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08 day, 07 nights

 

Day 01: Arrival
Meet & assist upon arrival to Aleppo airport, then transfer to the hotel for dinner & O/N.

Day 02: Aleppo/ St. Simeon/ Aleppo
After breakfast, we leave the hotel for the sightseeing of Aleppo to include the city's spectacular citadel, the museum, the ancient hotel inns, mosques & ancient dwellings in the Armenian quarter.
Lunch is in a cozy restaurant. In the after-noon, we continue to the countryside to visit the imposing cathedral of St. Simeon, which was the grandest of all the 5th century Christian monuments, back to your hotel in Aleppo for dinner & O/N.

Day 03: Aleppo/ Resafa/ Dura Europos/ Mari/ Deir Ezzor
After breakfast, we head to Resafa, the city which possesses a magnificent 5th century churches. An after noon visit to Dura Europos & Mari on the Euphrates basin. Transfer to your hotel in Deir Ezzor for dinner & O/N.

Day 04: Deir Ezzor/ Palmyra

After breakfast, we depart Deir Ezzor to Palmyra for a full day sightseeing of Palmyra. We visit the viarecta, the arch of triumph, Nebo temple, Zanobia bath, the theater, the agora, the senate house, funeral temple and Deocletian camp, the museum, the tombs and temple of god Bel.
Lunch is included in a local restaurant. Back to the hotel for dinner & O/N

Day 05: Palmyra/ Hama/ Apamea/ Homs
After breakfast, we head to Hama where we can enjoy our time watching the giant norias with their special musical sound. Then we visit Apamea, the splendid site which over-dominates the whole gap valley.
We visit the 1 mile colonnaded street, the mosaic museum, the remains of the Byzantine cathedral & the palace, then we head to Homs for dinner & O/N.

Day 06: Homs/ Crac des Chevaliers/ Ma'aloula/ Damascus

After breakfast, we drive towards the best-preserved Crusade castle (Crac des Chevaliers) & have lunch in the king's daughter tower. Then we proceed to Ma'aloula, the virgin village whose native tongue is Aramaic, the very language of Jesus Christ. Arrive to Damascus for dinner & O/N.

Day 07: Damascus
After breakfast, we drive to the national museum of Damascus. Then we head to the old quarter to visit the folklore museum, which is a typical 17th century Damascene house, we visit as well the Umayyad mosque & the tomb of the hero Islam Saladin. Lunch is included in a local restaurant. In the afternoon, 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 08: Departure

After breakfast, transfer to Damascus International Airport for departure



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