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Private Qadisha Valley, Cedars & Baalbek Tour | Seasonal May–Oct
(1) Avis
Beirut
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This is one of the most extraordinary day tours in Lebanon — and it only exists for six months of the year. The secret is a high-altitude mountain road that opens each May, crossing from the Cedars of God above Bcharre directly over the Lebanese mountain range into the Bekaa Valley toward Baalbek. When this road opens, it becomes possible to combine three of Lebanon's greatest UNESCO-linked destinations in a single private day from Beirut — something no winter itinerary can replicate. The day begins at the Qadisha Valley — a UNESCO World Heritage gorge of breathtaking scale — before a walk among the ancient Cedars of God at 2,000 metres above sea level. The mountain road then carries you eas...
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9 heures
Proposé en Arabe (العربية) & Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
9 heures
Proposé en Arabe (العربية) & Anglais
Annulation gratuite
Billet mobile
Ce qui est inclus
Private transportation
Chef de groupe
Brève explication sur chaque site
Prise en charge et retour à l'hôtel
Air-conditioned vehicle
Lunch
Pourboire
Itinéraire
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Beyrouth
8:30 AM — Departure from Beirut
Your private English-speaking driver collects you from your Beirut hotel and heads north along the Mediterranean coastal highway before climbing steeply into the Lebanese mountains toward Bcharre and the Qadisha Valley.
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Vallée de Qadisha
Qadisha Valley viewpoint — UNESCO World Heritage Site
Your first stop is the rim of the Qadisha Valley — one of the deepest and most breathtaking gorges in the Middle East. Qadisha means "Holy" in Aramaic, and the valley has sheltered Christian monastic communities in cliff-face caves and monasteries since the 4th century. Standing at the viewpoint, the scale of the gorge below is genuinely humbling — sheer limestone cliffs dropping hundreds of metres to the valley floor, with ancient monasteries visible in the rock face. Your driver shares the spiritual and historical significance of this extraordinary landscape.
30 minutes
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Bcharré
Pass through Bcharre — the proud mountain town perched at over 1,400 metres above sea level, birthplace of Khalil Gibran and one of the highest permanently inhabited towns in Lebanon. No stop today — the road ahead calls — but your driver points out the key landmarks as you pass through.
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Les cèdres de Dieu
Arrive at the Cedars of God — a UNESCO-protected ancient grove at 2,000 metres above sea level, some trees over 1,000 years old and measuring more than 14 metres in circumference. These are the descendants of the vast cedar forests that built Phoenician ships, Solomon's Temple, and Egyptian palaces. A gentle 45-minute walk along the marked trail takes you among trees of extraordinary scale and silence. Your driver explains the ecological significance of this protected forest and the millennia of history written in its ancient trunks. After the walk, the summer mountain road begins — the route that makes today's combination possible.
45 minutes
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Pierre de la femme enceinte
Before the temples, stop at the ancient Roman quarry to see the Stone of the Pregnant Woman — a single limestone block measuring 21 metres long and weighing an estimated 1,000 tonnes, still lying exactly where it was cut 2,000 years ago. One of the heaviest objects ever worked by human hands in the ancient world — and the perfect prologue to what awaits at the temple complex.
15 minutes
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Temples de Baalbek
Enter the greatest Roman temple complex on earth — a UNESCO World Heritage Site of staggering scale. The Temple of Jupiter was built on Trilithon stones each weighing over 800 tonnes — the largest dressed stones in human history. The Temple of Bacchus, larger than the Parthenon and almost entirely intact, is considered the best-preserved Roman temple in the world. The elegant circular Temple of Venus completes a complex that has stood for two thousand years at the crossroads of civilisations. Your driver brings the full story of Baalbek — Phoenician sacred site, Roman sanctuary, Byzantine church, Arab fortress — to life.
1 heure et 30 minutes
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Baalbek
Lunch in Baalbek — optional
Stop for lunch at one of Baalbek's local restaurants — hearty Bekaa Valley cuisine with fresh mezze, grilled meats, and local flatbread in a town that has been feeding travellers for two thousand years.
1 heure
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Beyrouth
Return to Beirut — approx. 6:00–7:00 PM
Return to Beirut via the Damascus highway with drop-off at your hotel — completing a day that crossed two mountain ranges, walked among 1,000-year-old cedars, and stood inside the greatest Roman temples on earth.
Private Qadisha Valley, Cedars & Baalbek Tour | Seasonal May–Oct
(1) Avis
Beirut
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This is one of the most extraordinary day tours in Lebanon — and it only exists for six months of the year. The secret is a high-altitude mountain road that opens each May, crossing from the Cedars of God above Bcharre directly over the Lebanese mountain range into the Bekaa Valley toward Baalbek. When this road opens, it becomes possible to combine three of Lebanon's greatest UNESCO-linked destinations in a single private day from Beirut — something no winter itinerary can replicate. The day begins at the Qadisha Valley — a UNESCO World Heritage gorge of breathtaking scale — before a walk among the ancient Cedars of God at 2,000 metres above sea level. The mountain road then carries you eas...