https://arsu.tours/ 2026-09-22 weekly 1.0 Home Main https://arsu.tours/regions 2026-09-22 monthly 0.9 Where we go Main Ten researched destinations https://arsu.tours/journeys 2026-09-22 monthly 0.9 Journeys Main Illustrative itineraries https://arsu.tours/about 2026-09-22 yearly 0.7 About — why the name Arsu Main https://arsu.tours/ledger 2026-09-22 monthly 0.7 The ledger Main https://arsu.tours/practicalities 2026-09-22 weekly 0.8 Practicalities Main Visas, advisories and money — dated https://arsu.tours/journal 2026-09-22 weekly 0.6 Journal Main https://arsu.tours/plan 2026-09-22 yearly 0.6 Plan a journey Main https://arsu.tours/regions/damascus 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Damascus Regions Aramean, Roman, Umayyad and Ottoman Damascus, still lived-in behind the walls https://arsu.tours/regions/aleppo 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Aleppo Regions One of the world’s oldest continuously inhabited cities, rebuilding souq by souq https://arsu.tours/regions/palmyra 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Palmyra Regions Zenobia’s caravan capital: colonnades still standing, temples still rubble https://arsu.tours/regions/homs 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Homs Regions The Homs Gap, and the Hospitaller fortress that held it for two centuries https://arsu.tours/regions/hama 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Hama Regions A river city of turning waterwheels, and a colonnade in the hills above it https://arsu.tours/regions/latakia 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Latakia Regions Syria’s Mediterranean coast, where the earliest known ordered alphabet was written into clay https://arsu.tours/regions/tartus 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Tartus Regions A Crusader cathedral on shore, and Syria’s only inhabited island three kilometres out https://arsu.tours/regions/bosra 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Bosra Regions A black-basalt Roman theatre enclosed in a medieval citadel, in a living town https://arsu.tours/regions/maaloula 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 Maaloula Regions A cliffside village in the Qalamoun where Western Neo-Aramaic is still spoken https://arsu.tours/regions/dead-cities 2026-09-22 monthly 0.8 The Dead Cities Regions Byzantine farming villages, left a millennium ago, across the limestone hills https://arsu.tours/journeys/silk-road 2026-09-22 monthly 0.7 The Silk Road Echoes Journeys Seven days · 4 October https://arsu.tours/journeys/coastal 2026-09-22 monthly 0.7 Coastal Pine & Citadel Journeys Five days · 18 October https://arsu.tours/journeys/desert 2026-09-22 monthly 0.7 Basalt, Colonnade, Desert Journeys Six days · 8 November https://arsu.tours/credits 2026-09-22 monthly 0.4 Photo credits About this site Every photograph and its licence https://arsu.tours/demo 2026-09-22 monthly 0.5 About this demo About this site What is real here and what is invented