Things to do & places to visit in Daraa Governorate, Syria

Daraa Governorate #8 destination in Syria 2023. The average rating score is 5.00 based on 17 traveler reviews, of 2 attractions. Timezone: Asia/Damascus, current date and time: Sunday, May 12, 2024, 9:03.

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Top things to do

• Arenas & Stadiums
• Ancient Ruins
• Historic Sites

Top destinations in Daraa Governorate 5

• Bosra
• Kufer Shamis
• Daeel
• Daraa
• Izra

Top places to visit

1. 5.0 Busra Coliseum (12 reviews)
   - The Closeum Plus
   Arenas & Stadiums
   
   
   What strucks here, other than being the biggest Coliseum outside Rome, is the three different types of stones which were used in building this amazing piece of art. You find here granite, sandstone and blackstone distributed in an artistic way. The Coliseum, the diverse architecture of the ancient town, and the people around take you back in history and you feel you are living in a dream or as if you are in a movie. I visited this before the war erupted in Syria and I would definitely go back when it is safe there. See more..
   
2. 5.0 Bosra ash-Sham (5 reviews)
   - A very nice ancient city, although a bit gloomy because of the black stone it was built of
   Historic Sites • Ancient Ruins
   
   
   Busra (Bostra) was a Nabatean city and later the Roman capital of the province of Arabia. It was never really important later on, apart from some temporary importance under Ayyubids I think. The ruins are in black stone, which makes it a bit gloomy. The ruins include, typically, lots of collumns, but also some churches (including a church attributed to a monk Buhayra / Bahira, who allegedly predicted to Muhammad he'd become a prophet) There are some mosaics, but not great, a nice gate, and, above all, the theatre, which was turned into a fortress. It is very well preserved and high, with some lighter collumns behind the scene, there's a nice view from it too. There's also one of the first mosques outside Arabia, although not so beautiful and I don't think it's in the same form as it used to be. See more..