Palmyra Travel Blogs

At a time when there where no major settlement in my country and my ancestors where busy helping there fellow Germanic tribesmen beat the Roman Legions in the Teuotoburg Forest. Down in the Syrian desert there  where a thriving oasis town of Palmyra it generated a lot of trade being on the…

  We got up before dawn, in order to see the sunrise over Palmyra. Unlike Apamea, which is built from grey rock, Palmyra is built entirely out of sandstone, which colours bright orange in the light of sunrise or sunset. The desert sunrise was everything a desert sunrise is supposed to be. …

We left Damascus. On our way there was a sign, Iraq........ never realised it would be that close. As we reached Palmyra.......... I can only say, breath taking, one of the most beautiful sights! At night we had dinner in a bedouin tent. Although a tourist spot, although not the best food we…

Since I was headed north of Damascus, I planned to spend a couple nights in Palmyra to check out the world famous ruins.  This was an incredible site and fortunately because it was low season, the crowds were minimal.

Earlier today we rented another private taxi excursion leaving Hama to Homs visiting Qala’at Saladin and Krak Des Chevalier. Arriving at noon at Homs we ran into the bus station for tickets to Palmyra. We planned to arrive Palmyra before sunset. A lot of hype through my reading and from other tr…

Salimos en autobús para recorrer ya Siria y la primera parada es en Palmira. En mitad del desierto y al lado de un frondoso oasis de palmeras están los restos de una importante ciudad romana, Palmira. Las ruinas abarcan más de 50 hectáreas y son una absoluta maravilla.

Frustratingly the bus passed through Palmyra and dropped us a couple of kilometres from the centre, supposedly unable to stop in the centre - even though they let off a Syrian family. It was already pitch black and there were no taxis around, so we opted to walk, which took twenty minutes or s…

Hi all! I know its been a while since my last post but unfortunatley I have been too busy running around Syria to write.  And this is a good thing because there are so many cool things to see in Syria and there are so few tourists here so I can actually go to sites and enjoy them without…

A university trip to Syria - like a normal tourist, yet so different

Then it's off to Palmyra, the most stunning roman city ruins I've ever seen.  The columns glow red in the setting sun behind the plains of sand.  I can't believe anyone would purposely build a city in this wasteland.  Perhaps that's why it has been abandoned over the centuries.

10 days with 45 archeology enthusiasts and two nice guides (a bedouin and a syrian) riding a bus across the two countries. Fascinating places, ruins, people and nature. Good food, but a quarter of our group caught the usual gastroenteric problems. Very nice weather except a sandstorm in Palmyra. We admired the signs of ancient civilizations and Roman Empire, and we were able to experience a Turkish Bath (same as Roman Thermae...) great! highly recommened!

Hello everybody :D I hope all like the photos from our trip in syria. I am happy i record the first meeting in my country and i meet with very nice and kind friend Eduardo from Spain in 5 days only we become a very close friends and more than friends he is now like a brother and i hope we meet again someday on his country or mine or any other place in earth travel together again. who will be 2nd meeting in syria? I am waiting! big thanx for Travbuddy about this great site

Today we went to Palmyra (which we were going to do later, on the way to Damascus). That is the largest Roman ruins we've ever seen, covering about 50 hectares. It was set against a backdrop of Arab funerary towers, and an Arab castle on top of a hill. Spectacularly impressive indeed.  

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An account of a solo journey through parts of Syria (Damascus, Palmyra, Aleppo) and Jordan (Amman to Petra)