Zabadani

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Al-Zabadani

Zabadani (Arabic: الزبداني‎) is a city in southwestern Syria, close to the border with Lebanon. It is located around 33°43′0″N, 36°4′60″E, in the elevation of around 1100 m in the center of the green valley surrounded by high mountains.

Compared to Damascus, the weather in Zabadani tends to be milder in the summer - about 5-8 degrees less, but from December to the end of February it is colder with a lot of snow and the temperature goes up to -10 degrees. The mild weather along with the scenic views, made the town a popular resort both for tourists and for visitors from other Syrian cities, especially from 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 1500 metres of ground level. Zabadani is predominantly sunni with a substantial percentage of Christians. Christians have their own church and monastery. Zabadani is rapidly growing and is well connected to the Damascus. The Boy Scouts de Syrie have a national training center at Zabadani, where the first Arab Jamboree was held in 1954.