Syria’s capital and the world’s oldest continuously inhabited city. It has been under variable rules through the ages; Aramean, Byzantine, Roman, and Arabian. This city was once the capital of an empire which stretched from Indus to the Pyrnees. Damascus is very rich in its archeological sites; the Omayad mosque, the old city with all its contents, the national museum where there is a superb collection from the Islamic art and other.

Famous for its ancient citadel with its medieval fortress and the extraordinary souqs with every conceivable kind of article for sale . It’s also the second largest city in Syria. It was and still is the far distant trade center when Shakespeare mentioned it in Macbeth and Othello. Tourists will have the opportunity to visit the Grand and the magnificent mosques, the Turkish bath, Ancient City walls with its 5gates (used until now).