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Private Tripoli & Batroun Tour | Medieval City & Phoenician Coast
(2) Reviews
Beirut
Important Information
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Specialized infant seats are available
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Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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Two of Lebanon's most characterful northern destinations — one private full day from Beirut. Tripoli is Lebanon's second city and the most undervisited major destination in the country — a medieval masterpiece where Crusader citadels, Mamluk mosques, stone-vaulted souks, and Ottoman caravanserais occupy the same square kilometre and where the finest collection of Mamluk architecture in Lebanon has been standing for seven centuries. Batroun is one of the oldest Phoenician cities in the world — a charming coastal town where a 3,000-year-old sea wall still stands on the beach and the pace of life is entirely unhurried. Medieval history in the morning. Phoenician coast in the afternoon. Private ...
Highlights
8 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Knowledgeable local English-speaking driver
Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
Private air-conditioned vehicle
Hallab 1881 Lunch stop (optional — at own expense)
9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut
Your driver meets the group at your hotel and heads north along the Mediterranean coastal highway toward Tripoli.
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Citadel Saint Gilles (Qal'at Sinjil)
Tripoli — Lebanon's medieval second city
Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles — nine centuries above the city
The 12th-century Crusader citadel built by Raymond de Saint-Gilles during the First Crusade — expanded by the Mamluks, further modified by the Ottomans — has commanded Tripoli's skyline for nine centuries. From the ramparts: panoramic views over the old city's minarets, rooftops, and the port of El Mina beyond. Your driver covers the full arc of Crusader, Mamluk, and Ottoman history that converges here.
30 minutes
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Al Mansouri Mosque
Al-Mansouri Great Mosque & Taynal Mosque
Al-Mansouri — built on the site of a Crusader cathedral, the original Gothic portal still visible in the 14th-century Mamluk stonework. Taynal — two connected prayer halls where Gothic arches and Mamluk architecture exist side by side in the same building. Two mosques, two examples of how Tripoli layers civilisation upon civilisation in the most architecturally compelling way.
30 minutes
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Souk Al-Harajb
Souk Al-Harajb — one of the most authentic medieval markets in the Arab world
A full hour in stone-vaulted alleyways where gold merchants, spice vendors, fabric traders, and artisan workshops have occupied the same spaces for centuries — entirely real, entirely unchanged, and entirely unlike the renovated souks of Beirut. Your driver navigates with genuine local knowledge.
1 hour
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Tripoli Soap Factory Khan el masriyen
Khan el Masriyin — traditional soap factory
A brief stop at the historic Egyptian merchants' khan — home to a traditional olive oil soap factory that has been producing here for centuries. A craft that supplied markets across the Ottoman Mediterranean world from these very rooms.
15 minutes
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قصر الحلو Hallab 1881
Hallab 1881 — founded in the Ottoman era, still the best
Founded in 1881 — the most celebrated pastry and dining institution in Lebanon. Knefeh, baklava, and mamoul made to recipes unchanged for over 140 years. Optional and at your own expense — but the kind of stop that becomes the most talked-about part of the day.
1 hour
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Mina
El Mina Port — Tripoli's ancient waterfront
A brief stroll along El Mina — Tripoli's historic fishing port with colourful boats, Ottoman-era mansions lining the corniche, and a pace of life that has barely accelerated in centuries. The natural transition between medieval Tripoli and the Phoenician coast ahead.
15 minutes
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Batroun
Batroun old town — founded by the Phoenicians, still going
Arrive in Batroun — one of the oldest Phoenician cities in the world, continuously settled for over 3,000 years and today one of Lebanon's most charming and most photogenic coastal towns. Stone-paved streets, Ottoman houses, ancient churches, and seafront cafés with the Mediterranean right there.
30 minutes
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Phoenician Wall
Phoenician Sea Wall — 3,000 years old and still functional
A natural rock barrier shaped by Phoenician hands over 3,000 years ago to protect the ancient harbour from Mediterranean waves — still standing on the beach today, still doing exactly what it was built to do. One of the most quietly extraordinary ancient structures in Lebanon and a testament to Phoenician engineering that has outlasted every empire that came after them.
20 minutes
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Hilmi's House of Lemonade
Hilmi's House of Lemonade — the only way to finish
Freshly squeezed lemonade at Batroun's most legendary local institution — cold, sharp, and made to a recipe that has been refreshing this corner of the Lebanese coast for generations. The natural and only appropriate close to a full day in Lebanon's north.
5 minutes
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Beirut
Return to Beirut — approx. 5:30–6:30 PM
Drop-off at your Beirut hotel — Tripoli's medieval layers and Batroun's Phoenician coast covered exclusively at your own pace.
Private Tripoli & Batroun Tour | Medieval City & Phoenician Coast
(2) Reviews
Beirut
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Two of Lebanon's most characterful northern destinations — one private full day from Beirut. Tripoli is Lebanon's second city and the most undervisited major destination in the country — a medieval masterpiece where Crusader citadels, Mamluk mosques, stone-vaulted souks, and Ottoman caravanserais occupy the same square kilometre and where the finest collection of Mamluk architecture in Lebanon has been standing for seven centuries. Batroun is one of the oldest Phoenician cities in the world — a charming coastal town where a 3,000-year-old sea wall still stands on the beach and the pace of life is entirely unhurried. Medieval history in the morning. Phoenician coast in the afternoon. Private ...
Highlights
8 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
8 hours
Offered in Arabic (العربية) & English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Knowledgeable local English-speaking driver
Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
Private air-conditioned vehicle
Hallab 1881 Lunch stop (optional — at own expense)