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Municipalityescapes in Lebanon Beirut Byblos Tripoli Sidon Tyr Skip to content Welcome Sightseeing Batroun Nourriye Byblos Sightseeing Shouf Bekaa Sightseeing Tour Northern Lebanese Mountains Sightseeing Hiking 1 Day Tours Qadisha Valley (Medium Hike 10km) The Roman Koura (Difficult Hike 20km) Beiteddine Deir-el-Qamar (Easy Hike 7km) 2 Days Tours Qadisha-Tanourine (Medium Hikes 10km + 10km) Gallery Photos Videos Rise whilom Lebanon The White Face of Lebanon Balaa Sinkhole Jeita Grotto Chouf FAQWell-nighus Hiking Cultural Hiking Snow-Shoe Ski & SnowboardMunicipalityEscapesMunicipalityEscapes Being a crossroads, Lebanon has a rich history spanning many civilizations and long-gone empires. Lebanese cities are full with ruins dating when to the Roman Empire all the way up to modern day creative architecture. The supplies culture is reflected in the variety of café-trotoirs to no-go restaurants. Beirut offers numerous historic landmarks and a rich variety of culinary delights; add to this is the relaxed Lebanese lifestyle where you can spend a whole afternoon watching life unfolding while enjoying your meal. What is said well-nigh Beirut moreover applies to Tripoli, Saida, Zahle, Tyr, and other cities in Lebanon. Beirut A ModernWantedwith prestigious past, this cosmopolitan and modern municipality is the home of increasingly than 1 million people, and constitutes the very heart of the country's economic and cultural life. Beirut teems with a perceptible vitality and energy that are reflected through its position as the Lebanese wanted from a geographic standpoint: a headland that drives through the deep undecorous sea while dominated in the preliminaries by the scenic mountains.  The municipality boasts a glamorous past.4000 years ago, it was a prosperous port on the Canaanite-Phoenician coast.  In the Roman era, the municipality became a prosperous colony that was dubbed "Colonia Julia Augusta Felix Berytus" in homage to the daughter of the emperor Augustus. When walking in the city, you finger the warmed-over presence of Canaanites, Greeks, Romans, Byzantines, Ottomans, and French; unravel warm mixture of cultures. We are providing tours by professional local guides in English French and Arabic. Tripoli Tripoli is known as the wanted of the North and it is Lebanon's second largest municipality with a population of increasingly than 500,000. It has virtually forty historical sites which stage when to the 14th century: Qalaat St. Gilles; 12 mosques that stage when to the Mamluk and Ottoman eras; 12 theological schools; khans or caravanserai; baths (Hammams). Its "souks" and khans are crowded with people of various trades. You see the tailors, jewellers, perfumers, tanners and soap-makers working in a mannerly lively atmosphere. Tours in Tripoli are led by Mira Minkara a guide passionate well-nigh her home city's history, heritage and subconscious treasures who’s been leading tours in Tripoli for the past 14 years. Share this page Share List Contact us Subject: e-mail*: Message: Byblos (Jbeil) With its warmed-over port, Phoenician, Roman, and Crusader ruins, sandy beaches and the picturesque mountains that surround it make it an platonic tourist destination. The municipality is known for its fish restaurants, open-air bars, and outdoor cafes. Yachts trip into its harbor today as they did in the 1960s and 1970s when Marlon Brando and Frank Sinatra were regular visitors to the city. Byblos was crowned as the "Arab Tour Capital" for the year 2016 by the Lebanese minister of tourism in the Grand Serail in Beirut. Tyr (Sour) Tyre, the Phoenician city, was the queen of the seas. It was built on an island, and became well known to the people who lived virtually the Mediterranean Sea for its wealth and prosperity. It was famous for its industry of purple-dyed textiles, thus attracting the unconfined conquerors in warmed-over times. Among them we mention the Babylonian king, Nebuchadnezzar and Alexander the Great. Sidon (Saida) Sidon (Saida) Sidon is a vital commercial and legalistic center. Its star is a Crusader Castle overlooking the harbor. The old town is still standing with its alleys and its souks (markets) which have maintained their Middle Age features. Its warmed-over history is obscure not only for lack of archeological excavations, but moreover for the plundering of its antiquities and warmed-over monuments at the end of the nineteenth century and whence of the twentieth century. A lot of monuments and antiques from Sidon are displayed withal with other antiquities in international museums. We are providing tours by professional local guides in English French and Arabic. Subscribe to our Newsletter Your e-mail: Private Tours FAQWell-nighus Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: Sydney by aThemes.