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97 documented places so far, filterable by governorate, place type, civilization and UNESCO status.

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32 places

Old Damascus, Syria
UNESCO

Old Damascus

The living heart of the Eternal Capital

Old Damascus · Damascus

Umayyad Mosque, Syria
UNESCO

Umayyad Mosque

The Great Mosque of Damascus

Old Damascus · Damascus

Straight Street, Syria

Straight Street

The old city's Roman spine

Old Damascus · Damascus

Bab Sharqi, Syria

Bab Sharqi

The eastern gate

Old Damascus · Damascus

Bab Touma, Syria

Bab Touma

Quarter of churches and courtyards

Old Damascus · Damascus

Barada Valley, Syria
Hidden gem

Barada Valley

The river that made Damascus

Barada Valley · Rif Dimashq

Ancient City of Aleppo, Syria
UNESCO

Ancient City of Aleppo

Trade, stone and craft

Old Aleppo · Aleppo

Aleppo Citadel, Syria
UNESCO

Aleppo Citadel

The fortress on the mound

Old Aleppo · Aleppo

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria, Syria
UNESCOHidden gem

Ancient Villages of Northern Syria

The Dead Cities

Saint Simeon Region · Aleppo

Palmyra, Syria
UNESCO

Palmyra

The Bride of the Desert

Tadmur (Palmyra) · Homs

Old Homs, Syria

Old Homs

The city between coast and desert

Homs · Homs

Lake Homs, Syria
Hidden gem

Lake Homs

Open water in the Homs gap

Homs · Homs

Norias of Hama, Syria

Norias of Hama

Wooden wheels on the Orontes

Hama · Hama

Orontes River, Syria

Orontes River

The river that runs north

Hama · Hama

Apamea, Syria
Hidden gem

Apamea

A colonnade nearly two kilometres long

Qalaat al-Madiq · Hama

Latakia Coast, Syria

Latakia Coast

The Syrian Mediterranean

Latakia · Latakia

Old Tartous, Syria

Old Tartous

A crusader cathedral and a sea town

Tartous · Tartous

Arwad Island, Syria

Arwad Island

Syria's only inhabited island

Arwad · 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
Hidden gem

Jabal Zawiya

The limestone massif

Jabal Zawiya · Idlib

Bosra al-Sham, Syria
UNESCO

Bosra al-Sham

A black basalt Roman city

Bosra al-Sham · Daraa

Roman Theatre of Bosra, Syria
UNESCO

Roman Theatre of Bosra

Fifteen thousand seats of basalt

Bosra al-Sham · Daraa

Hauran Plain, Syria
Hidden gem

Hauran Plain

Wheat, basalt and old villages

Hauran Plain · Daraa