You’re coming home, Welcome back!
Whether you left decades ago or were raised hearing stories of your homeland, this journey is your opportunity to feel it all again or for the first time. Walk the streets your grandparents grew up on, eat from the same soil they harvested, Hear the accents, the music, the laughter. Smell the zaatar, the fresh bread, the rose water, the coffee…. You won’t just see Lebanon. You’ll feel it through our food, our people, our homes, our villages, and our stories.
11 Days
For all ages
Starting from Beirut
| Destination: | Beirut, Sidon, Tyre, Chouf, Beqaa, Baalbek, Batroun, Bcharre, Ehden, Tripoli, Byblos, many villages of Mount Lebanon |
| Pricing: | 2500$ / per person – based on a minimum of 6 participants and double occupancy at heritage accommodation/ guesthouses.
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| Flexibility & Customization: | The itinerary order can be adjusted and program details can be customized based on your group’s schedule or preferences. Customization is possible for guests who want to include family village visits or specific requests. |
| Departure: | Pick-up from Beirut International Airport |
| Return: | Drop-off at Beirut International Airport |
| Language: | English, French & Arabic |
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| Optional Activities: | Personalized visits to ancestral family villages, relaxing beach time along the coast, boat tour … |
| What to Bring: | Insurance, Comfortable clothes and shoes, Curiosity, Family stories, Open heart |
| Additional Notes: | The order of certain activities and the days as listed may change depending on the season; however, all listed regions and experiences will be included but possibly in a different order. |
Tour Plan
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Day 1: Welcome Home – Arrival in Beirut (The first breath)
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Gemmayzeh (Beirut)
Activities:
- Airport pickup and check-in at a heritage accommodation
- Rest, with optional small walk around (depending on arrival time)
- Welcome dinner at a local Beirut restaurant (For a taste of home)
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Day 2: Beirut (A walk down memory lane), Jeita & Harissa
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Gemmayzeh (Beirut)
Activities:
- Traditional Breakfast
- Reconnect with the capital of our country during a morning walk in Beirut Central District, walking by some of the city’s main landmarks and heritage neighborhoods
- Guided tour of the National Museum to rediscover Lebanon’s rich history
- Walk in Hamra & pause for a Lebanese coffee
- Street food lunch: savor iconic falafel and juicy shawarma
- Explore the Jeita Grotto, Lebanon’s natural wonder
- Experience the serenity of Lady of Lebanon sanctuary and enjoy our favorite breathtaking view of the Mediterranean over the Bay of Jounieh
- Sunset Time at Raouche Rocks (Optional Boat Ride)
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Day 3: South Lebanon: Souks, Sweets & Seaside Stories
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Gemmayzeh
Activities:
- Lebanese breakfast
- Traditional Knefeh Stop in Sidon - One of our favorite in Lebanon
- Explore Sidon’s old souks
- Learn about traditional soap making and its history
- Lunch in Tyre by the old harbor
- Let’s go back 2,000 years at Tyre archeological site: Roman Hyppodrome
- Optional time to relax at Lebanon’s most beautiful sandy beach
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Day 4: Chouf Heritage & Village Flavors
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Chouf
Activities:
- Traditional Breakfast
- Try the Levantine Kaak
- A Heritage walk in Deir El Qamar, one of the most characteristic villages in Lebanon
- Know more about Lebanon’s history at Beiteddine Palace
- Village lunch experience featuring a warm cultural encounter with a welcoming local host: including a homemade meal and a hands-on activity such as mouneh-making.
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Day 5: Weaving Stories
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Chouf
Activities:
- Saj-making session: join a local village grandma to roll, bake, and enjoy freshly made Lebanese flatbread with classic toppings
- Learn about one of Lebanon’s oldest traditional crafts (loom weaving, known locally as Nol) from a skilled craftsman
- Take in breathtaking mountain views from a hidden village viewpoint
- A tasty local lunch
- Visit to Mokhtara Palace (if available)
06
Day 6: Baalbek Bites, Wine & Wonders
Accommodation: Accommodation in Beqaa
Activities:
- Traditional local breakfast and check-out
- Stop by the majestic Cedar Reserve of Maaser El Chouf on our way to the Beqaa
- Wine tasting at one of the most prominent Lebanese Wineries
- Lunch (street food style)
- Visit one of the world’s most unique wine caves
- Let’s go back more than 2000 years in time with a guided visit at the Baalbek Temples
- Try sfiha Baalbakiyye (a Baalbek specialty) fresh from a local bakery
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Day 7: Batroun Encounters
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Batroun
Activities:
- Check-Out following a good traditional breakfast
- Cultural activity (Cultural village tour or Dabke workshop...)
- Lebanese Lunch hosted by a village local Host
- Explore the vibrant city of Batroun
- Intro Walk in the old town and trying its famous Lemonade
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Day 8: Olive Trails & Heritage
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Batroun
Activities:
- Visit to the unique Baatara Sinkhole / Balouu Balaa
- An olive experience in our Lebanese mountains
- Traditional lunch with villagers
- Optional Activity if time and energy allows: Short hike towards a beautiful waterfall
- Back to Batroun for sunset (Free time to enjoy old town or beach if weather allows)
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Day 9: Cedars, Sahlab & Sacred Valleys
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Batroun
Activities:
- Stop at Saydet El Nouriyyeh Monastery with a marvelous view overlooking the Mediterranean
- Art and legacy: visit Gebran Khalil Gebran’s hometown and museum
- Walk through the Cedars of God
- Lunch
- Tour in the town of Ehden
- Stroll and tasting Ehden’s famous Sahlab at Ehden’s Midane
- Visit to a monastery in Qadisha Valley (we might cross paths with a resident monk)
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Day 10: Markets, Sweets & Ancient Stones
Accommodation: Heritage accommodation in Beirut
Activities:
- Early breakfast
- Explore the old souks, meet soap artisans and copper artisans, visit the citadel of Raymond de St. Gilles, and the still functioning Hammams
- Indulge in Tripoli’s legendary traditional sweets, a real treat!
- Tasty Lunch at a winery
- Get to know more about Lebanon’s history at one of the world’s continuously inhabited cities, Byblos, with a walk in the old town, harbour and archeological site
- Final check-in in Beirut
