Ayyūbīyah
Ayyo is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located south of Hama.
Ayyo is a village in central Syria, administratively part of the Hama Governorate, located south of Hama. It is neighbored by Kafr Buhum to the northwest, al-Khalidiyah to the north, Maarin al-Jabal to the northeast, Besirin to the south and Sasikun to the southwest. According to the Syria Central Bureau of Statistics, Ayyo had a population of 1,980 in the 2004 census. Its inhabitants are predominantly Christians.
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Worth seeing in and around Ayyūbīyah
One place within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Al-Arbaain (mountain)
Jabal al-Arba'in is a mountain near Maarin al-Jabal in the Hama Governorate in Syria. It has an elevation of 683 meters, it ranks as the 27th highest mountain in Hama and the 507th highest in Syria.
3.9 km · mountain in Syria · Wikipedia
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Getting to Ayyūbīyah
- Airports
- Aleppo (ALP), 135 km · Beirut Rafic Hariri (BEY), 177 km · Damascus (DAM), 181 km
- Aleppo → Ayyūbīyah135 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · $12–17
- Damascus → Ayyūbīyah174 km · quickest by road, 2h 58m · $16–22
- Beirut → Ayyūbīyah170 km · quickest by road, 3h 30m · $17–24
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No local-transport research exists yet for Ayyūbīyah
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Ayyūbīyah. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundIf you need to get to the bus or train station, you'll find a service bus stop south-west of the bridge, easily recognized by many minibuses stopping there.
- Go nextHama makes a great base for exploring a lot of the north-east of Syria The following can be done as a half day trip from Hama, but you could string a few together for a long day!
- Go nextService taxis run back to Hama until at least 17:00.) A little further afield you could get to the Krak des Chevaliers as a day trip - but this would be a bit of a shame, as staying the night near the Krak and spending some time to explore this gem of Syria is well worth the time and effort.
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If you know how people move in Ayyūbīyah – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to Ayyūbīyah
Ayyūbīyah is 11 km from Ḩamāh, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Bsirinvillage in Syria1.6 km
- Maarin al-Jabalvillage in Syria3.2 km