🏨 Half Day Budget Tour to Byblos and Ixsir Winery Activity

Half Day Budget Tour to Byblos and Ixsir Winery

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From $65.00

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Pricing Info: Per Person

Duration: 5 hours

Departs: Beirut, Beirut

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Supported by experienced drivers and well-versed in the area of work, ensuring your trip is more effective and more efficient, visit Byblos, a great place to experience the various civilizations whom passed through the city from the Phoenicians, to Assyrians, crusades and others, and stroll through its old souks.
End the tour by tasting delicious wine in Ixsir winery.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

Bottled water

English speaking driver

Hotel pick up & drop off

Private transportation

What's Not Included

Entrance fees

Lunch

Personal Expenses

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 0 - 99

Additional Info

Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Face masks required for travellers in public areas
Specialized infant seats are available

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.

What To Expect

Byblos

Byblos, one of the oldest Phoenician cities. Inhabited since Neolithic times, it has been closely linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. Byblos is also directly associated with the history and diffusion of the Phoenician alphabet.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Byblos Castle

Byblos Castle, a restored 12th-century Crusader castle surrounded by a 10m-wide dry moat is located just inside the Byblos' atmospheric archaeological site that contains the ruins of the Temple of Baalat Gebal and the Temple of the Obelisks.
It's an impressive building that offers an excellent perspective over the ruins from the top of its foursquare keep. A series of Bronze Age dwellings is clearly visible below the walls as you look towards the sea. Inside the castle, there's a small museum and a room with information panels outlining the city's history.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Old Souk

Byblos old souk is an old market where tourists can shop for souvenirs and antiques, or simply stroll along the old cobblestone streets and enjoy the architecture.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Byblos Port

Byblos Port is an ancient port in Byblos and is believed by the Lebanese to be the oldest port in the world. Around 3000 BC, Byblos Port was the most important timber shipping center in the eastern Mediterranean

5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Ixsir

Ixsir is a Lebanese wine established in 2008 at a beautiful winery located in the hills of Batroun, north Lebanon, where a 17th century traditional Lebanese house presides over a contemporary winery. The name IXSIR derives from the original Arabic word for ‘Elixir’, a word that defines the purest form of all substances. Winemaking takes place at IXSIR upon giving birth to unique wines, resulting from the perfect marriage between the subtle and the complex. The local vineyard is the jewel of the estate embraced by the Winery.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

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