Because of its very oriental characteristics, Hama is the base for visiting the surrounding areas. The two overnights in this romantic town in addition to the whole atmosphere of your visit.

Day 01: Arrival Damascus
Arrive at Damascus Airport, to be met and assisted by your assigned guide. Transfer to your hotel for dinner and overnight.

An entire day dedicated to visit the attractions of Damascus, the National Museum, Tukia Al Sulaimanieh a Turkish 16^th century Koranic school converted into a handicraft center, The Umayyad Mosque, Saladin tomb, the Folklore Museum, the straight street of Damascus, St. Anania’s Chapel and St. Paul’s window. The end of the day is highlighted by doing a nice visit to Qasion Mountain to view Damascus to view Damascus from 350 meters above the city level. Back to the hotel for dinner and overnight.

Day 03: Damascus / Maaloula / Crac des Chevaliers / Hama
After breakfast, we drive to Hama, the famous giant water-wheels town. On the way, we stop for a pleasant visit to Maaoula, the virgin village whose native tongue is Aramaic, the very language of Jesus Christ. Another great stop is in Crac des Chevaliers (the castle of the knights) the Crusade eagle nest, which has never been found all over the world. Arrive to your hotel in Hama for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, we depart Hama for the forested mountain of the coast. Visit Apamea on the way, the splendid site which over dominates the whole gap valley. We visit the 1-mile colonnade street, the mosaic museum, the remains of the Byzantine cathedral and the palace. We drive on the serpent road to visit Saladin castle built on a top of a hill and separated from the surrounding hills by deep ravines cut in the rock. We proceed to Lattakia in the afternoon to visit Ugarit, a seafarers kingdom whose mighty men conquered the very east coast of America 2800 before it was discovered by Christopher Columbus. Back to your hotel in Hama for dinner and overnight.

Day 05: Hama / Ebla / St. Simeon / Aleppo
After breakfast, we drive north to Aleppo. On the way, we visit the gorgeous mosaics housed in a 17^th century fabled caravanserai.
Before proceeding to Aleppo, we see and hear an interesting comment on the discovery of the kingdom of Ebla, which yielded 17000 clay tablets of cuneiform. Arrive Aleppo for lunch. Afternoon we drive to the limestone hills to visit the imposing cathedral dedicated to St. Simeon. The picturesque view of the surrounding valley adds a lot to the general atmosphere. Drive to your hotel in Aleppo for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, and to start with the city tour, a visit will be made to the unique archeological museum and to the impregnable citadel of Aleppo whose deep moat once was filled with the bodies of the Mongol upon invasion in the mid of 13^th century. Continue the visit to the colorful bazaars and to the Grand Mosque and the old caravanserai. Back to your hotel for dinner and overnight

Day 07: Aleppo / Jabar Castle / Resafa / Reqqa / Deir Ezzor
Today trip is eastward to the antique eternal Euphrates River, the locals believe that this river is the gift of God to the human kind as it is one of the rivers of paradise. We visit the Abbassid castle of Jabar, and then we head south to visit the ruins of Resafa, which represent the summit of the renaissance era of Christianity. Continue our drive to Reqqa for a short visit. The dinner is in your Deir Ezzor hotel and overnight.

After breakfast, this morning we follow the down stream of the Euphrates to get into Dura Europos which was a fort, a caravan post and a flourishing city whose temples were dressed from the inside with fine pieces of gorgeous frescoes.

Later on, we continue driving by the waterside downstream until we get to the excavated site of the 3^rd millennium, Mari, the king’s legendary palace was consisted of 300 rooms in which many temples, kitchens, royal quarters, administrative quarter and the oldest classroom for children were discovered. Driving t visit Ibn Maan castle to see the sun drops over the horizon. Drive to your hotel at the end of the day by having a nice dinner and peaceful overnight.

Day 09: Palmyra / Damascus
After breakfast, we do a very short driving to explore the ruins of Palmyra, the deep-rooted Semitic village which was grown up by the contribution of the Silk Road and climaxed by Queen Zenobia. We visit the temple of God Bel, the archeological museum, some of the tombs, the arch of triumph and the Viarecta, etc… Lunch is in a local restaurant. We continue our visit to Diocletian camp.

Back to Damascus for dinner and overnight.

After breakfast, we leave for a full day excursion to the most barren area in Syria to get to Sweida, Shahba and Bosra where we will visit the Roman theater, baths, lantern Gate, qulaibeh, the underground market and the wind gate.

Then we get to Damascus for dinner and overnight.

Day 11: Departure Damascus
Transfer to the airport for departure Or (We can do day 10 as follows: Damascus / Bosra / Jerash / Amman)