Apamea

Why visit

• Vast open archaeological landscape
• Dramatic colonnade views
• Few visitors, wide horizons

Overview

Apamea stretches along a plateau above the Ghab plain. Its great colonnaded avenue runs for well over a kilometre, lined with fluted columns and the traces of a large ancient city.

History

Founded in the Hellenistic period and developed extensively under Roman rule; later a Byzantine centre.

Visitor tips

• · Little shade — bring water and a hat
• · Open terrain, good for slow walking

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