Go back in time wandering through Damascus with its traditional souks, range of Middle Eastern foods and millenia-old architecture.
Syria is blessed with a Mediterranean climate, making Damascus an extremely inviting year-round travel destination.
Krak des Chevaliers
This "Fortress of Knights" is a Crusader outpost and one of the most important preserved medieval military castles in the world.
The Great Mosque of Damascus
The Great Umayyad Mosque is first monumental work of architecture in Islamic history; and it's as impressive today as it was when it was first built in the eighth century.
The Old City
Within walking distance of Four Seasons Hotel Damascus is the old walled city. Wander down its narrow streets and walk past centuries of history: Roman columns, spice-scented souks, mosques and the Christian quarter.
Azem Palace
Not to be missed, this former residence of an Ottoman governor is a treasure of Damascene architecture.
Palmyra
Dating back to 19th-century BC, Palmyra was an important trading route, thriving in the second and third century BC before falling into ruins by the sixth century AD.