THE SPLENDOR OF SYRIA 8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS PROGRAM

ARRIVE DAMASCUS AIRPORT Meet at the gate, by our friendly Airport
 staff who shall provide full assistance through immigration & custom.
 Transfer to hotel in Damascus for dinner & overnight.

DAMASCUS CITY ‏TOUR Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Damascus, the
 oldest capital and continually inhabited city in the world. Visit the Omayyad
 Mosque, Saladin's Tomb, the Azem Palace, St. Annania’s Church, Straight
 Street, St. Paul's Window and the old covered bazaar. P.M visit of the
 National museum of Damascus. Dinner and overnight in Damascus.

DAMASCUS / SEYDNAYA/ MALOULA/ KRACK DES CHEVALIERS /
 LATTAKIA Breakfast. Drive to Seydnaya to visit the Blessed Virgin’s
 Convent and then to Ma'lula, the honeycomb village. Built on a very
 capricious rocky slope. Continue to Krak des Chevaliers, to visit the famous
 Crusader Fortress, built in 1110. Proceed to Lattakia city for dinner and
 overnight.

LATTAKIA / UGARIT / SALADIN CASTLE / EBLA / ALEPPO Breakfast,
 drive to Ugarit the Phoenician City, where the world’s first alphabetic writing
 came into use. Then to Saladin’s Castle, described as the unconquerable
 castle because of its’ location and the amazingly deep man-made ditch cut
 in the rock that faces the southern part of it. Continue to Ebla, a kingdom
 from the 3^rd millenium B.C Proceed to Aleppo for dinner and overnight.

ALEPPO Breakfast, full day sightseeing of Aleppo including the Arabian
 citadel, Old souks, The Great Mosque, Archeological museum, old barriers
 and houses from the 17^th century. Dinner and overnight in Aleppo.

ALEPPO / ST. SIMEION / APAMEA / HAMA  / PALMYRA Breakfast, drive
 to visit the imposing cathedral of St. Simeon, the Stylite which was the
 grandest of all 5^th century Christian monuments. Continue to Apamea to
 visit the Greek Roman Byzantine site of Apamea. Then via Hama, one of the
 oldest city in Syria, famous for its’ wooden waterwheels, to Palmyra for
 dinner and overnight

PALMYRA AND DAMASCUS Breakfast. Sightseeing tour of Palmyra,
 Syria’s prime attraction and one of the world’s greatest historical sites
 where the magnificent remains: the Temple of Bel, the Arch of Triumph,
 Zenobia Bath and more tell stories of the reign of Queen Zenobia.
Afternoon drive back to Damascus for dinner and overnight.

TRANSFER TO DAMASCUS AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE Breakfast.
 Transfer to Damascus Airport including our assistance during departure
 formalities.