Jordan, Syria & Lebanon (15 Days)
Amman,
Jordan
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Tour ItineraryDay 1 : Arrive Amman, meet and assist and transfer to Aqaba. check into your hotel. Overnight Aqaba.
Day 2 : Breakfast, This morning, relax and enjoy the Red Sea. Midday transfer to Wadi Run, also known as the "Valley of the Moon”. A magnificent lunar landscape of pink sands and Black Mountains. Transfer to Petra. Overnight Petra.
Day 3 : Breakfast, Visit Petra, the "Siq", a long winding fissure between two walls of overhanging cliffs, the famous Treasury, the Street of Facades, the Court House and the Amphitheater.
Overnight Petra.
Day 4 : Breakfast, Depart Petra, traveling north to Amman. On the way visit the crusader’s Castle of Kerak, Continue to Madaba, to visit St. George's Cathedral and the mosaic map of Jerusalem and to Mountain Nebo, the burial place of Moses perched on a cliff overlooking the Jordan Valley and Dead Sea. Continue to Amman airport or to hotel in Amman.
Day 5 : Breakfast, After a morning City tour of Amman travel north to Damascus. On the way visit Jerash, one of the best-preserved Roman cities. Continue north to cross the border to Syria and transfer to your hotel in Damascus.
Overnight Damascus.
Day 6 : After Breakfast at the Hotel, Full day visit of Damascus including: National Museum, Umayyad Mosque, Azem Palace, Via Recta, Anania's House, Bab Charki & St. Paul's Window, Hotel, Overnight in Damascus.
Day 7 : After Breakfast at the Hotel, Depart Damascus to visit the ancient site of Palmyra including: museum, Temples of Bel, Baal Shamin and Nebo, the Roman Bath, the Tetrapyle, Diocletian's Camp & the Tomb's Valley, Hotel, Overnight in Palmyra.
Day 8 : After Breakfast at the Hotel, Travel north to visit the famous Crusader's castle Crac-des-Chevaliers, continuing north to Hama with its Norias to arrive in Aleppo, Hotel, Overnight in Aleppo.
Day 9 : After Breakfast at the Hotel, full day Visit Aleppo city including: museum, Grand Mosque, the 8km old Bazaar, Citadel and some caravanserai. In the afternoon transfer to visit St. Simeon Byzantine cathedral, considered the largest in the Byzantine Empire. Hotel, Overnight in Aleppo.
Day 10 : After Breakfast at the Hotel, Traveling south to visit Serjilla, one of the 500 Dead Cities that were built during the 4th and 7th century and disappeared around the 9th century for unknown reasons. Continue with a visit to Apamea, the antique 1000-columns Hellenistic City. Proceed to the village of Maaloula, where the people still speak Aramaic, and visit St. Sergius chapel.Hotel, Overnight in Damascus.
Day 11 : After breakfast at the Hotel, Drive to Beirut by air-conditioned Car/Van, Overnight in Beirut.
Day 12 : After breakfast at the Hotel, Morning visit to Harissa for a breathtaking view of Jounieh and Beirut. Depart for Byblos to explore the fascinating Phoenician, Roman, Greek and Crusader archaeological ruins and wander around Byblo's historic harbor. Continue to Tripoli in the north of Lebanon to see the old harbor and St. Giles Castle. Hotel, Overnight in Beirut.
Day 13 : After breakfast at the Hotel, travel to the northern Bekaa Valley to visit Baalbek, the 'Sun City' of the ancient world, also considered the most important Roman site in the Middle East. The temples of Bacchus, Venus and Jupiter were built on an extravagant scale on the site of earlier temples. The site, originally Phoenician, was dedicated to the god Baal. Visit Beiteddine Palace, an 18th century Arabian retreat, with graceful arcades, ornate ceilings and rich marble mosaics, Hotel, Overnight in Beirut.
Day 14 : After breakfast at the Hotel,Today discovers Beirut, the capital of Lebanon, once called the Bride of the Middle East. Visit the Corniche and Pigeon Rocks at the westernmost tip, which stand like sentinels off the coast. Continue to Jeita Grotto, a stunning series of caves having stalactites and stalagmites in profusion, Beirut Archaeological Museum and Martyrs Square.Hotel, Overnight in Beirut.
Day 15 : After breakfast at the Hotel, Transfer to Damascus Airport for departure.
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