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Day 1:
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Arrival at Damascus Airport, Meet &
Assist, Transfer to Hotel, Dinner & Overnight
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Day 2:
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Damascus
Breakfast, Full Day Tour of Damascus including: National
Museum, Umayyad Mosque, Azem Palace, St. Ananiasí
Chapel, St. Paulís Window, Dinner and Overnight in
Hotel
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Day 3:
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Maaloula, Krak Des Chevaliers, Tartus,
Lattakia
Departure for Maaloula, Visit Chapel of St. Sergius,
Continue to Krak Des Chevaliers, on to Tartus -Riverboat
tour around the Isle of Arwad, Disembark and continue to
Lattakia, Dinner and Overnight in Hotel
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Day 4:
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Saladin Castle, Apamea, Hama
Departure for Saladin Castle, followed by a visit
to the highest mountains and the most fertile valleys in
Syria, like the Orontes River Valley; Visit Apamea, continue
on to Hama, (the city of the Norias - the colossal ancient
waterwheels), Dinner and Overnight in Hotel.
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Day 5:
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Hama, Dead Cities, Aleppo
Departure from Hama, Visit the Dead Cities of
Baouda and Serjilla, Visit the Basilica of St. Simeon the
Stylite, Continue to Aleppo, Dinner and Overnight in
Hotel.
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Day 6:
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Aleppo
Full Day Tour of Aleppo including: Museum, The
Great Mosque, the Citadel and the Suqs, Dinner and Overnight
in Hotel
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Day 7:
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Euphrates Valley Camp out
Departure for the valley of the Euphrates River,
Visit the Castle of Najem, Cross the Tishreen Dam and visit
Jaabar Castle on the peninsula in Lake Assad. Dinner and
Overnight in tents on the shore of the lake.
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Day 8:
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Euphrates Valley and Deir Ezzor
Boat tour around the castle. Disembark and
continue by bus to Raqqa area and the village of
"Bouettiyeh" Departure by boat to Deir Ezzor - approximately
3 hours -, Dinner on an island in the Euphrates at Deir
Ezzor. Overnight in Bungalows at the Hotel al-Waha.
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Day 9:
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Desert of Palmyra
Departure via 4x4. Cross the Syrian desert and
visit the Arab castle Qasr al-Heir as-Sharqi. Dinner and
Overnight in Bedouin tents in the desert near Palmyra.
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Day 10:
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Desert of Palmyra
Visit Palmyra. Visit includes The Museum, Valley
Of Tombs, Necropolis, Hypogeum of The Three Brothers, Temple
of Baalshamin, Colonnade Street, The Agora, Temple Of Bel,
Nebo Temple, and Zenobia Baths. Dinner and Overnight in
Bedouin tents.
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Day 11:
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Camp Out
Departure on camels to the sulfuric springs
"Al-Abbassiyeh" a trip of approx. 5 hrs. Dinner and
Overnight in tents.
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Day 12:
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Camp Out
Departure in 4X4 across the Syrian desert between
the mountains of Palmyra. Dinner and overnight in the
Baghdad Café.
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Day 13:
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Qasr al-Heir, Bosra, Damascus
Departure towards the mountains of "Siys." Visit
Qasr al-Heir al-Gharbi. Cross the "al-Zalaf" Desert. Arrival
at Jebel Arab in the south of Syria, visit Bosra and return
to Damascus. Dinner and overnight in hotel.
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Day 14:
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Um Qais, Jerash, Amman
Breakfast and departure for Jordan via the
Syro-Jordanian border by bus. Visit Um Qais and Jerash.
Departure for a hotel in Amman. Dinner at Kan Zamman. Return
to hotel for Overnight.
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Day 15:
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Madaba, Mount Nebo, Petra
Departure for Madaba and Mount Nebo. Continue to
Petra via "The Kingsí Highway" and Wadi Mujeb. Dinner
and Overnight in Hotel.
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Day 16:
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Petra, Wadi Rum
A half-day visit of Petra, through the Siq on
horseback. Afternoon: transfer to Wadi Rum for a tour of the
desert in 4X4. Dinner and overnight in a Bedouin tent.
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Day 17:
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Jordanian Desert, Damascus
A desert tour on camels. Return to Damascus.
Dinner and overnight in hotel.
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Day 18:
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Breakfast and transfer to Damascus
International Airport
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