Small Group - Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche - Day Tour From Beirut

Small Group - Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche - Day Tour From Beirut

Join Our small group Tour from Beirut to Sidon, Tyre and Maghdouche. Explore Sidon the crusader castle, stroll the old souk, head next to Tyre and enjoy a tour around the Hippodrome and end the tour in Maghdouche church, get to know the story behind the Lady of Mantara or also called The Lady of Awaiting.

Itinerary
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Stop At: Crusaders Sea Castle, Sidon Sea Boulevard, Sidon Lebanon

Sidon's Sea Castle was built by the crusaders in the thirteenth century as a fortress of the holy land. It is one of the most prominent historical sites in the port city of Sidon, Lebanon. The city of Sidon is located on the Mediterranean coast of Lebanon. This ancient Phoenician city has been of great religious, political and commercial value; it is said to be inhabited since 4000 B.C. During the 13th century, the Crusaders built Sidon's Sea Castle as a fortress on a small island connected to the mainland by a narrow 80m long roadway. The island was formerly the site of a temple to Melqart, the Phoenician version of Heracles. The beauty of the Castle can be seen in old illustrations of it; however, after bearing several wars, it has been damaged and renovated several times. It was partially destroyed by the Mamluks when they took over the city from the Crusaders, but they subsequently rebuilt it and added the long causeway. The castle later fell into disuse, but was again restored in the 17th century by Emir Fakhreddine II, only to suffer great damage.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Old Souk, Byblos Lebanon

Saida’s old souks are exactly what you might imagine an Arabian bazaar to look like, complete with old-fashioned blacksmiths, cobblers, butchers, and bakers shops. The marketplace is made of stone archways and wedged into each niche is a different shop selling everything from fruits to souvenirs to meats. Every turn reveals a new corner of the souk, where colors, smells and sounds blend to make an enchanting marketplace.

Many old religious sights, from churches to mosques, are scattered throughout the marketplace and discovering them in the labyrinth of twisting alleyways is half the fun. The Omari and Bab el Saray Mosques, with their beautiful architecture, are well-worth a stop.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Tyre Hippodrome, Tyre Lebanon

The Tyre Hippodrome is an UNESCO World Heritage site of the city of Tyre in south Lebanon dating back to the second century A.D. The Expositio, a description of the world written in the second half of the fourth century by an unknown writer about circuses in the Roman empire, names the Tyre Hippodrome as one of the five best racecourses in the Levant.

Duration: 1 hour