Day
01:
Arrival
to
Beirut
International
Airport.
You
will
be
met
at
the
Airport
where
full
assistance
is
offered.
You
will
then
be
driven
to
the
hotel
for
overnight.
Day
02:
Beirut,
Beiteddine
&
Deir
El
Kamar.
Our
journey
starts
with
discovering
the
most
beautiful
jewel
of
the
world,
Beirut
where
we
will
visit
its
newly
reconstructed
city
center
&
its
national
museum.
We
take
the
road
of
al
Damour,
via
al
Jieh
to
visit
the
Shouf
mountain,
starting
with
Deir
El
Kamar
where
we
will
touch
the
typical
and
traditional
Lebanese customs
gathered
&
protected
all
through
the
years
in
Moussa
Castle.
Proceed to
Beiteddine
Palace,
House
of
faith
considered
as
a
jewel
of
the
Lebanese
architecture
of
the
XIX
century
.
Day
03:
Byblos
&
Tripoli.
Head
off
on
a
most
exciting
tour
of
the
city
of
the
most
ancient
port
in
the
world called
Byblos
offering
over
6000
years
of
History
&
culture.
We
take
the
northern
highway
via
Jounieh
&
Tabarja,
to
reach
the
city.
Visitors
will
be astonished
of
the
number
of
superimposed
cultural
layers
such
as
Roman
amphitheater,
sanctuary
&
fountain
Crusader
castle
and
church.
Proceed
via
Batroun
to
Tripoli
to
admire
the
castle
of
Raymond
de
Saint
Gilles,
the
church
of
St
Mary
of
the
tour
transformed
today
to
the Grand
Mosque
the Mamlouk’s
buildings
with
the
Khans,
the
Hammams
&
the
Tours.
Day
04:
Sidon,
Tyre
&
Eshmoun.
Begin
your
day
by
heading
south
via
Al
Damour,
Al
Jieh
to
reach the
first
commercial
metropolis
of
the
world
(38
Km
south
of
Beirut),Tyre.
Today,
the
city
is
the
most
vivid
antique
place
for
those who
can
contemplate
the
stones
and
the marble
of
the
past
centuries.
Passing
through
Sarafand,
we
proceed
to
Sidon:
Like
most
of
the
ancient
Phoenician
cities,
built
on a
promontory
faced
by
an
island.
The major
attraction
is
the
crusader
castle of
the
sea
which
is
connected
to
the
placid
harbor
with
a
short
causeway.
On
our
way
back,
01
KM
from
Sidon,
we
stop
to
visit
Eshmoun,
the
temple
of
the
famous
Phoenician
God.
Day
05:
Baalbeck,
Anjar
&
Kefraya.
Drive
through
the
Mount
Lebanon,
via
Aley,
Sawfar,
Bhamdoun,
the
Bekaa
valley
&
Zahle
to
reach
Baalbeck,the
small
town
outstanding for
its
Acropolis
considered
among
the
most
important
Roman
ruins
in
the
world.
We
can
discover
the
great complex of
Jupiter
temple,
the
temple
of
Bacchus
with
its
decorations
and
the
one
of
Venus.Continue
to
Anjar,
to
discover
the
only
remainder
from
the
Omeyyade
period.
On
our
way
back,
stop
at
KEFRAYA
Winery,
to
sample
many
varieties
of
Lebanese
wine.
Day
06:
Jeita,
Fakra,
Harissa
&
Dog
River.
Brace
yourself
for
a
most
exciting
tour
Keserwan
area,
starting
by
the
Dog
River
with
its
commemorative
steles.
Continue
to Jeita
grottoes,
that
have
already
cut
he
breath
of
thousands
of
visitors.
Two
grottoes
superimposed
linked
by
a
cable
car,
sink
at
thousand
meters inside
the
mountains.
The
lower
grotto
will
be
visited
with
a
bark.
The
upper
could be
explored
on
foot.
Continue
to
Fakra,
to
discover
its
beautiful
Phoenician
runes.
Proceed
to
Harissa,
to
pay
a
visit
to
the
magnificent
statue
of
our
Lady
of
Lebanon
with
its cathedral
of
a
Phoenician
boat
shape,
where
we
can
take
the cable
car
down
to
Jounieh
enjoying
its
unique
and
spectacular
bay
view.
Day
07:
Cedars,
Bcharre
&
St
Valley.
Driving
north,
passing
Byblos
&
Al
Moussaylaha
castle,
we
take
the
mountain
road
to
reach
this
slice
of
paradise
called
Cedars
of
Lord
(120
Km
north
Beirut
)
that
constitutes
one
of
the
most
precious
relics
of
Lebanon.Continue
to
Becharre a
neighboring
village
of
the
Cedars,that
is
the
birth
&
resting
place
of
Jibran
Khalil
Jibran
Lebanon’s
most
famous
poet,
artist
&
novelist,
from
where
you
will
take
a
global
view
of
the
Saint
Valley
&
visit
the unique
monastery
of
Saint
Anthony.
Day
08:
Departure
from
Beirut
International
Airport.
Transfer
to
the
Airport
for
the
flight
back
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