Damascus

Damascus is the capital of Syria and its largest city, with about 4.5 million people. Established between 10,000 to 8,000BC, Damascus is credited with being the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.

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  • Leila's - just next to Umayyad Mosque, has the best food in Damascus.. And probably the laziest service, but it's worth giving it a go:) Quite expensive in comparison with other restaurants (average european level: dinner for two: 2 drinks, main course, salad, soup, starters- around 1500SP), but … • Anna T.
  • Allemaal naar't Midden Oosten! • Julie V.
  • Oriental colour and smell of sissa!!! • Maria G.
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Damascus Travel Guide is based on Damascus by Vidimian, Huzefa Furniturewala, Zena, Mohamad Bash, Inas, Panos, Zepppep, Rumpeltux, Roundtheworld, iGuide and others. Damascus Travel Guide is available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.