The rise and fall of myriad civilisations in Syria and Lebanon and, indeed,in the whole of the Levant (also encompassing Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Territories), has contributed to creating a region as diverse as it is venerable, and as vulnerable as it is invincible.

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On the Road

Highlights

Destination

Syria & Lebanon

Itineraries

History

Religion

Food & Drink

The Word

on the Street

Syria

Getting Started

in Syria

Syria's Culture

Syria's Environment

Damascus

History

Orientation

Information

Sights

Activities

Warking Tour

Courses

Damascus for Children

Tours

Festivals & Events

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking

Entertainment

Shopping

Getting There & Away

Getting Around

Around Damascus

& the Hauran

Dumeir

Seidnayya

Maalula

Mar Musa

Barada Gorge

Ezra'a

Bosra

Shahba

Suweida

Qanawat

GOLAN HEIGHTS

Quneitra

The Coast

& Mountains

Qala'at aI-Hosn

(Krak des Chevaliers)

Around Qala'at aI-Hosn

Tartus

Around Tartus

Qala'at Marqab

Lattakia

Around Lattakia

Orontes Valley

Homs

Hama

Around Hama

Aleppo

History

Orientation

Information

Sights

Activities

Tours

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking

Entertainment

Shopping

Getting There & Away

Getting Around

AROUND ALEPPO

North & West of Aleppo

South of Aleppo

Dead Cities

Palmyra to

the Euphrates

Palmyra

Qasr al-Heir al-Sharqi

Lake al-Assad

Qala'at Najm

Raqqa

Rasafa

Halabiyya

Deir ez-Eur

Southeast of Deir ez-Zur

The Northeast

Syria Directory

Accommodation

Activities

Business Hours

Children

Climate

Courses

Customs

Dangers & Annoyances

Discount Cards

Embassies & Consulates

Festivals & Events

Gay & Lesbian Travellers

Holidays

Insurance

Internet Access

Legal Matters

Maps

Money

Photography & Video

Post

Shopping

Smoking

Solo Travellers

Telephone

Time

Toilets

Travellers with Disabilities

Visas

Women Travellers

Work

Lebanon

Getting Started

in Lebanon

When to Go

Costs & Money

Travel Literature

Internet Resources

Lebanon's Culture

The National Psyche

Lifestyle

Population

Sport

Multiculturalism

Women in Lebanon

Media

Arts

Lebanon's

Environment

The Land

Wildlife

National Parks

& Reserves

Beirut

History

Orientation

Information

Dangers & Annoyances

Sights

Activities

Courses

Beirut for Children

Tours

Festivals & Events

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking

Entertainment

Shopping

Getting There & Away

Getting Around

Mt Lebanon & the

Chouf Mountains

THE METN & KESROUANE

Belt Mery

Brummana

Jebel Sannine

Qanat Bakiche & Zaarour

Faraya & Faraya Mzaar

(Ouyoun aI-Simaan)

Faqra

THE COAST

Nahr al-Kalb

Jeita Grotto

Jounieh

Harissa

Byblos (Jbail)

Amchit

Rachana

Batroun

Moussalayha Castle

ADONIS VALLEY

& JEBEL TANNOURINE

Afqa Grotto

Aaqoura

Laklouk

Douma

THE CHOUF MOUNTAINS

Deir aI-Qamar

Beiteddine

Moukhtara

Chouf Cedar Reserve

Tripoli & the North

TRIPOLI (TRABLOUS)

History

Orientation

Information

Sights & Activities

Sleeping

Eating

Drinking

Entertainment

Shopping

Getting There & Around

AROUND TRIPOLI

Enfe

QADISHA VALLEY

Ehden

Horsh Ehden Forest

Nature Reserve

Kfar Sghab

Bcharre

The Cedars

The Qadisha Valley Floor

B'gaa Kafra

Deir Mar Semaan

Diman

Amioun

The Bekaa Valley

Zahle

Around Zahle

Aanjar

Lake Qaraoun

& Litani Dam

Aamiq Marsh

Baalbek

Around Baalbek

The South

Sidon (Saida)

Around Sidon

Tyre (Sour)

Around Tyre

Lebanon DirectorY

Accommodation

Activities

Business Hours

Children

Climate

Courses

Customs

Dangers & Annoyances

Discount Cards

Embassies & Consulates

Festivals & Events

Gay & Lesbian

Travellers

Holidays

Insurance

Internet Access

Legal Matters

Maps

Money

Photography & Video

Post

Shopping

Smoking

Solo Travellers

Telephone & Fax

Time

Toilets

Tourist Information

Travellers

with Disabilities

Visas

Women Travellers

Work

Transport

GETTING THERE & AWAY

Entering Syria & Lebanon

Air

Land

Overland Tours

GETTING AROUND

Travel Between

Syria & Lebanon

Syria

Lebanon

Health

BEFORE YOU GO

Insurance

Recommended

Vaccinations

Medical Checklist

Internet Resources

Further Readine

IN TRANSIT

Deep Vein Thrombosis

(DVT)

Jet Lag & Motion Sicknes:

IN SYRIA & LEBANON

Availability & Cost

of Health Care

Infectious Diseases

Traveller's Diarrhoea

Environmental Hazards

Travelling with Children

Women's Health

Language

GlossarY

The Authors

Behind the Scenes

Index

World Time Zones

Map Legend