Routes
Tested itineraries, from half a day to a full week.
100 Routes
A day in the Afrin valley: from Ain Dara to Cyrrhus
One day northwest of Aleppo: an Iron Age temple in the morning, a Roman city in the afternoon, a tomb tower turned mosque between them. 94 kilometres by car.
9 hours · 94 km · 3 stops · Moderate
A day out of Damascus: from Mount Qasioun to the Barada valley, on the trail of Abel
From the cave on the slope of Qasioun to the shrine in the Barada valley, two ends of one story in a single day: 105 kilometres, four stops, a car and a steep stair.
9 hours · 105 km · 4 stops · Moderate
Half a day in Damascus: six stops from Bab al-Faraj to Aqsab
1300 metres and six stops north of the Umayyad Mosque: two madrasas, a bathhouse working since 985, a lived-in quarter, a city gate, and a mosque outside the wall.
5 hours · 1.3 km · 6 stops · Easy
Half a day in Damascus: five stops outside the old walls
The Damascus outside the wall: 2000 metres and five stops. The mosque they call the little Umayyad, the Mamluk quarter of Souq Saruja, two museums and Marjeh Square.
4 hours · 2 km · 5 stops · Easy
