Northern Discoveries - 5 days Cultural Tours A Story of Glory 10 days The Fertile Crescent 10 days The Ancient World 12 days Tour de Syrie 15 days Regular Tours Magic Syria 8 days Splendid Syria 7 days All from Damascus 7 days Combined Tours Syria & Lebanon 9 days Syria & Jordan 9 days Magic Orient 15 days Incentive Tours Cultural Damascus 5 days Northern Discoveries 5 day The Garden of Syria 5 days Incentive Ideas Shopping Tours Downtown Damascus 4 days The 2 Rivals 5 days Religious Tours Biblical Syria 9 days Day 1 We meet our guests at the airport of Aleppo and assist them with their luggage and the border formalities A short drive brings the participants to the hotel where they are welcomed with a drink After a small rest, dinner is served in the hotel. Day 2 In the morning a city tour of Aleppo is on the program including the great mosque, the citadel and the souks. After lunch, the guests visit the sanctuary of St. Simeon just an hour drive north of Aleppo. At night, the participants are transferred to the Turkish baths of Aleppo. In this typical setting dinner is served. Day 3 After breakfast, it is time to start a full day excursion to the area south east of Aleppo First stop is at Ebla, where the guests visit the archeological site of this city that flourished in the Bronze Age Less than 25 kilometers further down the road, they visit Maaret En Numaan, a site that became especially famous by the savage activities of the Crusaders Third visit of today is the site of Sergilla, one of the most interesting of the Dead Cities. Lunch in the form of a picnic is scheduled here. Last but certainly not least is the visit of Aphamea, a stunning sight over the rich farmlands reclaimed from swamp towards the hazy skein of the Jebel Ansariye to the west. After this visit the guests are transferred back to Aleppo where they can enjoy a well deserved rest. Later on dinner is served in the hotel. Day 4 Today's main attractions are the Euphrates and the Byzantine cities Rassafa and Raqqa. Both cities were important fortresses on the front line between the Persian and the Christian empires in Byzantine times and were favored by the Omayyad Caliph Hisham. On the way back to Aleppo we stop to have a look at the Assad Lake and visit the remains of one of the most important crossing and transit points on the Euphrates at Meskene. Lunch is scheduled on the way In the form of a picnic. Back in Aleppo and after a nice rest in the hotel, farewell dinner is served in restaurant Sissi House in the Jdeideh quarter of the city. Day 5 It is time to go home again and we bring our guests to the airport for departure       Ideas The program of Day 3 and Day 4 can easily be changed and hereafter you will find a suggestion that gives you a completely different program: Day 3 : The participants leave the hotel only to come back to Aleppo on the next day. First we visit (he Dead Cities Qalb Loze and Kirkbize, both located west of Aleppo near the Turkish border. After a drive through one of the most beautiful areas in Syria we arrive at the castle of Saladin. located on top of a hill and with a breathtaking view. Lunch is organized in Slenfe. Last visit of today is the site of Ugarit which history goes as far back as the Bronze Age and it is here that the first alphabet was found. Alter a rest guests are invited for dinner at the hotel in Lattakia. Day 4 : In the morning we drive to Aphamea to visit the archaeological site and the museum. We continue to Maaret En Numaan and end the day with a visit of Ebla. After a break in the hotel, the guests are invited for a farewell dinner in a typical Arabic restaurant in the Jdeidah quarter of the city.           Request Info
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