The Itinerary Syria itineraries
Day-by-day routes through Syria, each 8 days — with what every trip actually costs.
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Planning a trip to Syria
Pulled from the route below — so it says what it does, not what a brochure would.
When to go
Mar–May, Sep–Nov — the months this route recommends.
How long you need
Every route here runs 8 days.
What it costs
≈ AED 600 per person per day. Beds, food, getting around and things to do — costed line by line in each guide, not estimated from a daily rate.
Entry on an Indian passport
e-Visa online before you go. Checked 2026-11 against Wikipedia’s compilation of IATA Timatic entries. Entry rules depend on your passport and where you live, and they change with little notice — confirm with the embassy or your airline before you book. Check another country.
Where these routes go: Damascus · Maaloula · Krak des Chevaliers · Hama · Aleppo.
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Best for: Six World Heritage sites, every one of them on the danger list
Syria in 8 days: Damascus, Krak des Chevaliers and Palmyra — and the warnings
Damascus → Maaloula → Krak des Chevaliers → Hama → Aleppo
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities on earth, the Crusader castle T. E. Lawrence called the finest in the world, and a desert city ISIS dynamited — in a country emerging from fourteen years of war where every government still advises against all travel.
Going somewhere near Syria?
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