Syrian Adventure

Main Day, and the Most Abundant. We start from the Bel Temple and the Columns of the Triumph and the Theater, then we pass by the Valley of the Tombs where the Palmyrenes were buried in high stone towers (because even death here needs a view!). After a break at the Palmyra Oasis, we ascend to the Fortress of Fakhreddin to witness the sunset panorama over the city and the oasis. And when the darkness falls... we leave the asphalt completely towards the Bedouin camp.

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  Transportation:

  Internal transfers in Palmyra by car, then transfer by four-wheel drive to the camp in the desert.
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  Activities:

  Tour of the Bel Temple, the Columns of the Triumph and the Theater, the Valley of the Tombs and the funerary towers, sunset from the Fortress of Fakhreddin, last night in the desert under the stars.
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  Meals:

  Dinner at the guesthouse, Bedouin dinner cooked on the fire in the camp.
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  Accommodation:

  Bedouin camp in the desert (a furnished tent).
  Hotel offer

Who wakes up at five in the morning? You, after seeing the first light creeping over the plain! Morning in the desert with bitter coffee and riding the camels, then we head west across the shimmering salt lake to the Western Castle of Qasr al-Hayr, one of the Umayyad castles built in a region that no one understands even today. In the evening, we return to Damascus — with a dusty memory, and a full stomach.

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  Transportation:

  Four-wheel drive vehicle through the desert routes then the way back to Damascus.
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  Activities:

  Sunrise in the desert and riding the camels, crossing the salt lake, visiting the Western Castle of Qasr al-Hayr, light final shopping.
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  Meals:

  Bedouin breakfast in the camp, light lunch on the way.
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  Accommodation:

  Optional (Departure Day) — possibility to extend an additional night in Damascus upon request.
  Hotel offer