Anjar, Baalbek & Ksara Winery Small-Group Tour | Lunch included

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Overview

Available languages

Arabic
English

8 hours

Mobile ticket

The Bekaa Valley delivers three completely different historical registers in a single day — and this guided small-group tour covers all of them. Anjar: the only surviving Umayyad palatial city in the Levant, built and abandoned in the 8th century and never reoccupied. Baalbek: a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the Romans built temples on a scale that has never been equalled. Ksara: Lebanon's oldest winery, founded by Jesuits in 1857, with 2 kilometres of Roman cave cellars beneath it. Lunch and all entrance tickets included.

Your guide connects the three stops into a single coherent narrative — Umayyad city-planning, Roman engineering at its most ambitious, and a winery that has been producing Lebanese wine since the Ottoman era. The Stone of the Pregnant Woman — a 1,000-tonne Roman quarry block abandoned 2,000 years ago — sets the scale before you even enter the temple complex.

Additional Info

Specialized infant seats are available

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Cancellation Policy

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

What To Expect

1

Beirut

8:30 AM — Departure from Beirut Your guide meets the group at your hotel and heads east on the Damascus highway — climbing through the Lebanese mountains as the Bekaa Valley opens below.

Admission Not Applicable
2

Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar

Anjar — the only surviving Umayyad palatial city in the Levant Built in the early 8th century by Caliph Walid I — the ruler who also commissioned the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem — and abandoned just decades later, never rebuilt. Colonnaded streets dividing the city into four quarters, a grand palace with over 40 towers, a mosque, and bathhouses — all still standing in the Bekaa plain. Most visitors to Lebanon drive straight past without stopping. Your guide makes sure you understand exactly what you are looking at and why it matters.

45 minutes • Admission Not Applicable

What‘s Included

Lunch in a local restaurant (if option selected)

Entry/Admission - Anjar ( if option Selected )

Hotel Pick up & Drop off

Entry/Admission - Temples of Baalbek ( if option Selected )

Air-conditioned vehicle

Professional Guide

Gratuities

Entry/Admission - Chateau Ksara

Food or drinks unless specified

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Options

English Tour + Lunch + Tickets

Tickets Included: Tickets to Anjar & Temples of Baalbek are included on the price of the tour Lunch included: The lunch is included in the price of the tour Guided Tour: Guided Visit to Anjar & Baalbek Temples Pickup included

English Tour

Lunch & Tickets not included: Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own. Guided Tour: Guided Visit to Anjar & Baalbek Temples Pickup included

English Tour + Lunch

Tickets not included: : Please note this option does not include the tickets. This cost goes on your own. Lunch included: The lunch is included in the price of the tour Guided Tour: Guided Visit to Anjar and Baalbek Temples Pickup included

Reviews

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  • Perfect daily tour in Bekaa Valley

    909kayat,Apr 8, 2024

    - Review from Tripadvisor

    5.00

    Our guide Mike was very polite. He answered all the questions we asked in detail. The local guides in the historical places were very helpful. The lunch in Zahle which is included in the tour was extraordinary. If you arrive Beirut, this tour is one of the best in the region.

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