How many days do you need in Latakia?
The city is half a day: the corniche, the Roman columns, the centre. The rest of the time goes to what surrounds it, and because that lies in two directions it takes two days — one south to Ugarit, one north to Kessab. Squeezing both into one day means spending most of it in the car; Kessab is an hour and a half from the coast on a winding road. In summer heat, save Kessab for the afternoon, where the air is cooler.
- Suggested length
- 2 days
- Total visiting time across these places
- 23 hours 50 minutes
- Best season
- June and September
Ready-made routes
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On foot · half a dayLatakia’s al-Saliba quarter on foot: mosques, a zawiya and Roman columns
A half-day walk in al-Saliba, Latakia's oldest quarter: the Roman arch, two mosques that began as Crusader churches, a zawiya of 1291 and Roman columns.
On foot · half a dayLatakia’s al-Kamiliyah quarter walk: from the National Museum to Baghdad Street
Three hours in Latakia's al-Kamiliyah quarter: the National Museum in an old khan, a Mamluk prayer hall, the Evangelical Church, the serail and the Latin Church.
On foot · half a dayOttoman Latakia on foot: from the Sheikh al-Maghribi Mosque to the Hamidiye Serail
Three hours in Ottoman Latakia: a Moroccan scholar's mosque, two mosques of 1727, a wheat khan on Roman columns, the Al-Bazar Mosque and the 1905 serail.
What to see
- Latakia · 18th century
The Al-Saliba Mosque in Latakia
An Ottoman mosque named after Latakia's old al-Saliba quarter and recorded in a 1749 decree: a four-domed prayer hall behind concrete extensions added from 1952.
- Latakia · 13th century
The Great Mosque of Latakia
Latakia's Ayyubid mosque, dated 1210 by the inscription over its entrance: a prayer hall under five domes, a stone minaret and a madrasa added on its west in 1422.
- Latakia · 12th century
The Al-Mashati Mosque in Latakia
A small mosque on Yarmouk Street in Latakia's old al-Saliba quarter: a Crusader-era church that became a mosque after Saladin took the city back in 1188.
- Latakia · Mamluk core
Sheikh al-Batrani Mosque, Latakia
A mosque in Latakia's al-Kamiliyah quarter where a small Mamluk-era vaulted hall survives inside the 2005 and 2015 extensions, and how to tell old from new.
- Latakia · 1936–1940
St George Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Latakia
The Greek Orthodox cathedral of Latakia and the city's largest church, rebuilt with donations in 1936–1940. A marble plaque dated 1940 records the work.
- Latakia · Greek Orthodox, 1722 and 1845
St Nicholas Church, Latakia
Latakia's Greek Orthodox church on the goldsmiths' souq, repaired in 1722 and merged with Mar Musa in 1845. A street now runs over part of the older building.
Transparency
- How this was chosen
- The answer on this page is written by hand. The lists are built from published records tied to this city and grow on their own as records are added.
- Facts checked
- August 2026
- Last updated
- September 15, 2026