Damascus Countryside, Driving in Zabadani (الزبداني) | Syria 2024

A drive in the city of Zabadani in the Damascus Countryside on Thursday, October 31, 2024
Zabadani is a city in southwestern Syria in the Rif Dimashq Governorate, close to the border with Lebanon, It is located in the center of a green valley surrounded by high mountains at an elevation of around 1,100 m.
Compared to Damascus, the weather in Zabadani tends to be milder in summer, about 5-8 degrees lower, but from December to the end of February it is colder with a lot of snow, and the temperature drops to −10 degrees.
The mild summer weather, along with scenic views, led the French colonial rulers to develop the city as a traditional summer resort and hill station, and has made the town a popular resort, both for tourists and for visitors from Syrian cities on the plains, especially nearby Damascus, and for tens of thousands of visitors from the Arabian peninsula. A more elevated region than Zabadani is its neighbour Bloudan, also a resort for thousands of tourists. Bloudan is about 1,500 metres above sea level.
The Last War led to substantial destruction and damage of infrastructure and property in the City