A country · 49 places · 11 regions
Syria, all of it.
49 curated places across 11 regions — photographed, mapped, and noted with the season each is best in.
The 4 biggest regions — Damascus Governorate, Hama Governorate, Aleppo Governorate and Deir ez-Zor Governorate — read below as chapters, with 7 more waiting past them.
Chapter I · Damascus Governorate · 14 places
Damascus Governorate
The National Museum of Damascus is Syria's principal museum, presenting artefacts spanning the country's history from prehistory to the Islamic era. Its collection includes finds from Ugarit, Mari, and Palmyra, among them early alphabetic tablets and funerary sculpture. A reconstructed underground tomb and a synagogue interior from Dura-Europos are among the highlights, and its entrance incorporates the restored façade of the desert palace of Qasr al-Hayr al-Gharbi. It stands beside the Tekkiye Mosque on the edge of the old city.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter II · Hama Governorate · 6 places
Hama Governorate
A ruined Greco-Roman city on a plateau above the Orontes valley, famed for a colonnaded main street nearly two kilometers long. Rows of spiral-fluted columns still line the ancient avenue.
✦ March to May · $
Chapter III · Aleppo Governorate · 5 places
Aleppo Governorate
The vast covered market network of old Aleppo, historically among the longest roofed bazaars in the world. Vaulted stone lanes once traded soap, spices and textiles beneath the citadel.
via Wikimedia CommonsChapter IV · Deir ez-Zor Governorate · 3 places
Deir ez-Zor Governorate
A Euphrates river city known for its long pedestrian suspension bridge and riverside promenades in the eastern desert. It has served as a crossroads between Mesopotamia and the Syrian interior.
✦ March to May · $
Regions of Syria
Every place in Syria
49 places, one country.
Maaloula
Rif Dimashq Governorate, Syria
✦ April to June · $
Apamea, Syria
Hama Governorate, Syria
✦ March to May · $
Ugarit
Latakia Governorate, Syria
✦ March to June · $
Krak des Chevaliers
Homs Governorate, Syria
✦ March to May · $
Saladin Castle
Latakia Governorate, Syria
✦ March to June · $
Tartus
Tartus Governorate, Syria
✦ April to October · $
National Museum of Damascus
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Al-Hamidiyah Souq
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Tekkiye Mosque
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Bab Sharqi
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Chapel of Saint Paul, Damascus
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Azem School
Damascus, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Straight Street
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Mount Qasioun
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ April–June, September–October · $
Marjeh Square
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Nur al-Din Bimaristan
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Damascus Citadel
Damascus Governorate, Syria
✦ March–May, October–November · $
Ancient City of Aleppo
Aleppo, Syria
✦ October–April · $$
Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din
Syrian Arab Republic, Syria
✦ October–April · $$
Ancient Villages of Northern Syria
Syria, Syria
✦ October–April · $$
Ancient City of Damascus
Damascus, Syria
✦ October–April · $$
Ancient City of Bosra
Bosra, Syria
✦ October–April · $$
Site of Palmyra
Tadmur, Syria
✦ October–April · $$
Deir ez-Zor
Deir ez-Zor Governorate, Syria
✦ March to May · $