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Palmyra Road – Private Damascus, Aleppo & Palmyra Cultural Tour
  • Duration
    6 Days / 5 Nights
  • Tour Type
    private

Tour Overview

The Palmyra Road is our signature private journey for travelers seeking Syria tours that go beyond the ordinary. Designed for flexibility, comfort, and authentic encounters, it takes you from Damascus’s timeless souks to Aleppo’s grand citadel, and from sacred mountain monasteries to the golden ruins of Palmyra. With your own Syrian guide, private driver, and handpicked stays, every moment is tailored to your pace — revealing the real Syria in a way only private travel can.


Tour Highlights

  • • Walk Damascus’s Straight Street, visit Ananias Church & explore the Umayyad Mosque
  • • Discover Maaloula and Saydnaya, sacred Christian mountain towns
  • • Hear the untold history of Saydnaya Prison near its ancient pilgrimage site
  • • Watch sunset over Palmyra’s ruins & relax in desert sulfur springs
  • • Explore Krak des Chevaliers, the best-preserved Crusader castle in the world
  • • See Aleppo’s citadel, caravanserais & traditional laurel soap factory
  • • Admire Hama’s waterwheels and Apamea’s colonnaded Roman street
  • • Visit Saint Moses Monastery, a spiritual hilltop retreat in the Qalamoun Mountains
  • • Enjoy the freedom of a journey built entirely around your pace

Tour Itineraries

Damascus • Maaloula • Palmyra • Krak des Chevaliers • Aleppo • Hama

• Private pickup in Beirut or Amman with full border assistance (3–4 hrs scenic drive)
• Visit Saint Ananias Church, linked to Saint Paul’s conversion
• Walk the historic Straight Street (Via Recta) through Roman, Christian & Islamic layers
• Step into the Umayyad Mosque, one of the oldest mosques in the world
• Wander Al-Hamidiyah Souq — alive with scents, voices & colors
• Drive through Al-Ghouta, once vibrant, now marked by war
• Dinner overlooking the Damascus skyline
• Overnight in Damascus
• Drive north to Maaloula, where Aramaic still echoes in its rebuilt churches
• Visit Saydnaya’s Our Lady Monastery, a revered Christian pilgrimage site
• Learn about the nearby Saydnaya Prison’s place in modern Syrian history
• Cross the Syrian steppe to Palmyra, the “Bride of the Desert”
• Be welcomed into a Bedouin tent for home-cooked lunch, tea & shisha
• Explore Palmyra’s ruins at sunset from a hidden Roman lookout
• Relax in natural desert sulfur springs
• Overnight in Palmyra (desert camp)
• Visit St. Mary Church of the Holy Belt in Homs
• Walk through Homs’s war-marked city center
• Tour Krak des Chevaliers, a UNESCO-listed Crusader fortress
• Drive north to Aleppo, Syria’s culinary capital
• Dinner at a family-run Aleppine restaurant with warm hospitality
• Overnight in Aleppo
• Visit the Citadel of Aleppo, overlooking the old city
• Walk through the historic old souk, partly rebuilt after the war
• Explore ancient caravanserais along the Silk Road
• Visit a traditional laurel soap workshop
• Dinner in a local Aleppine restaurant
• Overnight in Aleppo
• Drive south to see Hama’s iconic Norias (waterwheels)
• Lunch in a riverside restaurant overlooking the wheels
• Explore Apamea’s Roman ruins and colonnaded street
• Visit Saint Moses Monastery, a 6th-century hilltop sanctuary
• Return to Damascus in the evening
• Overnight in Damascus
• Free time for last-minute shopping or café hopping in Damascus old town
• Visit artisan workshops for Damascene mosaics, Ajami woodwork & copper crafts
• Private transfer to Beirut or Amman with full departure support
• End of Tour