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For travelers short on time, this half-day tour is a convenient way to experience the beauty and the historical highlights of Byblos. Transport between Beirut and Byblos gives you more time to focus on the sights and beautiful scenery on the way rather than stressful navigation. Guide commentary in Byblos brings historic sites to life; guided and independent elements allow ample free time.
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Duration: 6 hours
Starts: Beirut, Lebanon
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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For travelers short on time, this half-day tour is a convenient way to experience the beauty and the historical highlights of Byblos. Transport between Beirut and Byblos gives you more time to focus on the sights and beautiful scenery on the way rather than stressful navigation. Guide commentary in Byblos brings historic sites to life; guided and independent elements allow ample free time.
Stop At: Byblos, Byblos, Mount Lebanon Governorate
Byblos, one of the oldest Phoenician cities. Inhabited since Neolithic times, it has been closely linked to the legends and history of the Mediterranean region for thousands of years. Byblos is also directly associated with the history and diffusion of the Phoenician alphabet.
Duration: 2 hours
Stop At: Byblos Castle, Byblos Lebanon
Byblos Castle, a restored 12th-century Crusader castle surrounded by a 10m-wide dry moat is located just inside the Byblos’ atmospheric archaeological site that contains the ruins of the Temple of Baalat Gebal and the Temple of the Obelisks.
It’s an impressive building that offers an excellent perspective over the ruins from the top of its foursquare keep. A series of Bronze Age dwellings is clearly visible below the walls as you look towards the sea. Inside the castle, there’s a small museum and a room with information panels outlining the city’s history.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Baalat Gebal Temple, 4J9W+J8X, Byblos, Lebanon
The Temple of Baalat Gebal was an important Bronze Age temple structure in the World Heritage Site of Byblos. The temple was dedicated to Ba’alat Gebal, the goddess of the city of Byblos, known later to the Greeks as Atargatis. it was the largest and most important sanctuary in ancient Byblos, and is considered to be “one of the first monumental structures of the Syro-Palestinian region”.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Old Souk, Byblos Lebanon
Byblos old souk is an old market where tourists can shop for souvenirs and antiques, or simply stroll along the old cobblestone streets and enjoy the architecture.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Byblos Port, Byblos Lebanon
Byblos Port is an ancient port in Byblos and is believed by the Lebanese to be the oldest port in the world. Around 3000 BC, Byblos Port was the most important timber shipping center in the eastern Mediterranean
Duration: 20 minutes
