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Hidden Syria

Every documented place in DAHAB marked as a hidden gem.

Historic Damascene Houses, Syria
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Historic Damascene Houses

Courtyards, fountains and citrus trees

Old Damascus · Damascus

Historic Hammams of Damascus, Syria
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Historic Hammams of Damascus

Steam, stone and domed light

Old Damascus · Damascus

Barada Valley, Syria
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Barada Valley

The river that made Damascus

Barada Valley · Rif Dimashq

Qalamoun Mountains, Syria
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Qalamoun Mountains

Dry ridges and rock villages

Qalamoun · Rif Dimashq

Ghouta Orchards, Syria
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Ghouta Orchards

The oasis belt

Darayya · Rif Dimashq

Old City Gates of Aleppo, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Old City Gates of Aleppo

Where the walls opened

Old Aleppo · Aleppo

Historic Hammams of Aleppo, Syria
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Historic Hammams of Aleppo

Domes over hot stone

Old Aleppo · Aleppo

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

The Dead Cities

Saint Simeon Region · Aleppo

Afrin Countryside, Syria
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Afrin Countryside

Olive hills of the north-west

Afrin · Aleppo

Al-Hawash, Syria
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Al-Hawash

Green edge of the Homs countryside

Al-Hawash · Homs

Lake Homs, Syria
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Lake Homs

Open water in the Homs gap

Homs · Homs

Talkalakh Hills, Syria
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Talkalakh Hills

Where the valley meets the border road

Talkalakh · Homs

Apamea, Syria
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Apamea

A colonnade nearly two kilometres long

Qalaat al-Madiq · Hama

Shayzar Castle, Syria
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Shayzar Castle

A ridge above the Orontes

Shayzar · Hama

Al-Ghab Plain, Syria
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Al-Ghab Plain

Wetland farmland under the mountains

Al-Ghab Plain · Hama

Ras Ibn Hani, Syria
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Ras Ibn Hani

A Bronze Age site on the shore

Latakia · Latakia

Kassab, Syria
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Kassab

Forest town near the border

Kassab · Latakia

Seven Lakes, Syria
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Seven Lakes

Still water in the mountains

Al-Haffah · Latakia

Ras al-Bassit, Syria
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Ras al-Bassit

Dark sand and clear water

Ras al-Bassit · Latakia

Wadi Qandil, Syria
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Wadi Qandil

A valley that ends at the sea

Wadi Qandil · Latakia

Umm al-Tuyour, Syria
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Umm al-Tuyour

A quiet cove on the north coast

Ras al-Bassit · Latakia

Al-Samra, Syria
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Al-Samra

Northern shoreline

Ras al-Bassit · Latakia

Al-Kafrun, Syria
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Al-Kafrun

Summer town of the valley edge

Al-Kafrun · Tartous

Tartous Coastal Villages, Syria
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Tartous Coastal Villages

Small harbours and rocky bays

Tartous · Tartous

Serjilla, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Serjilla

A late-antique village still standing

Serjilla · Idlib

Al-Bara, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Al-Bara

Pyramid tombs among the olives

Jabal Zawiya · Idlib

Jabal Zawiya, Syria
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Jabal Zawiya

The limestone massif

Jabal Zawiya · Idlib

Harim Castle, Syria
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Harim Castle

A fortified mound in the north-west

Harim · Idlib

Ariha Hills, Syria
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Ariha Hills

Olive slopes and stone villages

Ariha · Idlib

Hauran Plain, Syria
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Hauran Plain

Wheat, basalt and old villages

Hauran Plain · Daraa

Qanawat, Syria
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Qanawat

Temples among oak and water

Qanawat · As-Suwayda

Salkhad, Syria
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Salkhad

A crater-top citadel

Salkhad · As-Suwayda

Jabal al-Arab, Syria
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Jabal al-Arab

Volcanic highlands and vineyards

Jabal al-Arab · As-Suwayda

Golan Slopes, Syria
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Golan Slopes

Volcanic hills and open pasture

Golan Slopes · Quneitra

Al-Rusafa (Resafa), Syria
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Al-Rusafa (Resafa)

A walled desert pilgrimage city

Al-Rusafa · Raqqa

Dura-Europos, Syria
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Dura-Europos

A frontier city above the river

Al-Salihiyah · Deir ez-Zor

Halabiye, Syria
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Halabiye

Byzantine walls at a river gorge

Halabiye · Deir ez-Zor

Khabur Valley, Syria
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Khabur Valley

The river of the northeast

Khabur Valley · Al-Hasakah

Amuda, Syria
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Amuda

A northern border town

Amuda · Al-Hasakah

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