Chouf area tour

Chouf area tour

Explore the main landmarks in Lebanon on a full-day tour from Beirut to Beiteddine, Deir el Qamar and Chouf Cedars.

Discover Beiteddine Palace, a masterpiece of the early 19th-century architecture built by Emir Bechir Chehab II around a small Muslim-Druze hermitage. Visit Deir el Qamar, that was the capital of Mount Lebanon from the 16th to 18th century and a regional stronghold for the Ottoman Emirs. Walk the Chouf cedars nature reserve and enjoy the view of the cedars trees of Lebanon.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Shouf Biosphere Reserve, Park House, Village Square Maaser El-Shouf, Barouk Lebanon

Shouf Biosphere
The largest of Lebanon nature reserves, Al-Shouf Cedar Nature Reserve stretches from Dahr Al-Baidar in the north to Niha Mountain in the south

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Beiteddine Palace, Chouf, Lebanon

Beit ed-Dine (Arabic: بيت الدين‎), also known as Btaddine (Arabic: بتدين‎) is a small town and the administrative capital of the Chouf District in the Mount Lebanon Governorate in Lebanon. The town is located 45 kilometers southeast of Beirut,[1] and near the town of Deir el-Qamar from which it is separated by a steep valley. Its average elevation is 860 meters above sea level.

Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: Deir el Qamar Synagogue, Damour - Beit Ed Dine Rd, Lebanon

Deir al-Qamar (Arabic: دير القمر‎), meaning "Monastery of the Moon" is a village south-east of Beirut in south-central Lebanon. It is located five kilometres outside of Beiteddine in the Chouf District of the Mount Lebanon Governorate at 800 m of average altitude

Duration: 1 hour