Understand
Deir-az-Zur is a relatively young city Ottoman period so does not contain any spectacular ruins - though there are many extra-ordinary archaeological sites in the region. The city is flanked on one side by the Euphrates river and on the other by the stretch of desert which leads to Palmyra. It is not a tourist-oriented city, which can add to some of its appeal if you have come from Palmyra. There is a museum to visit and a famous suspension bridge over the Euphrates as well as a small souk. It sits about 300km south-east of Aleppo and about 200km to the east of Palmyra.
