--- title: "Most walkable neighbourhoods in Damascus (2026)" description: "8 neighbourhoods of Damascus ranked by walkability score, from Abu Rummaneh (88) to Qadam (11), with each one's distance from the centre. From open map data." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/neighbourhoods updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Syria](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria) 3. [Damascus](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus) 4. Neighbourhoods # The most walkable neighbourhoods in Damascus By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 8 neighbourhoods of Damascus ranked by walkability, each scored across the area around its own centre. Abu Rummaneh leads with 88/100, then Sarouja (83) and Qanawat (82). 5 of the 8 score 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot, and the lowest we rank is Qadam (11). | # | Neighbourhood | From the centre | Area scoring 70+ | Score | | - | ----------------------------------------------- | --------------- | ---------------- | ----- | | 1 | Abu Rummaneh | 1.7 km | 100% | 88 | | 2 | [Sarouja](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/sarouja) | 300 m | 100% | 83 | | 3 | [Qanawat](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/qanawat) | 600 m | 100% | 82 | | 4 | Al-Qaymariyya | 950 m | 100% | 81 | | 4 | Al Qusa' | 1.6 km | 96% | 81 | | 6 | [Baramkeh](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/baramkeh) | 1.4 km | 1% | 52 | | 7 | [Abu Jarash](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/abu-jarash) | 2.6 km | 0% | 31 | | 8 | [Qadam](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/qadam) | 4.6 km | 0% | 11 | "From the centre" is the distance from Damascus's busiest point to the neighbourhood's centre. "Area scoring 70+" is the share of points across the neighbourhood where most errands can be done on foot. ## The top 5 up close ### Abu Rummaneh Abu Rummaneh lies the furthest out of these five, 1.7 km west of Damascus's busiest point, and scores 88/100. It has the most schools of the five: 11 within a 30 minute walk, the nearest دوحة قاسيون, about 12 minutes away. It has the fewest groceries of the five, just one. ### Sarouja Sarouja is the most central of these five, 300 m north-west of Damascus's busiest point, and scores 83/100. None of the others has as many cafés, with 109 in a 30 minute walk; قمر كافية is the nearest, about 2 minutes away. [More on Sarouja](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/sarouja). ### Qanawat Qanawat scores 82/100, 600 m south of Damascus's busiest point. Groceries are where it leads the others, 4 of them within a 30 minute walk, starting with مالك للشرقيات, about 8 minutes away. [More on Qanawat](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus/qanawat). ### Al-Qaymariyya Al-Qaymariyya scores 81/100, 950 m south-east of Damascus's busiest point. 610 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 12 minutes away. ### Al Qusa' Al Qusa' scores 81/100, 1.6 km east of Damascus's busiest point. 408 everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of its middle, the nearest grocery about 11 minutes away. It has the fewest schools of the five, 2. 96% of its area scores 70 or more. ## Centre and outskirts Abu Rummaneh is 1.7 km from Damascus's centre, and the nearest ranked neighbourhood to the centre is Sarouja, 300 m away, scoring 83. ![Map of Damascus's 8 ranked neighbourhoods around its centre, numbered by rank and coloured by score, with rings every 2 km. The most walkable is Abu Rummaneh, 1.7 km to the west; the least, Qadam, 4.6 km to the south.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/syria/damascus/neighbourhoods.svg?v=ff9e70e7e320) Each dot is a ranked neighbourhood, numbered by rank and coloured by score, placed by its distance and direction from the centre of Damascus. Damascus as a whole scores [33 out of 100](https://howwalkable.com/cities/syria/damascus) across the 5 km around its centre. ## Questions about Damascus's neighbourhoods ### What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Damascus? Abu Rummaneh is the most walkable of the 8 neighbourhoods we rank in Damascus, with a walkability score of 88 out of 100 (Very Walkable). It is followed by Sarouja (83) and Qanawat (82). ### Which neighbourhoods of Damascus are least walkable? Of the 8 neighbourhoods we rank, the lowest scoring are Qadam (11), Abu Jarash (31) and Baramkeh (52). These are the best-known neighbourhoods with their own Wikipedia articles, so less walkable outer suburbs that are not ranked may score lower still. ### How are Damascus's neighbourhoods ranked? Each neighbourhood is scored at points 100 m to 500 m apart across a circle around its centre, sized to its area, and its score is the mean of those points. Each point's score counts the groceries, restaurants, shops, schools, parks and other everyday places within a 30 minute walk, as described in the methodology. Damascus scores 33 across the 5 km around its centre. This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the [methodology](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhoods and where they lie from Overture Maps and Wikidata. Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.