Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris
in Homs Governorate, Syria
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Bassel Al-Assad International Airport (46 mi) -
Beirut Rafic Hariri International Airport (94 mi) - Aleppo International Airport (97 mi)
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Hatay Airport (102 mi) - Damascus International Airport (103 mi)
- Palmyra Airport (106 mi)
- İskenderun Airport (117 mi)
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Kiryat Shmona Airport (127 mi)
- Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din (Unesco heritage, 16 mi)
- Ouadi Qadisha (the Holy Valley) and the Forest of the Cedars of God (Horsh Arz el-Rab) (Unesco heritage, 52 mi)
- Baalbek (Unesco heritage, 64 mi)
- Byblos (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Anjar (Unesco heritage, 88 mi)
- Ancient City of Damascus (Unesco heritage, 97 mi)
- Ancient City of Aleppo (Unesco heritage, 99 mi)
- Ancient Villages of Northern Syria (Unesco heritage, 101 mi)
- Tyre (Unesco heritage, 135 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 34.903 and 36.499 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 34° 54' 10" and E 36° 29' 56"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Pound - SYP
- Spoken languages:
- Arabic, Kurdish, Armenian, French, English
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 06:52 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: Asia/Damascus
- UTC/GMT offset: 2 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 6:16 am and 4:24 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -27.600 and -144.317 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Area - References
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 5,0 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning it is not safe to travel Syria.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Syria. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Delve into Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris
Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris in Homs Governorate is a city located in Syria about 97 mi (or 156 km) north of Damascus, the country's capital town.
Current time in Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris is now 06:52 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named Asia / Damascus with an UTC offset of 2 hours. We know of 8 airports closer to Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris, of which 4 are larger airports. The closest airport in Syria is Bassel Al-Assad International Airport in a distance of 46 mi (or 75 km), North-West. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Syria is Crac des Chevaliers and Qal’at Salah El-Din in a distance of 16 mi (or 25 km), South-West.
Since you are here already, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Talldaww, Al Qabw, `Awaj, Harbinafsah and Shin. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 20°C / 68 °F
| Morning Temperature | 14°C / 57 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 19°C / 66 °F |
| Night Temperature | 17°C / 62 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 33% |
| Air Pressure | 1020 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 5 km/h (3 mph) from South-East |
| Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 0% of sky |
| General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Sunday, 24th of November 2024
18°C (64 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Light rain, high wind, near gale, clear sky.
Monday, 25th of November 2024
10°C (50 °F)
6°C (43 °F)
Few clouds, fresh breeze.
Tuesday, 26th of November 2024
7°C (44 °F)
6°C (44 °F)
Light rain, gentle breeze, broken clouds.
Videos from this area
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قرية ربــــاح - village RABAH
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Crac des Chevaliers
We made trip to middle East this January to visit various world heritage sites in Jordan and Syria. Crac des Chevaliers is the ruin of fortress of Crusader knights built in 11th century at...
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Houla
The Houla Region or Houla Plain is an an area consisting of three villages in the Homs Governorate of central Syria, northwest of the city of Homs. The villages, Taldou, Kafr Laha and Tell Dahab each have 25–30,000 inhabitants. The settlement is essentially a Sunni Muslim town surrounded by Alawite villages. Many of the inhabitants of the Houla village cluster are of Turkoman descent.
Houla massacre
The Houla massacre was an attack that took place on May 25, 2012, in the midst of the Syrian civil war, in two opposition-controlled villages in the Houla Region of Syria, a cluster of villages north of Homs. According to the United Nations, 108 people were killed, including 34 women and 49 children. While a small proportion of the deaths appeared to have resulted from artillery and tank rounds used against the villages, the U.N.
Kafr Laha
Kafr Laha is a town in the Homs Governorate north of Homs in northern Syria. In 2004 it had a population of 20,041 according to the Central Bureau of Statistics of Syria. Its inhabitants are predominantly Sunni Muslims. It is the largest town in the Houla region. Nearby localities Tallaf to the northeast, Tell Dahab to the north, Aqrab to the northwest, Qarmas and Maryamin to the west, al-Taybah al-Gharbiyah to the southwest and Taldou to the southeast.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris.
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Zirayet Farisse, Ziâret ech Cheïkh Fâres, Ziyārat ash Shaykh Fāris, زيارة الشيخ فارس
