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Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche Small-Group Tour | Lunch Included 20% OFF
Beirut, Lebanon
$71.20
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Overview
South Lebanon showcases extraordinary historical and spiritual landscapes, making this small-group tour a perfect way to experience them in a single day from Beirut. With lunch included and no extra arrangements needed, immerse yourself in the rich history of this region.
- 🏰 Begin your journey in Sidon, home to a 13th-century Crusader sea castle that offers stunning views and tells tales of ancient sieges and maritime power.
- 🕌 Explore Sidon Souks, one of Lebanon's most authentic traditional markets, where vibrant alleyways are filled with spice merchants and artisan workshops that have thrived for centuries.
- 🧼 Visit the world's only museum dedicated to olive oil soap-making, showcasing the craft that has flourished in Sidon for over a thousand years.
- 🏛️ See the grand Khan al-Franj, a 17th-century caravanserai that exemplifies Ottoman-era architecture, designed to accommodate European merchants along the Silk Road.
- 🏺 Discover the Al-Bass Archaeological Site in Tyre, a UNESCO World Heritage Site featuring a monumental triumphal arch, colonnaded streets, and the impressive Tyre Hippodrome.
- 🍽️ Enjoy a delicious lunch in Tyre, featuring fresh Lebanese mezze and seafood, perfectly situated with views of the ancient city and the Mediterranean.
- ⛪ Visit the hilltop village of Maghdouché, where the Virgin Mary is believed to have waited while Jesus preached, offering a serene and spiritual atmosphere.
- 🚍 Experience comfortable transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle, with hotel pickup and drop-off included for your convenience.
- 🌍 Benefit from professional, knowledgeable guides who bring the rich history of South Lebanon to life as you travel through its remarkable landscapes.
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The experience offers several options. This price includes:
GUIDED TOUR WITHOUT LUNCH
Lunch & Tickets not included: Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Duration: 8 hours
Pickup included
Lunch & Tickets not included: Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Duration: 8 hours
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 9 hours
The experience offers several options, check yours above
- Professional, knowledgeable guides
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Small group sizes
- Taste real Lebanon with a fresh, authentic lunch included.
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
- Comfortable transportation
- al bass archaeological site
- Soap Museum
- Sidon Sea Castle
- 8:30 AM — Departure from Beirut Your professional guide meets you at your Beirut hotel and heads south along the Mediterranean coastal highway toward Sidon — the ancient Phoenician road that once connected the greatest trading cities of the ancient world. (pass by)
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Crusaders Sea CastleBegin at Sidon's most iconic landmark — a 13th-century Crusader fortress built on a small island just off the coast, connected to the shore by a narrow stone causeway, its towers rising directly from the Mediterranean. Walking through its vaulted halls, your guide recounts the dramatic story of Crusader occupation, Mamluk sieges, and the Phoenician harbour that once made Sidon one of the most powerful trading cities of the ancient world. The sea views from the ramparts are among the finest on the Lebanese coast.
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Sidon SouksStep into one of Lebanon's most authentically preserved traditional markets — narrow stone-vaulted alleyways where spice merchants, goldsmiths, fabric traders, and artisan workshops have occupied the same spaces for centuries. Unlike the restored souks of Beirut, Sidon's old market is entirely real — alive, trading, and unchanged in its essential character from the Ottoman era. A sensory experience that most visitors remember as one of the highlights of their Lebanon trip.
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Visit the world's only museum dedicated to the ancient art of olive oil soap-making — a Sidonian craft practiced continuously for over a thousand years. Housed in a beautifully restored khan within the old city, the museum traces the full journey from olive grove to finished soap cake, with exhibits showing the traditional methods that made Sidon's soap famous across the Mediterranean world and as far as Europe.
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Khan al-FranjEnd your time in Sidon at the grand 17th-century caravanserai commissioned by Emir Fakhreddine II to accommodate European merchants along the Silk Road — wide arcaded courtyards, vaulted galleries, and carved stone facades that make Khan el Franj one of the finest pieces of Ottoman-era architecture in Lebanon.
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Al-Bass Archaeological SiteArrive in Tyre and enter one of the most complete and most atmospheric Roman archaeological sites in the entire Mediterranean world. The Al-Bass complex reveals ancient Tyre in extraordinary detail — a monumental triumphal arch marking the entrance to a colonnaded street that once lined the main road into the city, flanked by sarcophagi and tomb monuments from the ancient necropolis. Beyond it, the Tyre Hippodrome — one of the largest ever built in the Roman world, seating up to 20,000 spectators for chariot races on its 480-metre track. Walking the full length of the hippodrome today, past the original starting gates and turning posts, is one of the most immersive Roman experiences in the Middle East. Your guide brings the full story of Phoenician and Roman Tyre to life within this extraordinary landscape of ancient stone.
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TyreLunch in Tyre — included A well-earned lunch at a local Tyre restaurant — fresh Lebanese mezze and seafood served steps from the Mediterranean, with the ancient city as your backdrop. Fully included in your tour price.
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The day's final and most spiritually resonant stop — the hilltop village of Maghdouché, where Christian tradition holds that the Virgin Mary waited in a cave while Jesus preached in nearby Sidon. The name Mantara means "the one who waits" in Arabic — and the cave sanctuary here has been a place of pilgrimage for centuries, revered equally by Christians and Muslims across Lebanon and the wider region. The Basilica of Our Lady of Mantara stands above the ancient cave, and the panoramic views from the hilltop over the southern Lebanese coast and the mountains of the interior offer a fittingly serene and beautiful end to a day that began at the edge of the Mediterranean in Sidon.
- Return to Beirut — approx. 5:30–6:00 PM North along the coastal highway back to Beirut with drop-off at your hotel — completing a full day through the Phoenician, Crusader, Roman, and sacred landscapes of South Lebanon, with every meal already taken care of. (pass by)
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Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche Small-Group Tour | Lunch Included 20% OFF
Beirut, Lebanon
$71.20
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
01
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!