🏨 Small-Group Adventure Tour to Sidon Tyre & Maghdouche Activity

Small-Group Adventure Tour to Sidon Tyre & Maghdouche

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Duration: 8 hours

Departs: Beirut, Beirut

Ticket Type: Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Free cancellation

Up to 24 hours in advance.

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Overview

Explore in a full day with the best saving price for this tour ticket, the archaeological site of Sidon, Maghdoucheh & Tyre you will avoid the rush & eliminates the awkwardness of sharing a Big tour bus which give you more time to sight see. Moreover, you are free to create a customized itinerary keeping in mind the tour schedule. You will explore the highlights like the Crusaders sea castle, Sidon old souk, Soap Museum, the great Al-Omari Mosque, Our Lady of Awaiting, Cave, Roman Hippodrome and more.

What's Included

Air-conditioned vehicle

All Entrance Fees

Brief visit about each site.

Experienced Local Driver.

Hotel Pick up and Drop off within Beirut.

Refreshments. (Bottled water) on the beginning of the Tour.

What's Not Included

Lunch

Tips

Traveler Information

ADULT: Age: 3 - 99

Additional Info

COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
Face masks required for guides in public areas
Gear/equipment sanitised between use
Hand sanitiser available to travellers and staff
Paid stay-at-home policy for staff with symptoms
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required for travelers
Regularly sanitised high-traffic areas
Specialized infant seats are available
Temperature checks for travellers upon arrival

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.

This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

What To Expect

Crusaders Sea Castle

From 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.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Sidon Souks

After 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.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Musee du Savon

Then 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.

30 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

The Great al-Omari Mosque

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.

• Admission Ticket Free

Khan al-Franj

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.

• Admission Ticket Free

Our Lady of Mantara

After 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.

50 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tyre Beach

After Maghdoushi site you will head to Tyre where travellers will have the time to explore the old port.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tyre

Then 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.

15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free

Tyre Hippodrome

Then 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.

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

Al-Bass Archaeological Site

The 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

60 minutes • Admission Ticket Included

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