Trip to Damascus - Part 2

Old City Damascus is just excellent. Little mazes of streets with sweets and crafty shops.

Secret brightly lit courtyards, often hidden behind nondescript doors:

Uh, descript doors:

Shrines:

More shrines:

Craft shops:

Cafes:

Souks:

Of course, the mosque - this one in particular is the Umayyad Mosque, which houses the tomb of Saladin as well as the head of John the Baptist:

And churches: