09 days - 08 nights

Day 01

Arrival Damascus Int `l Airport, transfer to hotel, O/ N Damascus.

Day 02

Damascus full day (National Museum, shrine of St. John the Baptist head Omayad mosque, street called straight via-recta mentioned in the holy bible chapel of St. Anania's. Church of St. Paul `s window, cave of St. Paul Thomas and Eastern gates. O/ N Damascus.

Day 03

Drive towards the south, visit "St. Paul` s monastery at Kawkab, St. Georgeous church at Ezraa, Amphitheater, convent of Monk Bahira (who met Moslem prophet Mohammed), the palace of the bishop at Busra " the Byzantine cathedral at Qanawat, the mosaic museum at Shahba "Philip polis" back to Damascus O/ N.

Day 04

Damascus - Aleppo, visit en rout to "the church of the belt of the virgin, where they found the belt which Mary the virgin made herself" the church of St.Ellyn the miraculous, at Homs. Madrasah Halawya, St. Helene Cathedral, previously, the shrine of St. Zakaryas, St. John the Baptist` s father in the Grand Mosque of Aleppo, the Armenian quarters at Aleppo, O/N Aleppo.

Day 05

Early to St. Serge town "Resafa" Sergiopolis back to Aleppo
" Museum & Citadel" O/ N Aleppo.

Day 06

Aleppo - Lattakia, visit en rout to St. Simeon the stylist monastery and castle, remains of Al- Mushabbak old Byzantine church El Bara old Byzantine dead town, O/ N Lattakia.

Day 07

Lattakia - Damascus, visit en rout to Gothic style cathedral at Tartous, crusade church tower at Safita monastery of Georgeous and Krak des Chevaliers (from medieval crusade times) around Homs. Monastry of St. Tekla at Maaloula where people still speak Aramaic, the same language of Jesus Christ, monastery of our Lady at Sednaya O/ N Damascus.

Day 08

Full day for shopping, O/ N Damascus.

Day 09

Transfer to APT for Departure.


Note:

If the group will leave Syria by border to Jordan- visiting Bosra (Romanian theater and old city) will be included.

H.S period in Cham Palace and most hotels in Syria as follow

From 15 March - April - till 31 May
From 10 September - October - till 5 November
From 20 December till 5 January

L.S period

From 1 June - July - till August
From 6 November - till 19 December
From 6 January - February - till 14 March

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