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Private Guided Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche Tour | From Beirut
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Beirut
À propos
South Lebanon rewards those who travel with someone who knows it — and on this private guided tour from Beirut, every stop comes with the depth of understanding that only a professional guide can provide. In Sidon — one of the oldest cities in the world — your guide unlocks the layers behind the Sea Castle, the medieval souks, the world's only soap museum, and the Silk Road caravanserai that once served European merchants. In Tyre — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — the Al-Bass Archaeological Complex reveals Roman Tyre in extraordinary completeness: triumphal arch, colonnaded street, ancient necropolis, and the great hippodrome where 20,000 spectators once gathered for chariot races. And in Ma...
Points forts
8 heures
Proposé en Arabe (العربية) & Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
8 heures
Proposé en Arabe (العربية) & Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Chef de groupe
Prise en charge et retour à l'hôtel
Air-conditioned vehicle
Guided Tour of Tyre
Transport privé confortable
Déjeuner
Gratuities
Informations importantes
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Accessible aux fauteuils roulants
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Des sièges pour bébé spécialisés sont disponibles
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Adapté à tous les niveaux de condition physique
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Private Guided Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche Tour | From Beirut
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À propos
South Lebanon rewards those who travel with someone who knows it — and on this private guided tour from Beirut, every stop comes with the depth of understanding that only a professional guide can provide. In Sidon — one of the oldest cities in the world — your guide unlocks the layers behind the Sea Castle, the medieval souks, the world's only soap museum, and the Silk Road caravanserai that once served European merchants. In Tyre — a UNESCO World Heritage Site — the Al-Bass Archaeological Complex reveals Roman Tyre in extraordinary completeness: triumphal arch, colonnaded street, ancient necropolis, and the great hippodrome where 20,000 spectators once gathered for chariot races. And in Ma...
Points forts
8 heures
Proposé en Arabe (العربية) & Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
8 heures
Proposé en Arabe (العربية) & Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Chef de groupe
Prise en charge et retour à l'hôtel
Air-conditioned vehicle
Guided Tour of Tyre
Transport privé confortable
Déjeuner
Gratuities
Itinéraire
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Beyrouth
9:00 AM — Departure from Beirut
Your professional guide and driver collect you from your Beirut hotel and head south along the Mediterranean coastal highway — the ancient Phoenician road that once connected the greatest trading cities of the ancient world — toward Sidon.
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Château de la mer des croisés
Begin at Sidon's most iconic landmark — a 13th-century Crusader fortress built on a small island connected to the shore by a narrow stone causeway, its towers rising directly from the Mediterranean. Your guide brings the full story alive — the Crusader knights who built it, the Mamluk forces who besieged it, and the Phoenician harbour that made Sidon one of the most powerful trading cities of the ancient world long before the Crusaders ever arrived. The sea views from the ramparts reward every step of the climb.
30 minutes
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Souks de Sidon
Step into one of Lebanon's most authentically preserved traditional markets — stone-vaulted alleyways where gold merchants, spice vendors, and artisan workshops have occupied the same spaces for centuries. Your guide navigates the lanes with genuine local knowledge, pointing out the details that most visitors walk past — the carved Ottoman doorways, the century-old soap stalls, the hidden courtyards that open unexpectedly from the narrow streets.
15 minutes
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Musée du Savon - Saïda
Visit the world's only museum dedicated entirely to 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 complete journey from olive grove to finished soap cake. Your guide explains the ancient techniques, the role of Sidon's soap trade in Mediterranean commerce, and why this craft survived here when it disappeared almost everywhere else in the world.
30 minutes
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Khan al-Franj
End your time in Sidon at the grand 17th-century caravanserai commissioned by Emir Fakhreddine II for the European merchants who traded here along the Silk Road — wide arcaded courtyards, vaulted galleries, and carved stone facades that make Khan el Franj one of the finest Ottoman-era buildings in Lebanon and a reminder of Sidon's place at the crossroads of Mediterranean commerce for three thousand years.
15 minutes
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Site archéologique d'Al-Bass
Arrive in Tyre and enter one of the most complete Roman archaeological landscapes in the Mediterranean world. The Al-Bass complex opens with a monumental triumphal arch — still standing after two thousand years — marking the entrance to a colonnaded street flanked by sarcophagi and tomb monuments from the ancient necropolis on either side. Beyond it, the great 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 its full length today — past original starting gates, turning posts, and spectator terraces — is one of the most immersive Roman experiences in the entire Middle East. Your guide brings the Phoenician and Roman layers of Tyre's extraordinary history to life within this remarkable landscape of ancient stone.
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Lunch in Tyre — optional
A relaxed lunch at a local Tyre restaurant — fresh Lebanese mezze and seafood served steps from the Mediterranean, with the ancient city as your backdrop. A natural pause before the day's final and most spiritual stop.
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Basilique Notre-Dame de Mantara
The day's final stop rises above everything that came before it — literally and spiritually. The hilltop village of Maghdouché is where Christian tradition holds that the Virgin Mary waited in a cave while Jesus preached in Sidon. Mantara means "the one who waits" in Arabic — and the cave sanctuary here has drawn pilgrims for centuries, revered equally by Christians and Muslims across Lebanon. The Basilica of Our Lady of Mantara stands above the ancient cave, and the panoramic views from the hilltop over the southern Lebanese coast, the mountains of the interior, and the sea that Sidon has overlooked for three thousand years offer a fittingly beautiful and peaceful close to a day of extraordinary depth
20 minutes
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Beyrouth
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, guided at every step by a professional who made every stone speak.