Syria Journeys
Destinations
Editorial guides to the cities, coast, desert and mountain villages that shape a Syrian journey.

Damascus
Damascus

Qalamoun
Maaloula & Saidnaya
Mountains of the faiths

Homs
Krak des Chevaliers
The finest crusader castle on earth

Aleppo
Aleppo
Citadel, souks and a famous lunch

Daraa
Bosra
The black basalt Roman city

Homs Desert
Palmyra
The desert capital of Queen Zenobia

Hama
Hama & Apamea
Norias on the Orontes

Coast
Tartus & Arwad Island
A Mediterranean day

Idlib
The Dead Cities
Byzantine towns of the limestone hills