Syria
Country: Syria
Highlights: Gastronomy ★★★, Art / Museums★, Historical sites ★★★★, Natural Beauty ★, Shopping ★; Sports/Adventure 0, Geographic extremes 0, Glamour 0
When to go: Spring or Autumn
Where to go: Damascus
Downside: A terrible war still going on
Our Experiences: When we went to Damascus, the war hasn´t yet begun, but there were some issues showing what was about to come. We only made a day tour through the walled city. Damascus is one of the world´s oldest continuously inhabited city ( Along with Byblos in Lebanon a Jericho in Palestine ). There are many living Roman Ruins and nice Mosques. We wished to go also to Palmyra, but there were already some tensions in the region. (Now Palmyra is half destroyed by religion extremists. So sad!)
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