Top rated Sights & Landmarks in Syria

Experience the best that Syria has to offer with our curated list of top-rated places. Sorted by average review scores from venues boasting over 30 reviews, these establishments promise exceptional quality and experiences to elevate your visit in the city. This list contains 116 places from Sights & Landmarks category.

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Marrota Travel & Tourism
Travel agency
👍👍 I recommend Marrota highly as they show you most of Syria, good or bad. We visited the vibrant Damascus, war-torn Homs, earthquake-stricken Aleppo. We had chances to chat and photo with the locals, go saunas and hit the bars, and dine and shop like locals. Logistics (border-crossing, security check...
4.90 (65 reviews)
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Overhead chain
Historical landmark
👍👍 اميرة النواعير نواعير حماة وهي آلات مائية خشبية تدور بالقوة المائية وتتواجد على شواطئ نهر العاصي في مدينة حماة. وتنقل الماء منه بواسطة صناديق إلى حوض علوي ومنه يجري في قنوات محمولة على قناطر ليسقي المدينة وبساتينها. نواعير حماة وأصل تسمية الناعورة لغوياً من فعل نَعَر بمعنى احدث صوتاً فيه نعير، والن...
4.90 (44 reviews)
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نواعير حماه
Historical landmark
👍👍 The city of Hama is located in central Syria. It is famous for its waterwheels, which are still working and attract tourists. The people of the city love them. In the past, they were used to irrigate lands and deliver the waters of the Orontes River to high places through the rotation of the waterwh...
4.90 (42 reviews)
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حمامات زنوبيا -baths of Zanobia
Historical landmark
👍👍 ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻜﺔ ﺯﻧﻮﺑﻴﺎ ﺣﻤﺎﻣﺎﺕ ﺯﻧﻮﺑﻴﺎ … ﺍﻟﻌﻤﺎﺭﺓ ﻭﺍﻟﺤﻀﺎﺭﺓ ﺑﺎﻟﻤﺎﺀ ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺧﻦ 16 ﺃﺑﺮﻳﻞ، 2017 ﻋﻼﻣﺎﺕ ﺁﺛﺎﺭ ﺗﺪﻣﺮ ﺍﻵﺛﺎﺭ ﺍﻟﺴﻮﺭﻳﺔ ﺍﻟﺘﺮﺍﺙ ﺍﻟﺘﺮﺍﺙ ﺍﻟﻌﺎﻟﻤﻲ ﺍﻟﻤﻠﻜﺔ ﺯﻧﻮﺑﻴﺎ ﺣﻤﺎﻣﺎﺕ ﺯﻧﻮﺑﻴﺎ ﺍﻟﺴﺎﺑﻖ ﻭﺯﻳﺮ ﺍﻟﺨﺎﺭﺟﻴﺔ ﺍﻟﻔﺮﻧﺴﻲ : ﺗﺼﺮﻳﺤﺎﺕ ﺍﻷﺳﺪ ﺑﺸﺄﻥ ﺍﻟﻬﺠﻮﻡ ﺍﻟﻜﻴﻤﺎﻭﻱ ﺃﻛﺎﺫﻳﺐ ﺍﻟﺘﺎﻟﻲ ﺑﺌﺮ “ ﺍﻟﻬُﻤّﻞ ” ﻭﺗﺎﺭﻳﺦ ﻟﻺﻧﺴﺎﻥ ﻓﻲ ﺳﻮﺭﻳﺎ ﻳﻌﻮﺩ ﺇﻟﻰ ﻣﻠﻴﻮﻥ ﺳﻨﺔ ﺣﻤﺎﻣﺎﺕ...
4.90 (31 reviews)
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Umayyad Mosque
Mosque
Huge mosque & royal burial site with a prayer hall, ancient mosaics & a John the Baptist shrine.
4.80 (2.6K reviews)
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Aleppo Citadel
Castle
One of the oldest & largest castles in the world, this fort dates back to the Middle Ages.
4.80 (1K reviews)
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Sayyidah Ruqayya Shrine
Shrine
👍👍 Imam Hussain's beloved daughter is buried here after the massacre of Karbala. She was only 4 years old. The shrine and her personality and sacrifice draws pilgrims from all over the world
4.80 (984 reviews)
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Convent of Our Lady of Sednaya
Monastery
👍👍 Our Lady of Saydnaya Patriarchal Monastery is a monastery of the Greek Orthodox Church of Antioch located in Saidnaya, Syria. It is one of the most ancient monasteries in the world and in the region of the Middle East and North Africa, traditionally held to have been founded by Byzantine emperor Jus...
4.80 (240 reviews)
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Beit Al Wali Hotel
Hotel
👍👍 Beit Al Wali, is the most beautiful hotel made from 3 houses put together (the 4th is in progress). A similar style to a Moroccan Riad the windows of each room face into a central courtyard. There are many small groups of tables and chairs where you can sit, or meet with others. My room was small,...
4.80 (237 reviews)
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Deir Mar Musa el-Habashi
Monastery
👍👍 Magical stay at this monastery atop a mountain overlooking the valley. The monastery is one of community, practicing the unity of religions, and with the war settling, has many visiting religious priests, sisters, etc. There are many rooms to settle, and everyone is involved in set-up of dinner and...
4.80 (83 reviews)
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Hanabila Mosque
Mosque
👍👍 The Hanbali Mosque is a historical mosque located in the Salihiya neighborhood in Damascus. It is the first Ayyubid mosque in Damascus and the oldest after the Umayyad Mosque... Sheikh Fathi Al-Safi, may God have mercy on him, was one of the most famous preachers of this mosque in the modern era.
4.80 (81 reviews)
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Maktab Anbar
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Located east of the Umayyad Mosque. It is originally one of the houses of Old Damascus built by the owner in the famous Damascene style. It is rectangular in shape with an area of five thousand square meters. This building belonged to a wealthy Jew named Yusuf Anbar, who built it in 1867, and spent...
4.80 (77 reviews)
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Al Jamea Alkabir
Mosque
👍👍 من أعلى قلعة مدينة حماة الأثرية التي تعتبر من أقدم أماكن الاستيطان المدني في منطقة حوض العاصي تصافح عينا الزائر ليلاً عشرات المآذن التي تبدو كنجوم خضراء تزنر سماء المدينة متلألئة تخلب لب الناظر وتبعث في جوانحه السكينة والطهر والنقاء. وتضم مدينة حماه عدداً كبيراً من المساجد القديمة التي يرقى عهد بعض...
4.80 (75 reviews)
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Hama Clock Tower
Landmark
👍👍 It is my beautiful city
4.80 (69 reviews)
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M'amouriya waterwheel
Tourist attraction
👍👍 Princess of waterwheels... The waterwheels of Hama are wooden water machines that rotate with water power and are located on the shores of the Orontes River in the city of Hama. Water is transported from it using boxes to an upper basin, from where it flows through channels carried on arches to irri...
4.80 (63 reviews)
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Hanania Church
Church
👍👍 The House of Saint Ananias (also called Chapel of Saint Ananias) is an ancient underground structure in Damascus, Syria, that is alleged to be the remains of the home of Ananias of Damascus, where Ananias baptized Saul (who became Paul the Apostle). Archaeological excavations in 1921 found the remai...
4.80 (63 reviews)
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Al Noury
Mosque
👍👍 An ancient, beautiful and magnificent archaeological mosque. Hama is a historical city, famous for its antiquities and scholars. Its landmarks take you back centuries. God was for Hama and the people of Hama.
4.80 (62 reviews)
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Aleppo Citadel Grand Mosque
Mosque
4.80 (32 reviews)
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Sayyida Zaynab Shrine
Shrine
👍👍 5 stars can't not describe the beauty of the Shrine of Syeda Zainab [Pbuh]... It was extremely peaceful and I was blessed with her ziyart. There was excellent security and service from the volunteers!
4.70 (2.3K reviews)
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Khaled Ibn Al-Walid Mosque
Mosque
Domed Ottoman style mosque with 2 minarets & a courtyard constructed in the early 1900's.
4.70 (769 reviews)
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