Syria, with the people rebuilding it.

Ten regions, from the Damascus courtyards to the cedar coast. Guides who live there. Workshops where the maker keeps the fee.

Plan a journey See the ten regions

Crowds under the barrel-vaulted iron roof of Souq al-Hamidiyya in Damascus

Eight travellersMaximum per departure

Syrian guidesHistorians who live there

The maker keeps the feeEvery workshop, in full

Where we go

Ten regions, each with a guide who grew up there. Indicative prices per person, workshop fees included.

دمشقDamascusStraight Street and the Umayyad courtyard3–5 days · from $450 حلبAleppoThe citadel and a marquetry bench2–4 days · from $520 تدمرPalmyraThe colonnade at dawn, a desert camp at night2 days · from $390 حمصHomsKrak des Chevaliers, an hour west2 days · from $370 حماةHamaThe norias still turning on the Orontes1–2 days · from $290

اللاذقيةLatakiaThe coast, the mountains, and Ugarit3 days · from $410 طرطوسTartusCrusader cathedral and the island of Arwad2 days · from $340 بصرىBosraBlack basalt theatre, inside a citadel1 day · from $260 معلولاMaaloulaAramaic still spoken, in a cleft in the rock1 day · from $240 المدن المنسيةThe Dead CitiesByzantine villages in the limestone hills1–2 days · from $300

DamascusدمشقStraight Street and the Umayyad courtyard3–5 days · from $450 AleppoحلبThe citadel and a marquetry bench2–4 days · from $520 PalmyraتدمرThe colonnade at dawn, a desert camp at night2 days · from $390 HomsحمصKrak des Chevaliers, an hour west2 days · from $370 HamaحماةThe norias still turning on the Orontes1–2 days · from $290 LatakiaاللاذقيةThe coast, the mountains, and Ugarit3 days · from $410 TartusطرطوسCrusader cathedral and the island of Arwad2 days · from $340 BosraبصرىBlack basalt theatre, inside a citadel1 day · from $260 MaaloulaمعلولاAramaic still spoken, in a cleft in the rock1 day · from $240 The Dead Citiesالمدن المنسيةByzantine villages in the limestone hills1–2 days · from $300

Demo: Illustrative figures for a demo. Not quotes, and not based on real supplier pricing. The destination information, by contrast, is researched and fact-checked — how that was done.

Journeys this autumn

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A vaulted stone passage with pointed arches in the Aleppo souq

Seven days · 4 October

The Silk Road Echoes

Damascus to Aleppo by way of Hama's norias and the colonnade at Apamea. Two nights in a restored courtyard house, a day at a marquetry bench, and the citadel with the archaeologist re-cataloguing it.

$1,250per personFull itinerary

3 of 8 places open · Illustrative itineraries. The dates, prices and remaining places are invented for the demo.

Where the money goes

A real operator would publish the split on every booking. On this demonstration site the figures are invented, and every one of them is labelled as such.

Read the ledger

100%Workshop fees paid directly to the maker (illustrative)

45Craft guilds we book work with, across three cities (illustrative)

8%Of every booking into the guild restoration fund (illustrative)

$120kInto workshop repairs and apprentice tools, 2025 (illustrative)

From the road, this month

The whole journal

September 2026 · Aleppo · 4 minThe soap lane is roofed again, and the whole street smells of laurelTwo winters of scaffolding came down in August. The lane is trading properly for the first time since we started bringing travellers here.حلب August 2026 · Palmyra road · 3 minWe drove the desert road twice this month before saying yesThe eastern route is open and the surface is better than last spring, but it is still a long day with one place to stop. Here is how we run it now, and when we would not.تدمر July 2026 · Latakia · 5 minThree village kitchens, one very long lunchAbove the coast, lunch is not a meal but an afternoon. We added a second family to the coastal journey, which means smaller groups at each table.اللاذقية

Demo: Illustrative journal entries, written for the demo. Not dispatches from a real guide.