Routes
Tested itineraries, from half a day to a full week.
172 Routes
A day in Palmyra
From the colonnaded street to the tower tombs and up to the castle. Three stops, 16 kilometres, a long day — the desert light sets the order, not the distance.
8 hours · 16 km · 3 stops · Moderate
Aleppo from the citadel to the mosque
A walk that starts at the citadel, runs west through the souq and ends at the Great Mosque. Three stops, 1.6 kilometres, all of it covered and shaded.
5 hours · 1.6 km · 3 stops · Easy
Old Damascus in a day
A route inside the walls, from Bab Sharqi to the Umayyad Mosque. Five stops, all of it walkable: six hours without stopping, a full day if you stop along the way.
6 hours · 4 km · 6 stops · Easy
From the coast to the castle: Latakia to Krak des Chevaliers
From a Bronze Age port to two Crusader castles in a single day. Three stops and 145 kilometres: distance, timing, and the hour the road looks its best.
10 hours · 145 km · 3 stops · Moderate
