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THE
SPLENDOR OF SYRIA & JORDAN 11 DAYS / 10 NIGHTS
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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.
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DAMASCUS
CITY þTOUR 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.
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DAMASCUS
/ SEYDNAYA/ MALOULA/ KRACK DES CHEVALIERS /
ALEPPO 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 Aleppo city for dinner and overnight.
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ALEPPO
Breakfast,
full day sightseeing of Aleppo including the Arabian
citadel, Old souks,
The Great Mosque, Archeological museum, old barriers
and houses from the
17th century. Dinner and overnight in Aleppo.
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ALEPPO /
ST. SIMEION / APAMEA / HAMA /
PALMYRA Breakfast, drive
to visit the imposing cathedral of St.
Simeon, the Stylite which was the
grandest of all 5th 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
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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.
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DAMASCUS
/ BOSRA / JERASH / AMMAN
Breakfast. Drive to Bosra.
Bosra was a major metropolis of the Roman
Empire and a prosperous
crossroads for trade. Its’ importance,
nowadays, lies in housing the still
preserved Roman Theater, which hosts
Arab and International performers
during the Bosra Art Festival. Pass
through the Syrian-Jordanian Border to
visit Jerash , the most beautiful
and preserved Roman city in existence.
Continue to Amman for dinner and
overnight.
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CITY
TOUR OF AMMAN / DEAD SEA / AMMAN
Breakfast. Full day tour
through Amman, the ancient and modern capital of Jordan, originally
built on
seven hills and from the top of the citadel, one of the highest
hills, you can
have a splendid view of the old city. Visit the Citadel,
Roman Theater,
Archeological, Folklore Museums, and King Abdullah
Mosque. Continue to
the Dead Sea – the lowest spot on earth. Time for
bathing and relaxing.
Dinner and overnight-Amman.
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AMMAN
/ MADABA / MOUNT NEBO / KINGS’ HIGHWAY / KERAK /
PETRA
Breakfast, full day
visit through King’s Highway, the ancient Silk
Road; stop in Madaba,
home of the most famous Byzantine Mosaics and
most of all the 6th
century map of the holy places in the biblical world.
Continue to Mount
Nebo, with its spectacular view of the Holy Land. Then to
Kerak to visit
the Crusader Castle from the 12th century. Proceed to Petra
for dinner and overnight.
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PETRA
/ DESERT HIGHWAY / AMMAN
Breakfast. Full day sightseeing of
the unique “rose-red” city of
Petra, half as old as time, built by the Arab
Nabateans who hewed their
monumental tombs, palaces, temples and
treasury from the desert rock’s
sandstone in its’ natural hues of rose and
gold. Late afternoon, drive
to Amman via Desert Highway. Dinner and
overnight in Amman
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TRANSFER
TO AMMAN AIRPORT FOR DEPARTURE
Breakfast. Transfer
to
Amman Airport including our assistance during departure formalities.
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