Day Trip from Beirut - Jeita Grotto, Harissa and Byblos - Private Tour

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Stop At: Jeita Grotto, 20 km North of Beirut, Jitta Lebanon

Jeita Grotto, it is one of the 14 finalists in the 7 World Wonder Competition and world’s most beautiful cavern.

Transferred from the bustling city to a place full of mystery, tourists will experience a transfer in a cable car to reach the grottoes.

Travellers will explore magical caves. These systems consist of 2 limestone crystalized grottoes, one that can be discovered by foot and one by using a small boat.


Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes

Stop At: Churches of Harissa, Harissa, Jounieh Lebanon

Harissa is a mountain village in Lebanon. The village, which is located 650 meters above sea level, is home to an important Lebanese pilgrimage site, Our Lady of Lebanon. The village is located 20 km north of Beirut, and accessible from the coastal city of Jounieh either by road or by a nine-minute journey by a gondola lift, known as the "Téléférique". It attracts both pilgrims and tourists who want to enjoy views of the bay of Jounieh.

The pilgrimage site is a huge 15-ton bronze (and painted white) statue of Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Lebanon, with her arms outstretched. The statue was made at the end of the 19th century and inaugurated in 1908. Inside the statue's base, there is a small chapel. A huge modernistic Maronite cathedral built of concrete and glass stands right beside the statue.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, Keserwan, Harissa Lebanon

The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon is a Marian shrine and a pilgrimage site in Lebanon. The shrine belongs to the Maronite Patriarchate who entrusted its administration to the Congregation of Maronite Lebanese Missionaries since its foundation in 1904. The pilgrimages site there is a large, 15-ton bronze (and painted white) statue of Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Lebanon or Notre Dame du Liban, with her arms stretched. The statue was made at the end of the 19th century and inaugurated in 1908, on land donated by the noble Maronite Khazen clan. Inside the statue's base, there is a small chapel. A huge Brutalist Maronite cathedral built of concrete and glass stands adjacent to the statue. It was completed in 1992 and has a height of 62 metres.

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Telefrique Harisa, Kesrouane, Lebanon

The téléfrique is a gondola lift system located in Jounieh, a city in Lebanon 16 km north of Beirut. It was founded in 1965.

In only nine minutes, the 1.5 km long Téléphérique line transports passengers from the bay of Jounieh, above the maritime highway and the pine-forested steep mountain, to an altitude of 650 meters, arriving at the Our Lady of Lebanon shrine in Harissa. The trips offer "spectacularly dramatic views", including "panoramic views over the Bay of Jounieh". The ride is considered one of the most popular activities for tourists in Jounieh

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Byblos Castle, Byblos Lebanon

Byblos, known locally as Jbeil and in the County of Tripoli as Gibelet, is the largest city in the Mount Lebanon Governorate of Lebanon. It is believed to have been first occupied between 8800 and 7000 BC and continuously inhabited since 5000 BC, making it one of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Old Souk, Byblos Lebanon

The old souk is a part of the southeast section of the historic city, near the entrance of the archaeological site, is an old market where tourists can shop for souvenirs and antiques, or simply stroll along the old cobblestone streets and enjoy the architecture.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Byblos Port, Byblos Lebanon

Byblos Port is an ancient port in Byblos, Lebanon and is believed by the Lebanese to be oldest port in the world. Around 3000 BC, Byblos Port was the most important timber shipping center in the eastern Mediterranean. It was used by the Phoenicians to ship their local wine, Cedars of Lebanon and other wood to the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt to be used in tomb construction and shipbuilding

Duration: 15 minutes