PETRA & PALMYRA
16 days from GBP1,399 to GBP1,569 including flights
Tripcode: AXJ
Itinerary
- Day 1
- Fly to Damascus.
- Day 2
- A full day to explore Damascus, the world's oldest inhabited city.
- Day 3
- Drive into the desert to Palmyra, explore the immense ruins.
- Day 4
- Drive to Aleppo via desert castle of Qasr el Hir and the 'dead city' of Rassafa.
- Day 5
- Full day to explore the ancient city of Aleppo.
- Day 6
- Morning in Aleppo; visit the Byzantine site of St Simeon the Stylite, and the waterwheels of Hama.
- Day 7
- Visit imposing castle of Krak des Chevaliers; to Damascus via ancient village of Maaloula.
- Day 8
- Visit the magnificent amphitheatre of Bosra; to Jerash in Jordan.
- Day 9
- Head to Amman via the Dead Sea
- Day 10
- Down King's Highway to Petra via Mt Nebo, Madaba and Kerak.
- Day 11 - 12
- Two full days to explore Petra, the 'Rose-red City'.
- Day 13
- Drive out to camp in desert scenery of Wadi Rum; 4WD excursion.
- Day 14
- To Aqaba; afternoon free to relax or snorkel among the coral reefs.
- Day 15
- Morning free; transfer to Amman.
- Day 16
- Fly to London.
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