Damascus
Damascus is the capital and largest city of Syria. A city of immense historical importance, Damascus was the capital of the Umayyad Caliphate during the Islamic Golden Age. Wikivoyage
Population 2,685,360 (Wikidata)
Before you go
Emergency numbers in Syria
Getting there
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Best-documented sights
All of them in the guide-
نصب ساحة المرجة Monument · 490 m - Bab Al Faraj City gate · 530 m
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Citadel of Damascus Castle · 570 m -
Bab al-Faradis City gate · 710 m -
Mausoleum of Saladin Monument · 740 m -
Jupiter Temple Ruins · 760 m - The Museum Of Calligraphy - Al Madrasa Aldjaqmaqiya Museum · 780 m
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Al Bimaristan An-Nouri Museum · 790 m
Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.
Markets
Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.
Somewhere to run
Getting around
- Hejaz Railway Station 770 m
- دوار القبة 1.6 km
- ميدان شيخ محي الدين 1.7 km
- كراجات الست 1.8 km
- Saydnaya and tall bus station 1.9 km
- Damascus Transportation 2.0 km
More train stations: محطة قطار الربوة 3.7 km, Qadam Station 4.6 km
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