8 Day Discover Lebanon Tour Package

Arrive into Rafic Hariri International Airport. Meet & Greet by our representative. Transfer to your hotel by air conditioned vehicle. Check in & Overnight in Beirut.

Breakfast at the hotel. On this full-day Beirut tour, see most popular sights in Beirut’s dynamic and elegant city. Begin with the Corniche, a palm-tree-lined promenade along the sea offering a magnificent view of the Mediterranean and the famous Pigeon Rocks. Continue to the old city center for a walking tour through the pedestrian streets, restored buildings in beautiful pastel colors, the Grand Serail, it’s recently discovered archaeological excavations, churches, mosques and Martyr’s Square then proceed to visit of the National Museum. Return to hotel. Afternoon at leisure. Overnight in Beirut(B)

After breakfast depart for your full day tour including lunch. Jeita is Lebanon’s natural miracle, a striking nine kilometers labyrinth of galleries on two levels. The lower, river level offers a unique tour by flat-bottom boat past “weeping willows” and gigantic stone flowers. Equally striking is the upper grotto where monstrous mineral animals crouch in shady corners. The magnificent statue of our Lady of Lebanon in Harissa with its cathedral of a Phoenician boat shape, where we can take the cable cars down to Jounieh enjoying its unique and spectacular bay view. Byblos is the most ancient port in the world, and the perfect introduction to the many layers of civilization that has existed in Lebanon from at least the fourth millennium BC. Walk round the ruins from the Phoenician period from where King Ahiram’s sarcophagus was found, its inscription using the first ever alphabet. Also see the curious temple of the Obelisks dating from 1800 BC and the remains of a palace from the Persian occupation, the Roman Theatre and Nympheum, the well- preserved Crusader castle of 1108; the Crusaders’ Church of St. John and the surrounding streets and souks.Return to hotel for overnight in Beirut (B,L)

After breakfast depart for your full day tour including lunch. Sidon is the largest city in south Lebanon, a busy commercial center with pleasant, conservative atmosphere of a small town. Since Persian times, this was known as the city of gardens and even today, it is surrounded by citrus and banana plantations. Visit of the Sea castle, a fortress built by the Crusaders in the early 13th century on a small island connected to the mainland by a causeway. You will visit as well the caravanserail. Phoenician Tyre was queen of the seas, an island city of unprecedented splendor. She grew wealthy from her far-reaching colonies and her industries of purple-dyed textiles. But she also attracted the attention of jealous conquerors, among them the Babylonian king Nabuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great. Visit of the triumphal arch, the public baths, and the hippodrome. Return to hotel for overnight in Beirut. (B,L)

After breakfast depart for your full day tour including lunch. Since the first days of recorded time, Lebanon is known as the land of Cedars, and today it is still the emblem decorating the Lebanese flag. Visit the grove of Cedars to admire the specimens there, majestic and millennial. For centuries, the Phoenicians celebrated as ship builders in cedar wood, sailed the Mediterranean exporting not only their famous purple powder extracted from murex shells but also the precious cedar wood. These forests were so exploited that only a small forest remains with a centerpiece grove of 400 cedars, some of which are more than 1500 years old. Continue to Tripoli. Tripoli is the North’s major city and tourist site. There is no lack of ancient ruins in the area, in Tripoli the sites of historical interest date from the Crusader and Islamic periods. Of most interest are the Great Mosque, formerly the Crusader cathedral of St. Mary, the Teylan mosque built in 1336, and in the port area (Al-Mina) the tower of Lions a beautiful example of Mamluk military architecture. Dominating the city the Crusader Castle of St. Gilles. Stop in Besharreh at Khalil Gibran museum. Return to hotel overnight in Beirut. (B,L)

After breakfast day at leisure. (B)

After breakfast day at leisure. (B)

Breakfast. Transfer to the airport for your return flight home. (B)