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Beirut
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Anjar, Baalbek, and Ksara Day Trip from Beirut
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Leave Beirut in the morning with your professional guide and head to Baalbek, located approximately 50 miles (85 km) from Beirut. Upon arrival, take a leisurely walking tour around this ancient town. Marvel at the Baalbek Heliopolis, a group of Roman temples and other structures that are some of the largest and best-preserved examples of Roman architecture left in Lebanon. Discover the Temple of Jupiter and explore its impressive podium and a vast rectangular courtyard where sacrifices were carried out.
After a relaxing lunch of traditional meze (Middle Eastern small dishes) and tapas at a Lebanese restaurant (included), continue your day trip to the town of Anjar. After an approximate 1-hour journey by coach, arrive in this beautifully preserved city and walk through the souks (markets). With your guide, visit Anjar's Umayyad Ruins, a remarkable complex of ruins dating back to 705 AD. Experience the influence of previous cultures as you admire the city's Hellenistic-Roman architecture.
Next, leave Anjar and venture to Ksara. This magnificent village was covered by sand for centuries, and the well-preserved Ksara Caves were found by chance in 1898 by Jesuit priests. It is now the refuge of the well-known Ksara Chateau, where thousands of old wine bottles are preserved. Take a walk to the caves and learn about the various processes involved in wine production before savoring a tasting of exquisite local wines.
After your day trip, sit back and relax on the scenic drive back to Beirut.
Please note: Though the US Department of State has issued a warning against travel to Lebanon due to safety and security concerns, Viator’s Lebanon tours continue to operate with no disruptions. We are in frequent contact with our local suppliers and guides in Lebanon, and they report that all tours are operating as scheduled. Should the situation change, we will update this information and customers will be notified of alterations or cancellations to tours.
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After a relaxing lunch of traditional meze (Middle Eastern small dishes) and tapas at a Lebanese restaurant (included), continue your day trip to the town of Anjar. After an approximate 1-hour journey by coach, arrive in this beautifully preserved city and walk through the souks (markets). With your guide, visit Anjar's Umayyad Ruins, a remarkable complex of ruins dating back to 705 AD. Experience the influence of previous cultures as you admire the city's Hellenistic-Roman architecture.
Next, leave Anjar and venture to Ksara. This magnificent village was covered by sand for centuries, and the well-preserved Ksara Caves were found by chance in 1898 by Jesuit priests. It is now the refuge of the well-known Ksara Chateau, where thousands of old wine bottles are preserved. Take a walk to the caves and learn about the various processes involved in wine production before savoring a tasting of exquisite local wines.
After your day trip, sit back and relax on the scenic drive back to Beirut.
Please note: Though the US Department of State has issued a warning against travel to Lebanon due to safety and security concerns, Viator’s Lebanon tours continue to operate with no disruptions. We are in frequent contact with our local suppliers and guides in Lebanon, and they report that all tours are operating as scheduled. Should the situation change, we will update this information and customers will be notified of alterations or cancellations to tours.
Included
- Lunch
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Professional guide
- Wine tasting
- Pickup and drop-off is included if the guests are staying in Hotels only located within Beirut City (not Hostels, airbnb, or private apartment)
- Entry/Admission - Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar
- Entry/Admission - Temples of Baalbek
- Entry/Admission - Chateau Ksara
Not included
- Gratuities
Additional
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Features
Tourism
95%
Cultural
60%
Aquatic
15%
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Loved every minute of this day trip. The visit to Anjar was a nice opener, not too long and great preparation for the beauty of Baalbek. The guide was great, providing plenty information, and the bus was good, picked up from hotel in a van and transferred to the main bus at the company office. Baalbek is amazing, such a large site and very well preserved. The temple of Bacchus is outstanding, the highlight of my trip to Lebanon. Lunch came after which was very good, lovely setting and vegans were well catered for - too much food really! After lunch was Ksara which was a good change of gear, not strenuous and good to get out of the sun for a while.
Highly recommend, very interesting day out! Great summary of the highlights of Lebanon. Favorite day trip out!
An amazing packed in day with very rich historical visits. Visits to both Anjar and Baalbek were stunning going back 5,000 years!
Very good company. Good organization. Very good guide Waleed. And good driver....simply amazing experience and very recommended
All started with not receiving an email confirmation for hotel pick-up which resulted in US$ 13.- phone calls to finally reach the person who would confirm it. Not the best start but happens, so not the end of the world. The sites itself are stunning, no question. However I ended up cancelling my other booked tours with this company and going with a private taxi instead. If you are 2 or more people it will cost you even less. If you are alone it would cost you slightly more yet brings you the freedom of stopping and staying wherever you want. The guide was very nice yet did not really share much interesting information in my opinion. Ended up looking up on Google the information I expected to get. In a nutshell, if you like tour groups go for it but to me, a better and more authentic way to discover Lebanon, is going with a private driver. By using Uber you will meet many drivers so just pick the one you "match" and suits your preferences. Hope this helps.
Everything was OK. The guide was nice. The Bus was old and Not very clean. Maybe a little bit more time in Balbeek?
One thing i will like to mention that the driver for drop off to hotel at end of trip was not at all friendly.He was dropping people far away from their hotel as per his convinience. This should not happen.
We were picked up from our hotel without any problems. The tour guide was very knowledgeable and did a great job balancing the group tour explaining about each site and giving some free time to explore the site. Driving to Baalbek you drove through several security check points, but overall it felt safe and of course the sites were amazing. Very enjoyable and highly recommended.
It was a good trip.A good lunch n all tickets were included.
Brilliant tour! Informative and especially loved the wine tasting at the end! Will now look out for Lebanese Ksara wines in the future!
The tour was well organized and informative. My driver picked me up on time at the hotel I was staying at, and we were dropped off at the main offices and the tour began promptly. Our guide spoke excellent English, and was very informative about what we saw. The sites were extraordinary, and the meal served was outstanding. Our guide even handled one member of the group who was, to be charitable, very challenging! I felt this was an excellent value for the money. I also found the website to be accessible and easy to manuever around. I will definately look to Viater to see what is available on future trips.