Aleppo can say come 2nd after Damascus the capital city in syria , the city old like damascus , north damascus more than 400km u can go by bus and stop in homs city or hama city or direct . main place there ( Halab castle ) there are alot of markets and most of factory work to export and sell in side syria , the city life and work work and work all time in the year , about food and sweets u can see many types . and I will put some photo about the city here.