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Half a day tour in Damascus: FM 09.00 - 14.00 H

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Including visits to Omayyad Mosque and tomb of Saladin - Azem palace "The museum of Arts and Popular Traditions of Syria"- Al Hamidieh Souks - St. Ananias Chapel - Church of St.paul, Via-Rect "The street called straight"- eastern gate "Bab Sharqi" and the wall of Damascus from the Roman age

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Half day tour to : Al Sayidah Zeinab Mosque

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The Tomb Mosque of the Arab Prophet Muhamed's grand-daughter Zeinab " 10 Damascus k.m.   south of

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Full day tour to : BOSRA/SHAHBA / QANAWAT - 137 k.m south of Damascus

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Drive through the countryside to Bosra visiting the very well preserved Roman Theater, the Roman Street with both Nabothian and Roman gates and other Byzantine,Christian and Roman and Islamic monuments .
Then to Sweida , Qanawat to visit the temple of Zeus and the Aqueducts.Continue to Shahba where you will view some of the most beautiful floor mosaics in the world.

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Half a day tour to : Seydanaya - Maaloula 55 k.m northeast of Damascus.

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Visit the Orthodox Patriarchal Convent of our lady of Seydanaya " 30 k.mnorth of Damascus" and to visit in Maaloula the defile which has been taken by St. Thecle to pass through to the cave she has resided in with the convent of St. Sergious which is considered among the most ancient churches in the world .
People in Maaloula still speak the Aramic Language which was spoken by Jesus Christ in his predication

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Full day tour to : SYDNAYA / MAALOULA / KRACK DES CHEVALIERS- ARAMAIC AND CRUSADER  200 k.m from Damascus

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Leave Damascus via a mountain road to Sydnaya,the convert of the Blessed Virgin and its unique ancient icons, then continue to Maaloula the village whose inhabitants still speak Aramaic(the language of Christ).Visit St. Sergius and St. Taqla’s Monasteries, sampling the local wine, and then continue via Homs to visit the magnificent, glorious and awesome Crusaders castle,the Krack des Chevaliers.

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Full day tour to : PALMYRA - QUEEN ZENOBIA’S  230 k.m. in the middle of the Syrian desert

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The monuments of the city tell about the struggle between the beautiful Queen Zenobia of Palmyra and the Roman Emperor Aurelian in the 3rd century A.D.
The tour includes visits to the museum of Palmyra , the Valley of tombs ( tombs tower - Hypogeum tombs ) , Bel's Temple , Street of columns , Islamic castle (Faker Aldin Al Maani) , sulphurous spring of Afqa - Theater - Agora and the rest of Palmyra ruins .

 SH. 08: 

Full day tour to : Homs - Hama - Apamea ( 263 k.m. )

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This tour includes visits to :
· Homs city 161 k.m. , visit the tomb mosque of Ibn Al Waleed who conquered Damascus in the 7th century A.D. , and the church of Umm Zenar , where the belt of Virgin Mary is preserved .
· Hama city ( 45 k.m. north of Homs ) to visit the Azem palace " museum of arts and popular Traditions , and the Norias " The Water Wheels " .
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Apamea 57 k.m. northwest of Hama which is built by Seleucus Nicator the macedonian , the town monuments and beauty rival those of Palmyra city .

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Full Day City Tour in Aleppo

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Visit to the citadel of Aleppo which gained fame during the rule of Sayf Ad- Dawla Al- Hamadani - Siljuk - Attabeke - Ayyoubite - and the Mamluks , Aleppo Museum , Grand Mosque which was built during the Omayyad era , Aleppo ancient Souks and the museum of arts and popular traditions ( Ajakpasha House ) .

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Full Day Tour To Hama

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Including visits to Ebla excavations ( 60 k.m. ) south of Aleppo , Apamea Ruins ( 57 k.m.) northwest of Hama city , then to Hama to have the lunch in one of the restaurants on the Orontes River nearby the Norias ( The Water Wheels )

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Full Day Tour to Al - Rassafeh ( 170 k.m. ) southeast of Aleppo

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Where the Byzantine art is presented in its beautiful forms  (Sergiopolis ) then visit to Jaaber citadel .

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Full Day Tour To St.Simeon Castle ( 50 k.m. )

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Including visits to : the citadel of Aleppo , the museum of Aleppo , then to the castle of St.Simeon stylites which has splendid Byzantine Basilica of the 5th C.A.D. converted into a stronghold castle during Sayf Ad- Dawla Al- Hamadani 's Rule.

 

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