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Circuit 8 days / 7 nights
Room and board
A
journey, but more that it again: an extraordinary
journey through the time and history. An escapade,
disorientating and bewitching, where the discoveries
will make you relive 8 000 years History and histories.
A journey that will allow you to follow the traces of
the former civilizations with the passing of
archaeological sites that count among the most
prestigious of Middle East and, maybe, of the world … |
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Circuit: 8
days / 7 nights:
Day 1:
Damascus
Day 2:
Damascus - Bosra - Damascus
Day 3:
Damascus
Day 4:
Damascus - Palmyra
Day 5:
Palmyra - Qasr Al Hir Al Charqi - Rassafa - Aleppo
Day 6: Aleppo - Saint-Simon -
Aleppo
Day 7: Aleppo - Apamya - Hama -
Krak des Chevaliers - Maaloula - Damascus
Day 8: Departure |
Description of details
of the circuit
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Day 1 : Damascus |
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Route |
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Arrived in Damascus international
airport. Welcome and aid by our local correspondent.
Transfer to your
hotel. To dinner and night. |
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Day 2 : Damascus - Bosra - Damascus |
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Route |
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At the south of Damascus pleasant city of
Bosra is of which history joins the one of the pink city of Petra in Jordan. You
will discover the splendor of Roman amphitheater, one of bigger and of the
preserved better of the region. To eat lunch under way, continuation toward
Chahba to discover the Empreur Philippe Arabe city.
Afternoon return on Damascus. To dinner and night. |
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Day 3 : Damas |
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Route |
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During this day, you
will discover some of the most interesting aspects of the Syrian capital: l
'extraordinary Mosque of the Omeyyads, the national Museum, Saint-Ananie,le
church bazaar Al Hamidiyah,... The lunch will be opportunity to appreciate the
local gastronomy in a restaurant typical of the city. After a walk in the souks,
you will go at the end of day to the summit of the Mount Cassioun where you will
benefit a superb panorama on the city and his/her/its palm grove bathed by the
colors of the declining sun. Return to hotel. To
dinner and night. |
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Day 4 : Damascus -
Palmyra |
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Route |
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After the breakfast,
departure for Palmyra with to eat lunch along the way. In l 'afternoon, you will
discover Palmyra, the city of Queen Zenobie, and the prestigious vestiges: the
big colonnade, the theater, agora, the temple of Bel, the collective tombs, then
the archaeological Museum. Return to l 'hotel. To
dinner and night.
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Day 5 : Palmyra -
Qasr Al Hir Al Charqui -Rassafa - Aleppo |
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Route |
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Early the morning,
you will take the road for Aleppo via Qasr Al Hir Al Charqui that is one of the
time castle Omeyyade. After the lunch you will make a stop to Rassafa,
"Byzantine City", whose ruins reveal importance of this city during this period.
You will join Aleppo at the end of day. Installation to hotel.
To dine and night. |
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Day 6 : Aleppo -
Saint-Simon - Aleppo |
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Route |
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Will be dedicated to the Aleppo
discovery, one of the oldest cities of the world and
"capital all day economic" of the country. To the
crossing of the roads caravans, Aleppo always lived the
commerce as testify his/her/its immense souks of it
again (12 km) well-known most active of Near East. You
will discover as l 'imposing citadel mamelouk (XIIIe
century) that dominates the city. After the lunch, you
will join Saint-Siméon to visit the basilica there that,
to his/her/its time, was the biggest of the world. At
the end of day, return in Aleppo. To dine and night. |
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Day 7 : Alep -
Apamya - Hama - Krak des Chevaliers - Maaloula -
Damascus |
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Route |
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After the breakfast, you will
take the road for Apamya that was the biggest hellenistic Orient metropolis.
His/her/its long colonnades reveal its wealthiness again yesteryear. Your
following stage will be Hama, the "City of the Norias ", bathed by the Orontes
stream that confers him a welcome freshness. You will join the Krak des
Chevaliers then, the most important castle-strong constructs by the Crusaders in
Islam earth. You will reach Maaloula, one of the last townships to the world
where one speaks again in an Aramaean current manner, the Christ's language. You
will visit the convent Saint-Serge there (superb collection icons of the XVIIes
and XVIIIe centuries). At the end of day, arrived to Damascus and installation
in your hotel. To dine and night.
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Day 8 : Departure |
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Route |
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After the breakfast, transfer
to Damascus international airport. for departure.
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