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Soap and stone

Aleppo

A city built on trade. The citadel does not sit on a hill — it is the hill, with millennia stacked beneath it. The souqs are reopening, and so are the soap works.

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Founded
3rd millennium BC
Population
1,800,000
Best season
Spring and autumn

A city built on trade. The citadel does not sit on a hill; it is the hill, and thousands of years are stacked underneath it. The souqs are opening again, and the soap works are back at it.

Highlights

  • The Aleppo Citadel
  • The Al-Madina Souq
  • The laurel soap workshops

In this city

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Aleppo · 12th century

The Aleppo Citadel

It stands on the mound at the centre of the city. On the way up the ramp, the stone bridge on your right dates from the Ayyubid period. Entry is 1500 SYP.