
4 Day Classic Tour
of Syria: Option # 1
Damascus - Umayyad Mosque - Mausoleum of St.
John the Baptist and Salah ad Din - Azem
Palace - Via Recta - St. Paul Church - St.
Ananias Church - Kassioun Mountain - Tekieh
Souleimaniah and the Handicraft Bazaar –
Hamidieh Bazaar- Palmyra – Krak Des
Chevaliers - Al Hosn – Ma'loula - Monastery
of St. Takla, St. Sergios, & Bakhos
Day 1
Damascus - Umayyad Mosque - Mausoleum of St.
John the Baptist and Salah ad Din - Azem
Palace - Via Recta - St. Paul Church - St.
Ananias Church - Kassioun Mountain - Tekieh
Souleimaniah and the Handicraft Bazaar –
Hamidieh Bazaar
Upon arrival in
Damascus
we will take a full city tour.

We will visit the Umayyad Mosque, Azem
Palace, Via Recta, Mausoleum of St. John the
Baptist, and Salah ad Din. We will see
some of the old Christian Churches of St.
Paul and St. Ananias.
Near the end of the day will see the old
quarters of
Damascus
and then get a panoramic view of the city
from Kassioun Mountain.

Then we will have a little time to look or
shop at the old bazaars Tekieh Souleimaniah,
the Handicraft Bazaar, and Hamidieh Bazaar.
We will have dinner and stay overnight.
Day 2
Damascus - Palmyra – Krak Des Chevaliers -
Al Hosn
Then after breakfast, we will transfer to
Palmyra
in the morning to have a full day tour in
Palmyra.

Then continue to
Krak Des
Chevaliers.
We will have dinner and stay overnight Al
Hosn.
Day 3
Al Hosn – Krak Des Chevaliers – Ma'loula -
Monastery of St. Takla, St. Sergios, &
Bakhos - Damascus
Then after breakfast we will visit
Krak Des
Chevaliers in the
morning to visit the best preserved of all
Crusader Castles in the world built 1031.

We will travel to visit
Ma'loula
this is an old village
built in a very capricious rocky slope, the
only place left where the inhabitants still
speak Aramaic, the language of Jesus Christ.
Near the end of the day we can visit the
monastery of St. Takla, St. Sergios, and
Bakhos.
Then we will travel to the hotel to have
some free time till the evening.
We will have dinner and stay overnight in
Damascus.
Day 4
Damascus - Departure
Then after breakfast we will transfer you to
the airport or to the borders for departure
from
Syria.

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