Visit Damascus Old City

One of Islam’s oldest and grandest mosques, glittering with gold mosaics.

Medieval quarter of a thousand minarets: the Khan el-Khalili bazaar, Al-Azhar mosque and the Sultan Hassan madrasa.

Seven hundred monuments in a maze of covered souks around the Zitouna mosque, largely unchanged since the Middle Ages.

A vaulted iron-roofed bazaar running to the Umayyad Mosque, its ceiling pierced by French bullet holes.

A fortified hill inhabited for 5,000 years, its medieval stone ramp and gate towering over the old city.

The world's largest car-free old city.

One of the world’s largest squares, framed by the tiled masterpieces of Safavid Isfahan.

Labyrinthine Swahili trading town of carved doors and spice bazaars.