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Spiekermann
Tour Itinerarys...
Wonderful Lebanon Itinerary
1. Sunday = Arrival Beirut
Meet and assist, transfer to hotel in Beirut. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
2. Monday = Tyre Sidon (52 miles)
Breakfast and full day tour to visit the South. First, visit to Tyre. Visit of
this magnificent sight including the sanctuary and the Hippodrome. Continue in
the afternoon to Saida (coastal town). Visit of the Sea castle and the souk.
On the way back to Beirut short stop at Eschmoun, the Phoenician sight in
Lebanon. Return to the hotel in Beirut. Dinner and overnight at your hotel.
3. Tuesday = Beirut Harissa Byblos (30 miles)
Visit of the Capital: Beirut. The Pigeons Rock, the Coastal Avenue, then the
city center where you will find one of the largest reconstruction project in
the World. Visit the National Museum. Via the Coastal highway, proceed to the
Dog River and to Harissa, climbing by cable car to the Holy statue of Notre
Dame for a view of Jounieh and Beirut. Continue on the northern coast to
Byblos, the oldest town in the world continuously inhabited for the last 5000
years. Visit the Citadel, the St John church and the harbor. Return to the
hotel in Beirut. Dinner and overnight at hotel
4. Wednesday = Cedars Bcharreh Qadisha Tripoli (78 miles)
Drive north and climb to the Cedars where only some 400 trees remains but some
are aging more than 2000 years. Walk through the forest, which, is today an
eco-museum. Continue to Bcharrι, village over the Qadisha valley and home town
of the Lebanese poet Gebran Khalil Gebran Discover his work at the museum.
Continue to reach the second town in Lebanon Tripoli. Visit of the St. Gilles
castle then the Taylan Mosque. Walk through the souk, caravanserais and to the
port. Return to hotel in Beirut. Dinner and overnight at hotel
5. Thursday = Jeita Grottoes Faqra (33 miles)
Visit to the Jeita grotto. The grotto is the slow work of the nature during
the past thousand years. Visit of the upper cave on foot which is access by a
cable car then to the lower cave which is visited by small boat on the
internal lake. Drive up the mountain to reach Faqra. At About 1500 meters
above the sea level stands a Roman temple is very good shape. Drive through
the Lebanese mountain villages via Kfarbedian, Bickfaya onwards to Broumana.
Proceed to Beit Mery and visit Deir Qalaa. On the way back to Beirut, you may
observe from above the valley, the Roman aqueduct of Zbeide near Mkalles.
Return to the hotel in Beirut. Dinner and overnight at hotel.
6. Friday = Beiteddine & Deir El Kamar (30 miles)
The day will start with the visit of the Chouf Mountain. First village is Deir
El Qamar, the ancient residence of the Governors of Lebanon. Continue to
Beiteddine, where a superb Palace stands over the valley. Typical example of
the Lebanese architecture during the 18th and 19th century. Visit the museum,
the unique exhibition of mosaics. Proceed to the Moussa Castle, interesting
place by the fact that it has been built by one person only in devotion to a
promised wife. Return to the hotel in Beirut. Dinner and overnight at hotel
7. Saturday = Baalbeck Ksara Anjar (78 miles)
Drive across Mount Lebanon then descend towards the Beqaa Valley to reach the
world greatest historical sites: Baalbeck. Visit the place with the Temple of
Jupiter and Bacchus. Visit the Ksara winery for a taste of the Lebanese
production. Proceed to Anjar the only Omayyad site in Lebanon, recognized to
be one of the major market place on the Silk Road. Return to the hotel in
Beirut. Dinner and overnight at hotel
8. Sunday = Beirut departure
After breakfast, check-out of the hotel and transfer to the airport. Flight
home or continue to Syria.
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