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Small-Group Adventure Tour to Sidon Tyre & Maghdouche 20% OFF
Beirut, Lebanon
$72
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Overview
The Small-Group Adventure Tour to Sidon, Tyre, and Maghdoucheh offers an intimate exploration of historical treasures without the crowds. This full-day journey allows for a customized itinerary while visiting significant sites that highlight the rich heritage of the region.
- 🏰 Visit the Crusaders Sea Castle, a historical fortress offering stunning views and insights into the region's past.
- 🛍️ Wander through the Sidon Souks, where you’ll find charming vaulted alleys stretching 14 kilometers, filled with local crafts and traditional coffee houses.
- 🧼 Explore the Musee du Savon, an old soap factory showcasing the history of soap making and featuring artifacts from the 17th to 19th century.
- 🏛️ Discover the Great Mosque, originally the Church of St. John, with architectural features dating back to the 13th century.
- ⛪ Visit Our Lady of Awaiting in Maghdoucheh, a revered shrine with a tower, cathedral, and sacred cave associated with the Virgin Mary.
- 🏖️ Spend time at Tyre Beach, where you can stroll along the old port and enjoy the traditional beach houses.
- 🏟️ Walk through the Tyre Hippodrome, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, known as one of the best-preserved Roman hippodromes, seating 20,000 spectators.
- 🏺 Explore the Al-Bass Archaeological Site, featuring a Byzantine road, a triumphal arch, and remnants of a Roman aqueduct.
- 🚐 Enjoy transportation in an air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pickup and drop-off included, ensuring a comfortable experience throughout the day.
- 🍽️ Savor a traditional lunch at a local restaurant, allowing you to taste authentic flavors of the region.
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Small-Group Adventure Tour to Sidon Tyre & Maghdouche
Pickup included
Pickup included
Tour guide
Language: English
Human tour guide
Duration: 8 hours
- Experienced Local Driver.
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- Hotel Pick up and Drop off within Beirut.
- Brief visit about each site.
- Tips
- Lunch
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Crusaders Sea CastleFrom your hotel in Beirut, with smile you are picked up in the morning at 8:15 am for a day tour. Travelers will explore the ancient Phoenician city of Sidon which it has been of great religious, political and commercial value to the region, it is said to be inhabited since 4000 B.C. Our first visit in Sidon will be to the Crusaders Sea Castle.
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Sidon SouksAfter that and Between the Sea Castle and the Land Castle ("St. Louis" Castle), there stretch old Souks (markets) that have maintained their beautiful buildings and commercial role. Nearby, a repair process is observed as well as small crafts shops. In the old Souk, there are vaulted alleys that are 14 kilometers long and not far from the Sea Castle is the picturesque vaulted souk of Sidon, where workmen still ply their trades. On the edge of the souk is a traditional coffee house where male clientele meet to smoke the narguileh (water pipe) and drink Turkish coffee. Fishermen sell their latest catch at the market near the port not far from the souk's entrance. As you enter el-Shakiriyya market, there is Debbaneh Palace, where a roofed narrow stairway leads to the internal yard of this old building built in 1721. The building has maintained its Ottoman Arab architectural features.
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Musee du SavonThen the traveler will enter to a museum to traces the history of soap making in the region, its development and manufacturing techniques, we will see a demonstration of how traditional olive oil soaps are made and learn about the history of the "hammam" (bath) traditions. A historical section of the museum introduces artifacts which were found during onsite excavation and which include remains of clay pipe heads dating from the 17th to 19th century as well as pottery fragments. The Museum building is an old soap factory built in the 17th century, although containing parts thought to date back to the 13th century.
- The Great Mosque, formerly the Church of St. John of the Hospitalers. The four walls of this rectangular building (recently restored to their natural beauty) date to the 13th century. Originally a fortress-like Crusader compound with its own chapel, it is still an imposing structure, especially viewed from the seaside. (pass by)
- The Khan El Franj is one of the many khans built by Fakhredine II for merchants and goods. This is a typical khan with a large rectangular courtyard and a central fountain surrounded by covered galleries. The center of economic activity for the city in the 19th century, the khan also housed the French consulate. (pass by)
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Our Lady of MantaraAfter khan al Franj, we will head to the village of Maghdoucheh, the travelers will visit our Lady of Awaiting which is a Melkite Greek Catholic Marian shrine and a cave and which was discovered on 1721, The travelers will walk through the shrine which is consists of a tower crowned with the statue of the Virgin and Child, a cathedral, a cemetery and a sacred cave believed to be the one where the Virgin Mary rested while she waited for Jesus.
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Tyre BeachAfter Maghdoushi site you will head to Tyre where travellers will have the time to explore the old port.
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TyreThen you will walk for your own from the port through the old street to the second side of tyre to explore the old traditional beach houses.
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Tyre HippodromeThen we will head to the Unesco World Heritage Site in the city of Tyre dating back to the II century C.E. It is considered to be one of the largest and best preserved Roman hippodromes of its type in the roman world, travelers will walk thru, which is around 480 meter long and 90 meter wide horseshoe shaped structure seated twenty thousand spectators who gathered to watch the death-defying sport of chariot racing.
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Al-Bass Archaeological SiteThe Al-bass site is home to a Byzantine road, a second-century triumphal arch, a Roman road with an aqueduct and the remains of a second-century enormous
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TyreAfter that travelers will have the time to eat at a traditional restaurant and then you will be back to beirut to be drop off to your hotel.
If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.
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Small-Group Adventure Tour to Sidon Tyre & Maghdouche 20% OFF
Beirut, Lebanon
$72
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
02
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We deliver the eVoucher or the Physical box to the recipient
03
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Recipient books the experience and creates unforgettable memories!