een overzicht

Dag 1 : vlucht Brussel - Istanbul / Istanbul - Damascus.

Dag 2 : Damascus : bezoek aan de stad

Dag 3 : Anjar - Baalbek in Libanon - Homs ( terug in Syrië )

Dag 4 : Homs - Tartous - Crac des Chevaliers - Homs

Crac des Chevaliers is a famous castle in Syria, which was the headquarters of the Knights Hospitaller during the Crusades. The name is a mixture of Arabic and French, meaning "Fortress of the Knights". In Arabic, it is Ḥiṣn al-Akrād (Fortress of the Kurds) or Qal'at El Ḥiṣn (قلعة الحصن) (Fortress of the Knights).
The castle has thick walls, with seven guard towers 8 meters in diameter. King Edward I of England, while on the Ninth Crusade in 1272, saw the fortress and used it as an example for his own castles in England and Wales. T.E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) believed Krak des Chevaliers was the greatest of the Crusader castles and "the most wholly admirable castle in the world." Today, the fortress is owned by the Syrian government, and it is designated as a World Heritage Site along with Qal’at Salah El-Din (Fortress of Saladin). The fortress is one of the few sites where Crusader art (in the form of frescoes) has been preserved. ( Wikipedia )




Dag 5 : Homs - Hama - Apameia - Aleppo

Noria ( in Hama ) are machines for lifting water into an aqueduct using energy derived from the water's flow. Most noria physically resemble water wheels and functionally resemble a saqiya or ram pump. Unlike the water wheels found in mills, noria do not provide mechanical power to any other process. .
The largest noria in the world, with a diameter of about 20 meters, is located in the Syrian city of Hama. ( Wikipedia )