Three destinations that cover Lebanon's mountain and coastal history in a single private day — combining the Chouf Mountains in the morning with Sidon's Phoenician-to-Ottoman layers in the afternoon. The combination is less obvious than the standard Chouf-only or Sidon-only day trip, and that is precisely what makes it worth booking.
Beiteddine Palace — the most significant 19th-century palace in Lebanon, today the official summer residence of the Lebanese President, with a Byzantine mosaic museum beneath it that most visitors miss entirely. Deir el Qamar — Lebanon's first capital, a honey-stone Ottoman village where a mosque and a church have shared the same hillside for four centuries. Sidon — a 13th-century Crusader sea castle, a living medieval souk, the world's only olive oil soap museum, and a Silk Road caravanserai. Private vehicle and knowledgeable driver throughout. Your pace, no group schedule. Tickets payable on site.