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Relatively confined between the course of the Barada River to the west, following the old Beirut road, or rather the Barada Valley road, until it enters the Rabwa area, which looks like a gorge widening two mountains, one of which is southern and known as Mezzeh, and the other is northern, which is Jabal Al-Manshar, the western extension of Mount Qasioun. In Quilting the Two Mountains, the branches of the Barada River flow - Figure (5); In the southern lap of Jabal Al-Manshar, the waters of the Yazid and Tora branches flow, and in the northern lap of the Mezze Mountain, the branches of the Qanats, Al-Mazawi and Al-Darani flow, and at the end of the southeastern knoll the Banias branch branches off. As for the original Barada River, it flows in the middle of the natural valley, following the general slope of the earth's surface.

The first round: Wadi Barada - Al-Zabadani - Sargaya: As soon as one leaves the Damascus basin, starting from the center of the city of Damascus, following

River The Rabwah area, which extends from entering the Barada River, the basin at the Rabwa Fire Station to Al-Shadirwan Restaurant, with a length of about 3 km on both sides of Barada, is one of the greatest parks in the city of Damascus in the summer half of the year, and the most frequented even in the winter half of the year due to the large number of cafes, restaurants and nightclubs, and what is its fame the real is only a reflection of the beauty of its nature; Because of its lush trees and shadows swaying on either side of Barada, and because of the large number of flat, shaded areas on both sides, which constitute a place where the Damascenes rest.

the knoll; An old village, its houses are spread on both sides of the river, especially at its bottom, just before it enters the Damascus Basin, on the two slopes of the two mountains overlooking the Barada River. It is currently affiliated to the governorate of the city of Damascus, and on both sides of the river and its branches
A large number of restaurants, parks and nightclubs (Green Valley Restaurant, Al-Ajlouni Restaurant, Zahrat Al-Knoll, Green Island, Shallalat Al-Sham Restaurant and Park, Al-Ezz Falls Restaurant and Park, Nadi, Scheherazade, Sham Nights Restaurant and Club, Al-Shadirwan Restaurant and Club)

It connects to the north, and as soon as one reaches the famous palace restaurant in the first town of Dumar, which is almost devoid of a night of evening parties, until it appears to him to the south of the river in Quilting the Mountain, the village of the rice grove, which is almost the Dumar residential project. Al-Qasr Restaurant is about 5 km away from Damascus, and after about 2 km we enter the town of Dummar, which is located on both sides of Wadi Barada, which divides it into two parts, east and known as Dummar Al-Sharqiya, and west, known as Dummar Al-Gharbiya. The residential area, which is like a modern residential city, was destroyed, no more than ten years old. It is currently destroyed in its three western and eastern parts and the project) Nahiyah Center, with a population of approximately 30 thousand people, about two-thirds of whom live in the old, and the rest in the modern project. In the first ruins on the eastern end of Beirut Road, there are many restaurants, canteens, and nightclubs (Al-Firdous, Al-Rukn white, burgundy...etc). Her residence was destroyed

And it is only three kilometers away from Dumar until we reach the town of Qudsaya (the center of Nahiyah), which is also affiliated to the governorate of Damascus, with a population of about 25 thousand people, and its buildings spread to the west of the main road. Qudsaya has expanded greatly during the past twenty years, as it spread Residential buildings on top of the hill overlooking it from the southeast, which belong mostly to Damascenes and to those who came to Damascus from other provinces.
About two kilometers after Qudsaya, there is a northern side road with a length of about 500 meters leading to the town of Al-Hameh, which is located in a depression surrounded by mountains and plateaus and bisected by the Barada River, where the center of the town is located to the west of the river. The beautiful Jamraya overlooking from Ali the Barada River and its beautiful orchards and the town of Al-Hameh. The road passing through Jamraya ends with the new road known as the New Al-Hameh Bridge Road.

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And the branch, and after the fork of Al-Hama Road, about 500 m, we come across on the left of the road the famous Al-Arad Restaurant and Park with its night square, and it is only a few hundred meters (300 m) until the road forks into two main branches, the main of which is the path to the Barada River represented by the Shooting Club Road - Beirut, and between the two branches there is a canteen and the Moonlight Park. Wadi Barada Road with the modern Al-Hama Bridge Road, which has a splendid view of Wadi Barada, which is adorned with greenery amidst the water flowing in its course, and whose praise was credited with the presence of the bridge’s restaurant and park at its western end. (Jdeidet al-Shaibani), which is about 14 km away from Damascus and overlooks Wadi Barada, which is lush with its greenery. The vast majority of its construction is modern - except for a few old buildings, to the east of the road that forms the old village - as beautiful tourist buildings that belong mostly to wealthy people, in Damascus and in its northeastern edge. The summit club (restaurant and night square) is almost connected to the new village of Al-Wadi with the next village, which is Ashrafieh Al-Wadi, which directly overlooks the Barada River on both sides, where the old village is to the east. Nahr and Haditha are western and spread in its modern part
Al-Mashad, to the west of the river, are the beautiful Damascene villas that teem with residents in the summer, and are almost devoid of them. winter .

And to the west, the asphalt road descends as it crosses the Ashrafieh valley towards Wadi Barada, to come very close to the edge of its valley in the beautiful village of Basima, whose modern buildings also spread west of Wadi Barada, corresponding to the old construction of the village standing east of the river, which connects them with a concrete bridge built on the river. As soon as we pass Basima, we reach the village of Ain Al-Khadra, which is very famous for its beauty, splendor, and the large number of parks in it. The village of Basima is similar in the distribution of its urbanization east of the (older) river to the (newer) river, and between them is a bridge on the river. There are large numbers of restaurants, canteens, and parks in Ain al-Khadra on the right bank of the Barada River, in some of which many nightly evenings are revived, as is the case in the Al-Raed Restaurant and the Green Spring, in addition to restaurants that are satisfied with serving various foods, and in which beautiful sessions are sweet, as in restaurants. : Al-Dar, Ras Al-Ain, Riyadh Al-Akhdar, Ain Al-Khadra Falls, Al-Shahba, Ain Al-Khadra, Al-Fayhaa, Al-Safa Al-Kawakeb...etc. On holidays and official holidays in the summer half of the year, the Ain Al-Khadra area is crowded with visitors, and its road is crowded with cars, especially at sunset.

After Ain al-Khadra, the road ascends to enter the upper Barada Valley, with its many villages scattered on both sides. The first village we come across on the right of the road is the village of Ain al-Fijah, the largest and most famous of the villages in Wadi Barada. Its urbanization spreads on both sides of the river, as its road branches through the main Barada Valley, and it is crowded in the summer with vacationers and visitors looking for comfort, recreation and beauty in it. The village was famous for the waters of its spring (Al-Faija), the sweet and springy spring, which supplies its town and the city of Damascus with drinking water.