5-Day Historical Tour of Damascus and Syria's Heritage Sites

• Our driver will pick you up from your hotel in Beirut and transfer you to Damascus.

• Breakfast at the hotel, then meet the guide to visit the following places:
  • The National Museum is in the heart of Damascus, Syria. As the country's national and most significant museum, it covers the entire range of Syrian history over 11 millennia. It displays various important artifacts, relics, and significant finds, most notably from Mari, Ebla, and Ugarit.
  • The Umayyad Mosque is the fourth holiest site in all of Islam and is located in the Old City of Damascus. It is also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus.
  • Saint Ananias Church is located in the old Christian quarter of Damascus. It is believed to be the house where Ananias baptized Saul, who became St. Paul. It is near Bab Sharqi, five meters below ground.
  • Souq Al-Hamidiyah, romanized as Al-Hamidiyah Souq, is the largest and central souk in Syria, located inside the old walled city of Damascus next to the Citadel.

Overnight at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Departure to Maaloula. It is a village of Aramaic origin and one of the three remaining villages where Western Neo-Aramaic is spoken.
• Then head to Krak des Chevaliers. Krak des Chevaliers is a medieval castle in Syria and one of the world's most important preserved medieval castles. Afterwards, return to Damascus.

Overnight at the hotel.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Departure to Bosra. Bosra, once the capital of the Roman province of Arabia, was an essential stopover on the ancient caravan route to Mecca.

• Breakfast at the hotel.
• Departure to Beirut. Our driver will drop you off in Beirut.