Beirut Trip Overview
On this have day tour from Beirut, discover the natural wonder of Lebanon, the amazing Jeita Grotto with its stalagmites and stalactites wonderfully shaped. Take a boat in its lower grotto and admire the beautiful cave. Then continue to visit the shrine of our Lady of Lebanon at Harissa and enjoy the cable car experience with the magical view of Jounieh bay. Pick up and drop off from your doorstep and the round-trip transportation by a professional English-speaking driver are included.
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Duration: 5 hours
Starts: Beirut, Lebanon
Trip Category: Transfers & Ground Transport >> Bus Services
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On this have day tour from Beirut, discover the natural wonder of Lebanon, the amazing Jeita Grotto with its stalagmites and stalactites wonderfully shaped. Take a boat in its lower grotto and admire the beautiful cave. Then continue to visit the shrine of our Lady of Lebanon at Harissa and enjoy the cable car experience with the magical view of Jounieh bay. Pick up and drop off from your doorstep and the round-trip transportation by a professional English-speaking driver are included.
Stop At: Jeita Grotto, Valley of the Dog River, Jitta Lebanon
The Jeita Grotto, a system of two separate, but interconnected, karstic limestone caves which have formed over millions of years, is the longest cave complex in the Middle East. It is located 300 metres above sea level and has a height difference of 305 metres.
The Jeita upper cave has an overall length of 2,130 metres and contains a great concentration of a variety of crystallized formations such as stalactites, stalagmites, columns, mushrooms, ponds, curtains and draperies.
The lower gallery which has an overall length of 6,200 metres is located 60 metres below the upper gallery. It is traversed by a smooth underwater river and a lake.
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Stop At: The Shrine of Our Lady of Lebanon, Keserwan, Harissa Lebanon
The shrine of our Lady of Lebanon is one of the most important shrines in the world honoring the Virgin Mary and located in Harissa, a key Christian pilgrimage site in Lebanon.
The shrine is highlighted by a huge, 15-ton bronze statue of the Immaculate Conception, Mother of God. It is 8.5 m high and has a diameter of five meters. The Virgin Mary stretches her hands towards Beirut overlooking the Bay of Jounieh in one of the most attractive panoramic views in the world.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Churches of Harissa, Harissa, Jounieh Lebanon
Harissa is a key Christian pilgrimage site with a shrine dedicated to Our Lady of Lebanon
The pilgrimage site is a large, 15-ton bronze and a painted white statue of Virgin Mary, known as Our Lady of Lebanon or Notre Dame du Liban, with her arms, stretched. The statue was made at the end of the 19th century and inaugurated in 1908. Inside the statue’s base, there is a small chapel.
As well, A huge cathedral built of concrete and glass stands adjacent to the statue.
Among other churches of various Christian denominations in the vicinity of Harissa are the Byzantine-style, Melkite Greek Catholic basilica of St. Paul, located south of the statue and built between 1948 and 1998, the Apostolic Nunciature (Papal Embassy), as well as the residences of four patriarchs of Eastern Catholic Churches
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Teleferique du Liban, Sea Side Rd, Lebanon
One of Lebanon’s oldest and most visited tourist attractions, the gondolas of the Teleferique aerial cableway are a trip down memory lane, from a pioneering venture in 1965 to a beautifully preserved modern-day attraction offering breathtaking views of the bay of Jounieh and the surrounding city, the Teleferique is an impressive testimony to time gone by, one meter at a time.
Duration: 30 minutes
