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With a friendly drivers team, safe English speaking drivers , travel safely to the Beqaa valley and visit the Umayyad ruins of Anjar, then taste authentic Lebanese wine at Ksara. By booking our private, air-conditioned car, you can avoid worrying about how to get to the Beqaa on your own.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Beirut, Lebanon
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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With a friendly drivers team, safe English speaking drivers , travel safely to the Beqaa valley and visit the Umayyad ruins of Anjar, then taste authentic Lebanese wine at Ksara. By booking our private, air-conditioned car, you can avoid worrying about how to get to the Beqaa on your own.
Stop At: Anjar, Anjar, Bekaa Governorate
The city of Anjar was founded by Caliph Walid I at the beginning of the 8th century. The ruins reveal a very regular layout, reminiscent of the palace-cities of ancient times, and are a unique testimony to city planning under the Umayyads.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar, Anjar Lebanon
The Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar bears outstanding witness to the Umayyad civilization and a good example of an inland commercial centre, at the crossroads of two important routes: one leading from Beirut to Damascus and the other crossing the Bekaa and leading from Homs to Tiberiade. The site of this ancient city was only discovered by archaeologists at the end of the 1940s.
The ruins of Anjar include the walls of the Umayyad palace, harems, a mosque, the great palace of the Caliph, thermal baths, and many pillars which include some elements of the Roman architectural style.
Duration: 45 minutes
Stop At: Chateau Ksara, Ksara, Zahle Lebanon
Château Ksara is a wine company in The Beqaa Valley Lebanon. Founded in 1857 by Jesuit priests. Château Ksara developed the first dry wine in Lebanon. Château Ksara produces approximately 3 million bottles annually. Its wines are exported to over 40 countries.
Duration: 1 hour
