Author(s): Lara Dunston

Travel

Discover Syria & Lebanon <br>Smile your thanks when the elderly caretaker of a Damascus house opens the door just for you<br>Test-drive your Arabic as you fly through the Syrian desert in a 1960s Dodge taxi<br>What conflict? Find your peace hiking amid waterfalls, hermitages and monasteries in Lebanon's gorgeous Qadisha Valley<br>Lather up with olive oil soap from Aleppo's famous souq - and learn how to pick one fit for a queen <br>In This Guide: <br>Three authors, 140 days of on-the-road research, one international conflict, countless invitations to tea<br>Ask the archaeologist: all your questions on Syria's stunning ruins answered by a specialist<br>Get the local lowdown: special color chapter featuring travel tips from Syrians and Lebanese<br>