Travel to Palmyra
Every way to reach Palmyra: 1 modes compared, with fares.
Palmyra is reachable from 7 places across 1 country by 1 mode, on services run by 1 operator. The cheapest arrival costs €25.09 and the fastest takes 2h 7m door to door. The nearest origin is 144 km away.
How people reach Palmyra
Every mode that actually calls at Palmyra, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.
| Mode | Origins | From | Fastest | Reach | Operators |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Train | 14 | €25.09 | 2h 7m | 242 km | 1 |
- 7Places you can arrive from
- 7Places you can leave for
- 1Countries
- 1Operators
The train gets you into Palmyra. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A room in Palmyra for the night the train gets in
Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.
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How far people travel to get here
Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.
| Distance | Routes | Share | Nearest of them |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 200 km | 8 | 57% | Al-Tabqa, 144 km |
| 200 to 600 km | 6 | 43% | Al Mayādīn, 204 km |
Which countries you can arrive from
Countries with at least one route into Palmyra that we sell.
| Country | Routes | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Syria | 14 | 100% |
The cheapest journeys into Palmyra
Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.
| Route | From | Fastest | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al-Tabqa to Palmyra train | €25.09 | 2h 7m | 144 km |
| Raqqa to Palmyra train | €28.94 | 2h 16m | 168 km |
| As Safīrah to Palmyra train | €32.24 | 2h 22m | 188 km |
| Dayr az Zawr to Palmyra train | €32.24 | 2h 26m | 190 km |
| Al Mayādīn to Palmyra train | €34.44 | 2h 36m | 204 km |
| Aleppo to Palmyra train | €35.54 | 2h 39m | 209 km |
| Ālbū Kamāl to Palmyra train | €40.49 | 2h 50m | 242 km |
The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Somewhere to drop the bags in Palmyra?
Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.
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Popular trips to Palmyra
Common questions about Travel to Palmyra
How can I get to Palmyra?
Palmyra is reachable by 1 modes on our network, from 7 places, across 1 countries, on services run by 1 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.
What is the cheapest way to get to Palmyra?
The cheapest way into Palmyra is by Train, from €25.09 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 7 origins we sell into Palmyra over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.
What is the fastest way to get to Palmyra?
The fastest journey into Palmyra is by Train, at 2h 7m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 144 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.
Where can I travel to Palmyra from within 200 km?
8 of the routes we sell into Palmyra start within 200 km. The nearest is Al-Tabqa, 144 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.
Where else can I go from Palmyra in Syria?
Palmyra connects to 7 places on our network across 1 countries, the furthest of them 242 km away in a straight line. Syria routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.
Where these numbers come from
Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.
Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances
Elsewhere in Syria
The wider region
The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Palmyra is somebody else's catalog.
Things to do in Palmyra
Day trips that leave Palmyra in the morning and cover a good part of Syria by evening.
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