Travel Blogs Syria

After our stay in Hamah we got some train tickets to travel south to Damascus, the capital city of Syria and the last stop on our journey in Syria before crossing borders with Jordan.

The train ride was really nice, we had a clear blue sky and could look out over some beautiful Syrian country side. In less than we a few hours we had arrived in Damascus.

Damascus...

From Palmyra my trip in Syria continued in direction of Hamah, the city known for its giant water wheel facing the Orontes River and charming city centre.

We arrived in Hamah after about two and a half hours of driving and after a quick break to cool off and enjoy some drinks our tour guide walked us to the first of Hamahs 17 norias the Arabic official name for the water wheels that...

I have been on a holiday to Syria and Jordan earlier this month and it was the first time I ever travelled to the Middle East. I might have picked a better period to travel but in the end I can say that I have had nothing but a great experience and a lot of nice memories to share with other travellers.

The trip was a combined holiday visiting both Syria and Jordan, in that order,...

Around Easter I made trip to Syria and Lebanon, two countries I had never visited before. I had been to Israel last year Christmas and really discovered the Middle East as a very surprising travel destination.

Of course you would be talking about an entire continent but it's often not talked about in a very positive way and somehow people tend to travel to other places more often.

That being said I planned my first trip to Syria and travelled there by myself just armed with my Lonely Planet in case of need and lots of good will, curiosity and enthusiasm to live a new travel adventure.

I...

In this travel blog I will try to describe my journey to Syria which was part of my Middle East holiday.

In September of this year I travelled to Jordan and after completing my road trip criscrossing the country as much as possibile I decided to cross the border with Syria.

My plan for as much as I had a concrete travel plan was to start in the south and travel...