Day 01: Beirut
Meet and Assist at Beirut Airport. Transfer to the hotel. Check in and accommodation.
Overnight
Day 02: Beirut - Byblos - Beirut Sightseeing
Morning head to Byblos and visit one of the oldest city always inhabited in the world. Walk along the harbor and fishing port, to reach the Crusader Castle, then visit St John Church, and enjoy strolling in the old souks.
Possibility of having lunch at one of the fish restaurants overlooking the Mediterranean sea.
Drive back to Beirut. Visit the National Museum, a small museum of two floors, containing superb sarcophagi and mosaics from the 1st and 2nd millennium BC up to the Roman and Byzantine period.
Then, walk in the different areas of the capital; the rebuilt City Center around Place de l’ Etoile and the Martyr’s Square, the beautiful houses of Gemayzeh street and a sunset walk along the Corniche.
Overnight.
Day 03: Beirut - Chouf Cedars Reserve - Beitedine Palace - Deir El Kamar - Beirut
Today we head to the Chouf Mountains, the home of the Druze community, following a nice route offering beautiful sceneries through green hills.
We will have an easy walk in the Chouf Cedars Reseve, well known for its biosphere diversity.
We continue to Beiteddine Palace and visit this masterpiece of the Lebanese 19th century architecture before the walk in Deir El Kamar traditional village with its red roof houses, old Palaces richly decorated. Back to Beirut.
Overnight.
Day 04: Beirut - Cedars - Gibran- Qannoubine Valley
Early start to the Cedars Nature Reserve. Walk in the Cedars Forest amongst the millennium trees.
A short drive to Bscharreh to visit the Museum of the Lebanese Painter, Philosopher and Poet, Gibran Khalil Gibran.
After the visit, we continue to Qannoubine and visit the monastery of St Antoine Qozhaya in the Holy Valley of Qadisha where we can find the first printing press in the Middle East. Back to Beirut for accommodation.
Overnight.
Day 05: Beirut - Tyr - Sidon - Beirut
Drive to the South to visit the ancient Phoenician site of Tyr often mentioned in the bible and the legendary birthplace of Europa and Elissa.
Visit Al Mina colonnade street and the Roman Hippodrome classified as World Heritage sites by the UNESCO.
Continue to Sidon, the 3rd largest city in Lebanon. Visit the Sea Castle, the renovated Khans and the old colorful souks. Back to Beirut and Accommodation.
Overnight.
Day 06: Beirut - Jeita Grottoes - Chateau Musaar - Harrissa - Beirut
Short drive to the North of Beirut to the Spectacular Grottoes of Jeita. Visit the upper gallery with its amazing stalactites and stalag-mites, then the lower gallery visited in a small rowboat marvelling the majestic forms of stones.
Continue to Ghazir and visit Chateau Musar winery, being the first producer in Lebanon to achieve organic certification for its vineyards.
Tour and wine tasting. Early afternoon, we take the cable cars up to Harissa our Lady of Lebanon . Enjoy the beautiful sceneries giving to the bay of Jounieh and the port of Beirut. Back to the hotel.
Overnight.
Day 07: Beirut - Anjar - Ksara - Baalbeck - Beirut
This morning we head to the Beqaa valley. We start our journey by visiting the only Umayyad site in Lebanon: Anjar.
On the way back, we stop at Chateau Ksara, traditional wine makers for a guided tour of the caves and wine tasting.
Continue to the city of Baalbeck and visit this acropolis considered as one of the largest in the world with its Roman Temples dedicated to Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus. Return to Beirut.
Overnight.
Day 08: Beirut - departure
After breakfast, transfer to Beirut Airport for final departure.
