Dead Cities Vacations, Dead Cities Vacation Reviews, Tourism Guide

Dead Cities Vacation Guide

The Dead Cities is a collective name for the remains of nearly 600 Byzantine era villages which were deserted for no apparent reason, leaving them as eerie ghost towns. There are some theories that people left the villages when the important Aleppo - Damascus trade route shifted eastward with the rise of power of Palmyra, but even then it is a mystery just why these villages were abandoned entirely, and only a handful remained inhabited while the rest were left to grazing sheep for more than 1500 years.

The most impressive of the dead cities are the ruins of Jerada, Ruweida, Serjilla and Al-Bara.