Plan a trip to Syria

Places to see in Syria

12 of the 20 places VoyaKin maps here. Descriptions from Wikipedia and photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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  DamascusUNESCO

  دمشق

  City · Damascus Governorate

  Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. It is the oldest capital city in the world. Known colloquially in Syria as aš-Šām and dubbed, poetically, the "City of Jasmine", Damascus is a major cultural center of the Levant and the Arab world.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Damascus coll.jpg (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  PalmyraUNESCO

  تدمر

  Ruins · Homs Governorate

  Palmyra is an ancient city in central Syria. It is located in the eastern part of the Levant, and archaeological finds date back to the Neolithic period, and documents first mention the city in the early second millennium BC.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Quim Bahí from Catalunya (CC BY-SA 2.0). Map

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  Krak des ChevaliersUNESCO

  قلعة الحصن

  Fort · Homs Governorate

  Krak des Chevaliers is a medieval castle in Syria and one of the most important preserved medieval castles in the world. The site was first inhabited in the 11th century by Kurdish troops garrisoned there by the Mirdasids.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

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  BosraUNESCO

  بصرى

  Town · Daraa Governorate

  Bosra, historically Bostra and officially called Busra al-Sham, is a town in southern Syria, administratively belonging to the Daraa District of the Daraa Governorate and geographically part of the Hauran region.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Dead CitiesUNESCO

  Mushabbak Basilica

  Ruins · Aleppo Governorate

  The Dead Cities or Forgotten Cities are a group of 700 abandoned settlements in northwest Syria between Aleppo and Idlib. Around 40 villages grouped in eight archaeological parks situated in north-western Syria provide an insight into rural life in Late Antiquity and during the Byzantine period.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Bernard Gagnon (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Citadel of AleppoUNESCO

  قلعة حلب

  Fort · Aleppo Governorate

  The Citadel of Aleppo is a large medieval fortified palace in the centre of the old city of Aleppo, northern Syria. It is considered to be one of the oldest and largest castles in the world. Usage of the Citadel hill dates back at least to the middle of the 3rd millennium BC.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Memorino (CC BY-SA 3.0). Map

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  Umayyad MosqueUNESCO

  الجامع الأموي

  Religious · Damascus Governorate

  The Umayyad Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Damascus, located in the old city of Damascus, the capital of Syria, is one of the largest and oldest mosques in the world. It is considered to be the oldest mosque still in use in its original form.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Ommayyad masjed.jpg (Public domain). Map

• Roman Theatre at BosraUNESCO

  المسرح الروماني ببصرى

  Ruins · Daraa Governorate

  The Roman Theatre at Bosra is a large Roman theatre in Bosra, in the district of Daraa in south-western Syria.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Map

• Ruweiha Roman Temple TombUNESCO

  Landmark · Idleb Governorate

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  Aleppo

  حلب

  City · Aleppo Governorate

  Aleppo is a city in northern Syria, which serves as the capital of the Aleppo Governorate, the country's most populous governorate.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Vyacheslav Argenberg (CC BY 4.0). Map

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  Homs

  حمص

  City · Homs Governorate

  Homs, known in pre-Islamic times as Emesa, is a city in western Syria and the capital of the Homs Governorate. It is 501 m (1,644 ft) above sea level and is located 162 km (101 mi) north of Damascus.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Wikimedia Commons: Homs syria3.JPG (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map

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  Mari

  مــاري

  Ruins · Deir ez-Zor Governorate

  Mari was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) north-west of Abu Kamal on the western bank of the Euphrates River, some 120 kilometres (75 mi) southeast of Deir ez-Zor.

  Text: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Photo: Heretiq (CC BY-SA 2.5). Map