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Get to know Tripoli on a day trip from Beirut that lets you explore the second-largest city in Lebanon on a full day. All transportation is included, saving you the hassle figuring out logistics, and a guide makes the most of your time by taking you straight to Tripoli highlights, including Citadel of Saint Gilles, the old souks, El Mina and more.
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Duration: 8 hours
Starts: Beirut, Lebanon
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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Get to know Tripoli on a day trip from Beirut that lets you explore the second-largest city in Lebanon on a full day. All transportation is included, saving you the hassle figuring out logistics, and a guide makes the most of your time by taking you straight to Tripoli highlights, including Citadel of Saint Gilles, the old souks, El Mina and more.
Stop At: Tripoli, Tripoli, North Governorate
A city in the north of Lebanon, named Tripoli by the Greek because it links 3 ancient Phoenician city states . It’s famous of the Mamlouk’s style of building in Hammams, mosques and madrasas.
Duration: 3 hours
Stop At: Citadel Saint Gilles (Qal’at Sinjil), El Amir Fakhreddine, Tripoli Lebanon
The Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, is a citadel and fort on a
hilltop in Tripoli, Lebanon. It took its name from Raymond de
Saint-Gilles, a powerful noble and one of the leaders of the First Crusade in Lebanon.
Duration: 1 hour
Stop At: Al Mansouri Mosque, CRMR+RXX, Tripoli, Lebanon
Mansouri Great Mosque is a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, also known simply as The Great Mosque of Tripoli. It took its named from the Mamluk sultan “Al-Mansur Qalawun” who conquered Tripoli from the Crusaders in 1289.It was built in the Mamlouk’s period, from 1294 to 1314, around the remains of a Crusader Church of St. Mary.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Taynal Mosque, Tripoli Lebanon
Emir Saif al-Din Tinal, twice governor of Tripoli (1326 to 1333 and 1335 to 1340) built a many-domed mosque on the emplacement of Tripoli’s Carmelite church. The main building, beneath a series of domes, has a number of granite columns with late Roman or Byzantine capitals standing in two rows. In the center of the mosque under the largest dome, the position of four large columns
reveals the center of the Carmelite church.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Souk Al-Harajb, Tripoli Lebanon
Pass by an old souk named al Harajb, and discover the traditional shops and khans still working till nowadays
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Khan Al-Khayyatin, Tripoli Lebanon
An old souk specialized by knitting and selling the tools
related to it, like fibers and needles.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Tripoli Soap Factory (صابون طرابلس ), Tripoli, Lebanon
Modern soap shops take place in the old Soap khan built in the 17th century. A soap factory can be visited to understand the process of creating soap and shop some soap souvenirs.
Duration: 30 minutes
Stop At: Al-Abd Hammam, CRPV+784, Tripoli, Lebanon
Built in the 17th century, it’s the only functioning Hammam in Tripoli that has a Mamlouk and Ottomans design.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ezzeddine Hammam, Amir Fakhreddine Street Near Souk el-Nahhassin, Tripoli Lebanon
Visiting Ezzeddine Hammam help you understand the
apportionment and decoration of the traditional baths in Tripoli.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Hammam al-Jadid, Tripoli Lebanon
A Hammam built by Ottoman in the area of the developing Ottoman
complex of the Mu’allaq Mosque in end of the 17th century.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Rachid Karami International Fair, Tripoli Lebanon
It’s designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer
in the early 1960s.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Hallab 1881 قصر الحلو, Riad El Solh, Tarablus, Lebanon
Since 1881, a sweets shop named Hallab was opened for
people to taste and enjoy the delicious sweet cuisine.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Mina, Lebanon
On the coastal line is located the sea port of Tripoli, called El Mina. Along the waterfront, the corniche road is a venue for promenading or getting a boat trip out to nearby islands.
Duration: 10 minutes
