July Mosaics Tour Program
Month
July
Duration
6 Days
In DBL Room
$600
Single Sup
$200
Hotels
4 Stars
Day1
Arrival in Damascus
Arrival – Transfer to Damascus – overnight at the hotel.
When your plane lands in Lebanon, a driver will be waiting for you at the airport or around Beirut to get you to the Lebanese-Syrian borders. After crossing the borders the car will get you to the hotel in Damascus.
Day2
Damascus City Tour
- Breakfast at the hotel. meet our guide Then The tour starts with our guide to taking you.
- The National Museum: Its visit provides an overview of the civilizations that have succeeded in Syrian soil. It contains statues, seals, jewelry, masks, mosaics, tablets and weavings from the most important sites in the country.
- The Umayyad Mosque: which is the best example of Arabic Islamic architecture that dates back to the 8th century A.D; The tour will also include a stroll in the old Souks to enjoy the oriental fragrance Located in the heart of the Medina, the mosque is distinguished by its prayer room, its courtyard and its walls covered with mosaics.
- El-Azem Palace: Not far from the Great Mosque, in the labyrinth of the souk is the palace El-Azem. It is considered as the sumptuous model of the Damascene house whose exterior simplicity and sobriety do not suggest anything about a beautiful and rich interior, with many varieties of flowers, fruit trees and water jets.
- Saint Ananian Church: It is of particular importance because it is attached to the memory of Saint Paul. Before his conversion to Christianity he had a vision here that blinded him for several days and gave him an unshakeable faith.
- Souk Al-Hamidiye: The most beautiful souk of Damascus. Its shops display all sorts of goods, especially clothes, fabrics, pastries and handicrafts.
Dinner in a restaurant then overnight in Damascus.
Day3
Damascus - Maaloula - Krak des chevaliers – Lattakia
- Breakfast at the hotel.
- Departure towards Maaloula, a village famous for its houses dug in the rock like beehives and especially because it still speaks Aramaic, the language of Christ!.
- Continuation to the Krak des Chevaliers, the most famous fortress of the Middle Ages. The crusaders made it the basic element of their system of strongholds on the coast. It is so vast and so impregnable that it has become the symbol of a whole era of bloody struggles between Muslims and Crusaders …
- Arrival to the hotel in Lattakia. a major Syrian city situated on the Mediterranean Sea, Lattakia is an important port playing an essential role in the imports and exports for Aleppo (Syria’s industrial capital) and for the Syrian Eastern Region. it is known for its diversity of landscapes, from the green mountains to the sandy beaches.
Dinner and overnight in Lattakia.
Day4
Lattakia – Saladin Castle – Mashqita – Kesab – Lattakia
- Saladin Castle, a beautiful citadel built by the Franks in the middle of the forests, on a rocky peak. It allowed to control the roads coming from and going towards Lattakia. The history of this stronghold is long: the Phoenicians had already fortified the place, Alexander the Great seized it, as well as the Byzantines a few centuries later. It is the Crusaders who, in the twelfth century, will give the castle its current appearance. At the time, it was called “Château de Saône” (named after a crusader). Its current name was only awarded in 1957, commemorating Saladin’s seizure of the place in 1188.
- Mashqita is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Lattakia Governorate, located north of Lattakia. Nearby localities include Ayn Al-Bayda , Al-Shamiyah and Burj Islam to the west.
- Kesab, is a town in northwestern Syria, administratively part of the Lattakia Governorate, located 59 kilometers north of Lattakia. It is situated near the border with Turkey on the slope of Mount Aqraa, 800 meters above sea level.
- Back to Lattakia and overnight at the hotel.
Day5
Lattakia -Marqab Castle – Tartous - Amrit - Damascus
- Breakfast at the hotel. And check out.
- Head to visit Margat, also known as Al- Marqab, is a fortress near Banias, Syria, which was a Crusader fortress and one of the main strongholds of the Knights Hospitaller. It is located about 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) from the Mediterranean coast and about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of Banias. The castle remained in a poor state of preservation until 2007 when some reconstruction and renovation began.
- Heading to visit Tartous, Tartous is a city on the Mediterranean coast of Syria. It is the second largest coastal city in Syria (after Lattakia), The Phoenician founders named the city Antarados meaning “The town facing Arwad”, it is a favorite destination for tourists and a beautiful modern city with its buildings, markets, modern resorts, tourist facilities and port. As for beaches of Tartous, it is a beautiful extension of the Syrian coast, with soft sand, chalets, hotels, cafes and marine restaurants that are scattered on it.
- Resumption of the road direction to Amrit, the classical Marathas, was a Phoenician port located near present-day Tartous in Syria. Founded in the third millennium BC. Marat was the northernmost important city of ancient Phoenicia and a rival of nearby Areas.
- overnight at the hotel in Damascus.
Day5
Departure
Price Includes
• Private transportation from arrival to departure.
• Stay in Hotels 5-nights.
• Syrian Visa Approval, VAT & All Local Taxes.
• Professional licensed English speaking guide.
• Transfer from/to Beirut or Damascus Airport by Private car or mini bus.
• Entrance tickets to sites listed in the itinerary.
• Meals (Breakfast).
• Tips in Hotels.
Price Does Not Includes
• Drinks.
• Lunch.
• Dinner.
• Personal expenses.
• Tips for guide and driver.
• Visa fee.
Important Notes:
- The payment method is USD cash payment (The new version of the dollar)
- In Syria we don’t have credit and ATM cards services because of the sanctions on our country.
Cancellation terms and conditions:
You are entitled to cancel your reservations without giving any reason for doing so according to the following:
- Cancellation made within 14 to 30 days before tour starting date, you will get
80% refund of your payment. 20% will be deducted according to payments made by us to make all reservations possible. - Cancelation made within 4 to 13 days before tour starting date, you will get 50% refund of your payments. 50% will be deducted according to payments made by us to make all reservations possible.
- Cancelation made within 24 hours to 3 days before tour starting date, no refund shall be made and 100% of the payment will be taken out.
In order to exercise your right of cancellation, you must inform us of your decision by means of a clear statement. You can inform us of your decision by:
Email: info@mithratravel.biz
WhatsApp: English +963 945 919 181 – French +963 944 212 051
We will reimburse you no later than 14 days from the day on which we receive cancelation request. We will use the same means of payment as you used for the reservation.