cure St.Paul out of his blindness. Free time to do shopping in the souq of Hamidieh which is stuffed up with every type of fine Orientals. At the end of the day , we drive over to Qasioun mountain for a panoramic overlook Damascus.Back to the hotel for dinner & O/N.

Day 3

Damascus/ Palmyra
After breakfast, we leave our hotel for a half day tour in an exceptional example of the timelessness and universality of a great city-Damascus . The National museum, the folklore museum, the Omayyad mosque , The street called Straight, St. Paul’s window & St. Ananias chapel.We lunch in a cozy Damascene restaurant ( if included ). Free time to do shopping in the tempting Bazaars of a thousand item & an item . Afterwards we knock the road off to Palmyra . Arrive to your hotel in Palmyra, check in , dinner & O/N.

Day 4

Damascus/ Crac Des Chevaliers / Ebla/ Aleppo.
After breakfast, we leave Damascus northward to Crac Des Chevaliers, The most wholly admirable castle in the world." As Lawrence of Arabia commented. Lunch in the King’s daughter tower ( if included ), after a fascinating visit to the castle. On the way up to Aleppo we visit Ebla, the discovery of this kingdom fills an important gap in our understanding of the 3rd millennium B.C. After an exciting day, we proceed to Aleppo, check in , dinner and O/N.

Day 5

Aleppo.
After breakfast, we leave for a fill day sightseeing of Aleppo to include the archaeological 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 and the caravanserais of Aleppo. Back to your hotel for dinner and O/N.

Day 6

Aleppo/ St.Simeon/ Ain Dara/ Aleppo.
Today is an exiting excursion to the green plain of Aleppo where hundreds of Dead Cities are silently narrating the history of a prosperous Byzantine past. Your prime visit is to Al- qatura ruins and to the 5th cent. Cathedral of St. Simeon the stylite who spent 42 years of outdoors prayers and meditation on a top of a pillar. Later on, drive to visit the Aramaic site of Ain Dara, a huge bas-reliefs of mythological animals still guarding the temple of goddess Ishtar.

Day 7

Aleppo/ Antakya/ Mersin.
After breakfast, we depart Aleppo towards Turkey ( Anadoul Land ), we stop in Antakya, the biblical city of Antioch, lies on the Asi River ( Orontes ) on a fertile palin surrounded by grand mountains. ( Lunch in Antakya if included ), we visit the Antakya Museum houses, one of the richest collections of Roman Mosaic in the world. Continue to Harbiye the ancient Daphne, where according to mythology Apollo tried to make wood nymph Daphne his lover, transfer to your hotel in Mersin for dinner and O/N.

Day 8

Mersin/ Silifke/ Heaven and Hell Grotto / Mersin.
After breakfast, we start our tour in Silifke ( 90 k.m from Mersin 0 spreads out at the foot of a hill, we visit Silifke castle, continue to Heaven and Hell Grotto for a short visit. Back to your hotel in for dinner and O/N.

Day 9

Mersin/ Tarsous Falls/ Caves' Masters/ Mersin.
After breakfast, we have an exciting day, starting with Caves' Masters, then we head to Tartous Falls. Back to your hotel in for dinner and O/N.

Day 10

Mersin / Aleppo
After breakfast, we farewell Turkey towards our last destination in our program ( Aleppo ), afternoon is free, dinner and O/N.

Day 11

Departure.
After breakfast, transfer to Aleppo airport for departure.

 

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