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Private Beiteddine, Deir el Qamar & Sidon Tour | From Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
$200
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Overview
This private tour of Lebanon offers a unique blend of the Chouf Mountains and the coastal city of Sidon in a single day. Covering rich historical layers from Phoenician to Ottoman times, this journey provides an in-depth look at Lebanon's diverse heritage.
- 🏰 Beiteddine Palace - Visit the most significant 19th-century palace in Lebanon, featuring three interconnected courtyards with stunning tilework and elaborate cedar-wood ceilings. Don't miss the Byzantine mosaic museum located beneath the palace.
- 🌄 Deir el Qamar - Explore Lebanon's first capital, a beautifully preserved Ottoman village with honey-stone architecture. The cobblestone square is surrounded by historic mansions from the 17th and 18th centuries.
- 🕌 Fakhreddine Mosque & Saydet el Tallé Church - Witness the coexistence of a 17th-century mosque and a hilltop church within meters of each other, offering panoramic views over the Chouf valleys.
- 🍽️ Optional Lunch in Deir el Qamar - Savor Lebanese mountain mezze at a local restaurant, featuring grilled meats and fresh bread with stunning valley views. Lunch is optional and at your own expense.
- 🏰 Sidon Sea Castle - Discover a 13th-century Crusader fortress on a small island, connected to the shore by a stone causeway. Your driver will share the layered history of this site, used by Phoenician traders for centuries.
- 🛍️ Sidon Old Souks - Wander through authentic stone-vaulted alleyways filled with spice merchants and artisan workshops. Your driver will highlight what sets Sidon's market apart from others in Lebanon.
- 🧼 Soap Museum - Visit the world's only museum dedicated to olive oil soap, showcasing a craft that Sidon has practiced for over a thousand years. This beautifully restored khan is a hidden gem many travelers overlook.
- 🏛️ Khan al-Franj - Explore a 17th-century caravanserai built for Silk Road merchants, featuring arcaded courtyards and intricately carved stone facades. This historic site provides a fitting conclusion to your day.
- 🚐 Private Vehicle and Driver - Travel in a private, air-conditioned vehicle with a knowledgeable English-speaking driver for the entire duration of the tour, ensuring a comfortable and personalized experience.
- 📅 Flexible Schedule - Enjoy the freedom of a private tour at your own pace, with no group schedule to adhere to. Tickets for certain attractions are payable on-site.
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PRIVATE TOUR
Lunch & Tickets not included: : Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Pickup included
Lunch & Tickets not included: : Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours
- Deir el Qamar village — mosque, church & historic square
- Sidon Old Souks walk
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
- Soap Museum — world's only olive oil soap museum
- Private air-conditioned vehicle exclusively for your group
- Knowledgeable English-speaking driver
- Beiteddine Palace including Byzantine mosaic museum
- Gratuities (optional)
- Lunch in Deir el Qamar (optional — at own expense)
- 9:00 AM — Hotel pickup Your driver meets the group at your Beirut hotel and heads southeast into the Chouf Mountains toward Beiteddine. (pass by)
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Beiteddine Palace — the presidential palace of Lebanon Built between 1788 and 1840 by Emir Bashir II — the ruler who unified Lebanon's mountain communities. Three interconnected courtyards with hand-cut geometric tilework and elaborately carved cedar-wood ceilings. Beneath the palace: Lebanon's finest collection of Byzantine mosaics in an underground museum that most visitors walk straight past. Today the official summer residence of the Lebanese President. Your driver covers the full story of Beiteddine and Emir Bashir throughout the visit.
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Deir el QamarDeir el Qamar — Lebanon's first capital Meaning "Monastery of the Moon" — a honey-stone Ottoman village that served as Lebanon's first capital under the Ma'an dynasty, one of the most perfectly preserved historic villages in the country. The cobblestone central square is framed by 17th and 18th-century mansions unchanged for centuries. Your driver covers the dynastic and political history of this remarkable village.
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Fakhreddine's MosqueFakhreddine Mosque & Saydet el Tallé Church The 17th-century mosque of Emir Fakhreddine II — the Druze ruler who built an empire from the Bekaa to the Sinai — and the hilltop Maronite church with panoramic views over the Chouf valleys. A mosque and a church metres apart, four centuries of coexistence in a single view. The vehicle waits whenever the group is ready to move.
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Deir el QamarLunch in Deir el Qamar — optional Lebanese mountain mezze at a local restaurant — grilled meats, fresh bread, Chouf valley views. Optional and at your own expense. Your driver recommends the best spots. Worth the stop before heading to the coast.
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Crusaders Sea CastleSidon Sea Castle — Crusader fortress on the water A 13th-century Crusader fortress on a small island off the coast, connected to shore by a stone causeway with open sea on both sides. Phoenician traders were using this harbour 3,000 years before the Crusaders built here. Your driver covers the full layered history from the castle ramparts.
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Sidon SouksSidon Old Souks — not renovated, not curated, just real Stone-vaulted alleyways where spice merchants, goldsmiths, and artisan workshops have traded continuously for centuries. Your driver points out what makes Sidon's market different from every other souk in Lebanon. At your own pace — the vehicle is waiting.
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Soap Museum — the only olive oil soap museum on earth The world's only museum dedicated to olive oil soap — telling the complete story of a craft Sidon has practiced for over a thousand years. Housed in a beautifully restored khan in the old city. A stop that most travelers did not know they wanted until they are inside it.
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Khan al-FranjKhan el Franj — the Silk Road caravanserai A 17th-century caravanserai built by Emir Fakhreddine II for European Silk Road merchants — arcaded courtyards, vaulted galleries, carved stone facades. One of the finest Ottoman buildings in Lebanon and a fitting close to a day that covered Lebanese mountain and coastal history from the same century.
- Return to Beirut — approx. 6:00–7:00 PM Drop-off at your Beirut hotel. A presidential palace, Lebanon's first capital, and Sidon's Phoenician-to-Ottoman layers — mountain and coast covered privately in a single day. Done properly. (pass by)
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Private Beiteddine, Deir el Qamar & Sidon Tour | From Beirut
Beirut, Lebanon
$200
This is an experience gift voucher. The recipient will book the experience after
they redeem the gift voucher.
How it works?
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You choose from 10,000+ experience gifts
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!