Private Baalbek, Ksara Winery & Chouf Cedars | Guided Tour

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US$318.46 per guest

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For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

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Experience Details

What You’ll Experience

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Location

Beirut

Duration

9 hours

Number of Guests

1 - 9 guests

Language

English, Arabic

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Vegetarian, Family-friendly, Private Experience

Digital Ticket

Mobile or paper ticket accepted

Explore Lebanon's gems: Baalbek's Roman wonders, savor Ksara wines, and walk among ancient Cedars in Chouf. A captivating full-day adventure from Beirut for first-time explorers.

For each guest that attends this experience, byFood will donate
10 meals

Experience Details

Lebanon stretches from its highest peaks to its oldest valleys in a country barely larger than a county — and this private guided day tour covers the full sweep of it. East into the Bekaa Valley to stand inside the greatest Roman temples on earth at Baalbek. South through Ksara's ancient underground wine cellars. Then west over the Lebanese mountain range — via a spectacular road that connects the Bekaa directly to the Chouf Mountains — to walk among the ancient cedars of the Maaser el Shouf reserve as the afternoon light falls through the forest canopy.

Three completely different Lebanese landscapes in a single day — volcanic ancient stone, Roman megaliths, underground wine caves, and a UNESCO-protected cedar forest — with a professional guide making every stop genuinely meaningful. A day that reveals Lebanon in its full, extraordinary range.

What You Get

Guided Tour of Baalbek

Tour Leader

Hotel pickup and drop-off

Lunch

Gratuities

Good To Know

Suitable for all physical fitness levels

What You’ll Experience

Beirut (Pass By)

8:30 AM — Departure from Beirut Your professional guide and driver collect you from your Beirut hotel and head east on the Damascus highway — climbing through the Lebanese mountains as the Bekaa Valley opens dramatically below, a vast fertile plain stretching between two mountain ranges that has been farmed, fought over, and celebrated for five thousand years.

Stone of the Pregnant Woman

Before the temples, stop at the ancient Roman quarry where the Stone of the Pregnant Woman still lies exactly where it was cut 2,000 years ago — a single limestone block 21 metres long and weighing an estimated 1,000 tonnes, never moved and never finished. Your guide explains the engineering mystery behind it — how the Romans planned to move stones of this scale, and what it tells us about the ambition of everything you are about to see.

30 minutesAdmission Ticket Free

Temples of Baalbek

Enter the greatest Roman temple complex on earth. The Temple of Jupiter stands on Trilithon stones each weighing over 800 tonnes — the largest dressed stones ever used in construction in human history — six of its original 54 columns still standing at 22 metres tall. The Temple of Bacchus, larger than the Parthenon and almost entirely intact, is the best-preserved Roman temple in the world. The circular Temple of Venus completes a complex that has outlasted every civilisation that built, worshipped, and conquered here over two thousand years. Your guide brings the full layered history of Baalbek — Phoenician sacred site, Roman sanctuary, Byzantine church, Arab fortress — alive within these extraordinary walls.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Not Included

Baalbek

Lunch in Baalbek — optional An optional break at one of Baalbek's local restaurants — Bekaa Valley mezze, grilled meats, and fresh flatbread in a town that has been feeding travellers for two thousand years — before the mountain road south toward Ksara begins.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Chateau Ksara

Continue to Chateau Ksara — Lebanon's oldest winery, founded by Jesuit monks in 1857. The highlight is the extraordinary Roman cave cellar system stretching 2 kilometres beneath the winery — ancient tunnels where wine ages at a naturally constant temperature year-round. Walking through these caves after a morning at Baalbek creates a remarkable symmetry that your guide draws out — two Roman worlds in the same Bekaa Valley, one above ground in stone and one below ground in silence, both shaped by the same ancient hands. The tasting showcases Ksara's iconic Cabernet-Syrah blends, crisp Blanc de Blancs, and beloved Sunset Rosé.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Not Included

Maasser el Chouf

Cross the Lebanese mountain range via the scenic road from the Bekaa into the Chouf — one of the most dramatic mountain crossings in Lebanon — and arrive at the Maaser el Shouf Cedar Reserve, part of Lebanon's largest nature reserve and a UNESCO-recognised biosphere of exceptional ecological importance. An easy one-hour walk takes you along the marked trail through the ancient cedar grove — massive trunks centuries old, the mountain air clean and cool, the forest completely still around you. After the monumental scale of Baalbek and the underground world of Ksara, the cedar grove offers something entirely different — the quiet, unhurried company of trees that were already ancient when the Phoenicians cut their neighbours to build the ships that founded Carthage. Your guide explains the ecology of the reserve and the conservation story behind one of Lebanon's most precious natural landscapes.

1 hourAdmission Ticket Free

Beirut (Pass By)

Return to Beirut — approx. 6:00–7:00 PM Scenic drive back to Beirut with drop-off at your hotel — completing a full day that crossed two mountain ranges, stood inside the greatest Roman temples on earth, descended into ancient wine caves, and walked among cedar trees that have stood for centuries.

Meeting & Pickup

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Pickup Details

We pick up travellers from all Hotel located within the city of Beirut

Cancellation Policy
Cancel your booking at least 24 hours before the experience start time to receive a full refund.
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Reviews

5.0

based on 11 reviews

(TripAdvisor)

The best tour for seeing the beauty of Lebanon!

October 07, 2025

I had an incredible time exploring Lebanon with my guide Hassane! We had a packed day with lots of driving, but all of the sites were worth it - seeing the mountains, Baalbek, and especially the Ce...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Tour was amazing and worth every penny! Albert was great!

November 15, 2024

My wife and I visited Lebanon in APRIL 2024. Due to the illegal bom**ng of the Bequaa Valley region from the country south of Lebanon, almost no travel agency were offering guided tours of the regi...read more

(TripAdvisor)

Best Tour Guide EVER!!!

October 07, 2022

Where do I even start? Amazing. Fun. Entertaining. Memorable. The Best in Lebanon. And no, I’m not talking about our stops on this tour, I’m talking about our tour guide Albert. This tour and our e...read more

(TripAdvisor)

The Best Of The Best In Lebanon

September 24, 2022

I had the absolute BEST time in Lebanon with Albert as my guide. My friends and I were looking to explore as much of the country as we could during our long weekend, and Albert knew just how to he...read more