Damascus Travel Blogs

Browse travel blogs from Damascus below. Damascus travel blogs, travel journals, and travelogues are written by fellow travelers and provide an invaluable firsthand perspective in helping to plan your travels to Damascus.

#1 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Day 1: Amsterdam - Vienna - Damascus
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Apr 05, 2007 – May 05, 2007
Looking back, this is by far one of the most special trips I have ever made. Almost every day we felt as if we were experiencing something unique. The hospitality of the people inviting us for tea or a chat on an almost daily basis is definitely what made this region so special, but also the rich h…
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This trip was featured on Sunday February 15th, 2009
#2 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Rip off Hotels and a lovely Old Town
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Jun 02, 2006 – Aug 24, 2009
People i met here who contributed to, and improved my trip: Julia (Russia)Once we had completed our Syrian visa formalities, our taxi driver whisked us to "Somarie" terminal in Damascus, at break neck speeds. We had already been to this particular terminal on our way to Lebanon, so we knew that the…
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This trip was featured on Wednesday November 22nd, 2006
#3 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Amman (Jordan) - Bosra (Syria) - Damascus (Syria)
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Apr 19, 2008 – May 02, 2008
Leaving Hama, heading for Damascus, on our way we visited Crac des Chevaliers, a crusaders fortress, one of the most important preserved medieval military castles in the world! Before returning to Damascus we visited as well Malulu (which means 'entrance'). The only place in the world where Aramai…
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#4 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Start of the Middle East trip
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Jun 17, 2009 – Jul 17, 2009
When trying to figure out my itinerary I decided to fly to Damascus and travel to Beirut the next day. This left me with the possibility to cancel that trip if the situation in Lebanon would get nasty. I did this because of the elections, which took place a week before me arriving. Times like that …
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#5 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
LLegada a Damasco y primeras impresiones.
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Oct 18, 2009 – Oct 20, 2009
¡Qué ciudad más apasionante con sus zocos, sus callejuelas estrechas y mezquitas... en todo Damasco hay más de 700!. Tiene un ambiente muy particular y lleno de misterio que me encantó. Empezamos la visita de la ciudad con el Museo Nacional en cuya fachada está adosada la entrada de un palac…
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#6 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Damasco
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Apr 01, 2008 – Jun 30, 2008
Travelling from Cairo to Venice, through Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Turkey, Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Italy.
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#7 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
collection from Syria : Damascus Travel Photos
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Jan 03, 2005 – May 12, 2009
this is some photos of my country and Especially for my city Damascus you know its an amazing city.
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#8 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Nuestro San Fermín particular en Siria: De Palmira a Damasco
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Jun 30, 2006 – Jul 30, 2006
Una leyenda cuenta que Mahoma, en lo alto de la montaña, contempló la ciudad de Damasco pero rehusó entrar en ella diciendo las siguientes palabras que tanto les gusta recordar a los sirios: “Al paraíso sólo se accede en el momento de morir”. Y es que en su día la milenaria ciudad levanta…
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#9 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Denied, Detained,........Damascus
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Jul 17, 2009 – Jul 26, 2009
This was the BIG day, were going to Syria despite all the visa issues and setbacks.  The tour company picked us up at 5:45am.  Man it was EARLY.  As everyone knows, I am NOT a morning person but, I get up when I have to……and this was a HAVE TO. Once we had the whole group we were…
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#10 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Shes IMMORTAL !
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Jul 19, 2009 – Aug 20, 2009
‘…..no recorded event has occurred in the world but Damascus was in existence to receive news of it. Go back as far as you will into the vague past, there was always a Damascus…She has looked upon the dry bones of a thousand empires and will see the tomb of a thousand more before she dies….…
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This trip was featured on Tuesday September 1st, 2009
#11 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Damascus The Capital City - Syria: Damascus Travel Photos
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Sep 10, 2007 – Nov 13, 2008
Damascus the capital city for syria and called in arabic (dimashq) and this aria called before 1000's years( AL sham ), main place u must see ( Umayyad Mosque ) ure u going see there market very old called ( souk AL hamedia ) , by the way big part from city buldings on the mountin called ( kasuon ) u can go up there and watch at city and try see at night so nice , nice place go to museums . I will try up loud over than 100 photo soon about the city ...
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#12 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Children of Anarchy
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Nov 21, 2008 – Nov 19, 2009
Stepping into the streets of Damascus ( دمشق ), i was expecting relative quiet, to the usual hustle and bustle, for it was the first day of Eid (عيد الفطر) and i was under the impression that everyone stayed home with their families somewhat like Christmas. I was so totally wrong the st…
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#13 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
The Arabic Bath
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Jun 05, 2008 – Aug 03, 2008
Today we went to an Arabic bath (essentially a Turkish bath but since it is in Syria it's Arabic?)We walked in and they told us to take off our clothes and change into towels. They gave us plastic bowls with shampoo, a bar of soap, and some sort of clump of strings used for scrubbing.The bath had s…
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#14 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Syria - The Start of my Journey to Kurdistan Iraq
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Feb 11, 2007 – Feb 20, 2007
I began my journey to Kurdistan Iraq from Damascus, Syria where I spent three days checking out this very old city.
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#15 of 38 Damascus travel blogs
Damascus - Friday is the day of
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Jun 22, 2007 – Jul 29, 2007
In Damascus I get yet another indication this part of the world is semi instable. I had thought about making a trip to Lebanon before I left home, but the situation in Lebanon were shaky at best. No I am told the roads are block and there is no way to get to Beirut or anywhere else in Lebanon.…
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This trip was featured on Wednesday November 28th, 2007
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