🏨 Half Day Budget Tour to Tyre Activity

Half Day Budget Tour to Tyre

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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

Get oriented with Tyre in one day on a private sightseeing tour that introduces you to the top attractions of the city. You’ll travel by private car to reach the hippodrome, the Necropolis, the sea castle, Al Bass.. Tyre was known as the Queen of the seas which is the main reason why it is a favorite tourist spot for casual vacationers and historians alike.

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

Tyre

Tyre is an ancient Phoenician port city and It is the home of Elissar, the Phoenician princess who founded Carthage. It was once famous across the world for its purple dye made from murex sea snails. Two main archaeological sites – “Al-Bass” and “Al-Mina” – are testimony to its historical significance. It has a wonderful seaside location and It's a popular holiday destination with excellent and cleanest beaches
The town's foundations date back to approximately 2750 BC, after which it was ruled by the Egyptians and then the famous King Hiram, under whom it prospered. Later colonized variously by the Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians, Greeks, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks and Ottomans.

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Al-Bass Archaeological Site

Al Bass Archaeological Site is the largest and the best-preserved example of a Roman Hippodrome. The sector of Tyre El Bass, constituting the principal entrance of the town in antique times, comprises the remains of the necropolis, on either side of a wide monumental causeway dominated by a Roman triumphal arch dating from the 2nd century AD. Among the other vestiges are an aqueduct and the hippodrome of the 2nd century, one of the largest of the Roman world. site contain a Necropolis with several hundred well-preserved sarcophagi, an intact Roman road, an aqueduct and a monumental arch.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Tyre Hippodrome

The Tyre Hippodrome is a UNESCO World Heritage site of the city of Tyre in south Lebanon dating back to the Second century A.D
The place is considered to be one of the largest and best preserved Roman hippodromes of its type in the Roman world.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

Discovered in 1962, the necropolis consists of hundreds of stone and marble sarcophagi from the Roman and Byzantine eras.
Several of them have Greek inscriptions or the names of those buried there, or their trade such as “wealthy purple dye manufacturer. Others whose sides and covers are decorated with frescoes and bas-reliefs of works from Homer and others.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Not Included

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