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eljerbys
Evansville
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More than 5000 year old civilization and the city looks very old. The country looks rundown almost, but did not feel uncomfortable there for some reason. I visited the old part of Damascus; I have been to “Hammam” that was dated back nearly 900 years. I also visited the house where they shot the popular Syrian TV serial “Babb Elhara”.
CatharinaBallerina
Canterbury
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How this place changed my life
I lived in Damascus, Syria for two and a half years between the ages of two and four and a half. I don’t remember much about the realities of living there; rather I remember the heat, the dust, the market, the park, the market, the people, the atmosphere. It sparked my love for the Middle East and Arabic culture. I would recommend this amazing place to any traveller who is willing to go somewhere a bit different, a bit off the beaten track.
abboed
Kerkrade
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oldest city in the world
damascus is the oldest city in the world, there are 3 floors undergrounds, there is not much news about it, but when you enter bab toma you go in a tunnel at left side you can see the first floor down, also in soq alhamadya there is a small tunnel what goes underground, you can walk almost down the hole alhamadya, alse there is in sayd naya the oldest church in the world it on the top of the mountain.
DymphnaB
New York City
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A review of this place: My favorite vacation
My three weeks in Syria were magical. If you love history you’ll be in heaven seeing the spot on the Mediterranean from which Phoenician ships set sail, the birthplace of the alphabet, battlefields Egyptian chariots swept through, Queen Zenobia’s Palymyra, Diocletian’s camp, streets and gates St. Paul knew, the Omayyad Mosque, storybook crusader castles, Saladin’s Damascus and the markets of Aleppo, St.Simeon’s pillar…. this entire country is soaked in history.















