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 Bosra sits on a fertile
plain littered with black basalt about 140km (87mi) south of Damascus. It once
held pride of place on local trade and pilgrimage routes, but it has now sunk
into obscurity. Despite this, it's a weird and wonderful place, built in, over
and around old Roman buildings, like some sort of architectural strangler vine.
The city is made almost entirely from black basalt, most of which has been
filched from older buildings. It is also has one of the best preserved Roman
theatres in the world.
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 This is the 'if you're only
going to see one thing in Syria, see this' sight. Unlike Petra, the Middle
East's other great must-see, Palmyra is a relatively quiet little spot where
you won't be peering between zoomy package tourists to view the ruins. Palmyra
is in the middle of nowhere, 150km (93mi) from the Orontes River to the west
and 200km (124mi) from the Euphrates to the east.
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