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The bigger hotels are connected to travel agents that can set up a guided tour of Damascus by private taxi or a group tour by bus. Good travel agents like Silk Road Travel, Sharia Firdaous (tel: (011) 223 0500; website: www.silkroad-tours.com), Adonis Travel, Sharia al-Mutanabbi (tel: (011) 513 4850; website: www.syria.adonistravel.com) and Jasmin Tours (tel: 011 23 3176; website: www.jasmintour.com) organise day tours of the city including the National Museum, the Azem Palace, the Umayyad Mosque, Saladin's tomb, Straight Street, the Christian Quarter, shopping in the Hamidiyyeh Souk, and a drive to Qassioun Mountain in the evening. They can also organise private tours to Palmyra, Aleppo or a village in the Anti-Lebabon Mountains by air-conditioned car.
