LEBANON EXPERIENCE (8 DAYS / 7 NIGHTS)
Program:
Day 1: Arrival to the airport and transfer. Overnight in Beirut or Jounieh area.
Day 2 ( Harissa-Byblos): After breakfast, departure to Harissa, visit of the cathedral of the Holy Lady of Lebanon, followed by the visit of Byblos, its castle, the Phoenician temples, the royal necropolis, the roman theatre, the port, the souks and St Jhon-Marcus Cathedral.
Dinner and Overnight in the north area.
Day 3 (Tripoli-Koshaya Monastry-Besharreh): Visit of Tripoli, Saint Gilles castle, Taynal Mosque, the souks, Khan El Saboun, koranic schools, Turkish baths... Tripoli is a modern city which preserves jealously its medieval old religious edifices and public buildings.
After the visit of Tripoli we will visit the Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qoshaya, One of the most impressive monasteries of the Holy valley of the Saints: "the Qadisha". we will spend the night in the mountains close to the cedars forest. Dinner and Overnight in the cedar area
Day 4 (Cedars-Baalbeck): We will visit early morning the cedars forest at 2000m altitude, mentioned several times in the bible and after we will take the road to the Bekaa valley, we go up to 3100 m altitude, to reach the famous site of Baalbeck. Visits of the monuments in Baalbeck known as the most colossal monuments ever to be found in the roman period: The big stone, temples of Jupiter, Bacchus and Venus.
Dinner and Overnight in the Bekaa valley
Day 5 (Beiteddine-Deir El Qamar): Road to the Chouf area and visit of the Palace of Emir Beshir (1788-1840) in Beiteddine, used as well as the summer palace of the Lebanese Presidents. After lunch we will proceed to the visit of the typical Lebanese village of Deir El Qamar, " The convent of the moon ", former capital of Mount Lebanon, which still remains in its pretty town square several palaces, a "Saraya", a mosque from the 17th and 18th century, Saydet El Talleh Church. Dinner and Overnight in Deir El Qamar .
Day 6 (Sidon- Tyre): We will take the road to the coastal plain to reach Sidon. The visit will start with the sea castle, a crusader fort from the 13th century, the Khan el Franj, a typical caravan serial, the museum of the soap and the souks. We will continue to drive south to Tyre where we will visit the necropolis excavations, the monumental arch, the spectacular hippodrome, second largest and best preserved monuments of roman era and finally the sea site. Dinner and Overnight in Tyr.
Day 7 (Beirut): Departure to Beirut, we will proceed to the visit of the city.
Capital of Lebanon and heart of the orient, Beirut is rising up. The down town city area is actually known as the biggest reconstruction site in the world and recent excavations retrace the history of the city from the cananeen and Phoenician periods. We will visit the National Museum of Beirut; the old Beirut city-center completely ravaged by the war, to discover the largest urban archaeological excavations of the world and finally drives along the seashore to the pigeon's rock.
Free Dinner and Overnight in Beirut or Jounieh area.
Day 8: Transfer to the airport.

Prices includes: 7 nights accommodation in the category of your choice ( Hotels or monasteries) on a full board basis (exception for the free day - 8 breakfast, 6 lunches, 5 dinners), transportation in deluxe coaches, entrance fees, the services of a professional tourist guide.
Prices do not include: the round trip ticket, airport taxes, Lebanese visa, the dinner of the first day, the lunch and the dinner of the free day and the tips to the guide and the driver.