Small Group Tours - Tripoli, Nabu Museum & Batroun - Day trip from Beirut

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Stop At: Chekka tunnel towards Tripoli First exit on the right after Chekka tunnel towards Tripoli, follow Nabu Museum signs towards the sea, Batroun Lebanon

El Heri in Ras Al Chekka now has a stunning new museum. The newly-opened Nabu Museum is now home to hundreds of regional artefacts and modern artworks. El Heri in Ras Al Chekka now has a stunning new museum. The newly-opened Nabu Museum is now home to hundreds of regional artefacts and modern artworks.



Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Phoenician Wall, Batroun Lebanon

The ancient Phoenician sea wall was originally a natural structure composed of petrified sand dunes. It was reinforced gradually by the Phoenicians with rocks, and the wall as it stands today took its present shape in the first century BC. The Phoenicians used this wall as protection against sea storms and invaders, while during Roman times it again functioned as a quarry.

The wall is 225 meters long and 1 to 1.5 meters thick. Parts of it have crumbled, but what remains still stands as a bulwark against the sea for the residents of the ancient city, itself a charming destination for a leisurely stroll through the labyrinthian residential alleys.

Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: Citadel Saint Gilles (Qal'at Sinjil), El Amir Fakhreddine, Tripoli Lebanon

The Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, also known as Qala'at Sanjil and Qala'at Tarablus in Arabic, is a citadel and fort on a hilltop in Tripoli, Lebanon. It takes its name from Raymond de Saint-Gilles, the Count of Toulouse and Crusader commander who was a key player in its enlargement. It is a common misconception that he was responsible for its construction when in 1103 he laid siege to the city.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Taynal Mosque, Tripoli Lebanon

the Mosque of Taynal is considered the most important monument in Tripoli. Standing in the middle of an orchard and visible from all sides; it's an oblong structure of sandstone. Its peculiarities reflecting the remnants of a Crusader church built by the Carmelite Fathers at the time of the Crusades, while the Crusaders themselves had built the church on a Roman temple dedicated to Zeus, locally called Baal. Several medieval travelers, including the 14th-century traveller Ibn Battuta, have written eloquently about it.



Duration: 15 minutes

Stop At: The Great Mosque, Tripoli Lebanon

The Mansouri Great Mosque is a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, also known simply as The Great Mosque of Tripoli. It was built in the Mamluk period, from 1294 to 1314, around the remains of a Crusader Church of St. Mary. In any case, the two Christian elements in no way detract from the traditional Muslim nature of this great royal mosque, the first building erected in Mamluk Tripoli.

The Mansouri Mosque was named after the Mamluk sultan who conquered Tripoli from the Crusaders in 1289, al-Mansur Qalawun. The mosque itself was erected by his two sons, al-Ashraf Khalil, who ordered its construction in 1294, and al-Nasir Muhammad, who had the arcade built around the courtyard in 1314. Located on the site of what was once a Crusaders' suburb at the foot of the Citadel of Tripoli, the mosque was often mistaken for a remodelled Christian church by medieval travellers and modern historians alike. Two elements, the door and the minaret, probably do belong to an earlier, Christian structure that was incorporated into the mosque when it was built, but the building-comprising its court, arcades, fountain, and prayer hall is essentially a Muslim creation.

Duration: 15 minutes