Anjar, Baalbek & Ksara Semi-Private Tour

Anjar, Baalbek & Ksara Semi-Private Tour | Max 10 · Lunch Incl

By Lebanon Tours

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Features

Free cancellation available
8h
Mobile voucher
Instant confirmation
Selective hotel pickup
Multiple languages

Overview

The Bekaa Valley's three most compelling historical destinations — an abandoned Umayyad city, the greatest Roman temples ever built, and Lebanon's oldest winery — covered in one guided day from Beirut with a maximum of seven people. The same itinerary as the small-group version, with a guide who can give each person genuine individual attention at sites where the history runs deep and the questions always come.
Anjar: the only surviving Umayyad palatial city in the Levant — built by Caliph Walid I and abandoned within decades, never rebuilt. Baalbek: a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the Temple of Bacchus is larger than the Parthenon. The Stone of the Pregnant Woman — a 1,000-tonne quarry block cut 2,000 years ago and never moved — frames the scale before you enter. Ksara: 2 kilometres of Roman cave cellars beneath Lebanon's oldest winery, founded by Jesuits in 1857. Lunch fully included.

Activity location

Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar
- Anjar, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar
- Anjar, Lebanon

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English Tour

8h
English

Lunch & Tickets not included: Please note this option does not include the Lunch and tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Guided Tour: Guided Visit of Baalbek Temples & Anjar
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 08:30

Price details

€73.07 x 1 Adult€73.07

Paid at activity€4.30

Total

English Tour + Lunch

8h
English

Tickets are not included: Please note that this option does not include Tickets. This cost goes on your own.
Lunch included: The lunch is included in the price of the tour
Guided Tour: Guided Visit of Baalbek Temples & Anjar
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 08:30

Price details

€85.10 x 1 Adult€85.10

Paid at activity€4.30

Total

English Tour + Tickets + Lunch

8h
English

Tickets Included: Tickets to Baalbek Temples & Anjar are included in the price of the tour
Lunch included: The lunch is included in the price of the tour
Guided Tour: Guided Visit of Baalbek Temples & Anjar
Pickup included

Travellers

Languages available

Starting time: 08:30

Price details

€128.94 x 1 Adult€128.94

Paid at activity€4.30

Total

What's included, what's not

Lunch in a local restaurant (if option selected)
Tickets / Admission to Baalbek Temples (if option selected)
Tickets / Admission to Anjar (if option selected)
Hotel Pick up & Drop off
Air-conditioned vehicle
Guided Tour of Baalbek Temples & Anjar
Service charge
Tickets / Admission to Chateau Ksara
Food or drinks unless specified

Know before you book

Suitable for all physical fitness levels
In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

Activity itinerary

Beirut (Pass by)

8:30 AM — Departure from Beirut Your guide meets the group at your hotel and heads east on the Damascus highway. With a maximum of seven people, the briefing is quick and personal — everyone knows the plan before the first stop.

Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar

45m
Admission ticket included

Anjar — the only surviving Umayyad palatial city in the Levant Built in the early 8th century by Caliph Walid I and abandoned within decades — colonnaded streets, a grand palace with over 40 towers, a mosque, and bathhouses still standing in the Bekaa plain. Most visitors to Lebanon miss this entirely. With a group of seven, your guide can take the time to walk the full site properly and answer the questions that always arise here — about Umayyad city-planning, the speed of construction, and why the city was abandoned so quickly after it was built.

Stone of the Pregnant Woman

Stone of the Pregnant Woman — setting the scale A 1,000-tonne limestone block, 21 metres long, cut 2,000 years ago and never moved. Still lying in the quarry exactly where it was abandoned. Your guide explains the engineering logic — and why understanding this block makes what you are about to see at the temples genuinely comprehensible rather than simply overwhelming.

Temples of Baalbek

1h 30m
Admission ticket included

Baalbek Temple Complex — the greatest Roman temples ever built The Temple of Jupiter on Trilithon stones each weighing over 800 tonnes. The Temple of Bacchus — larger than the Parthenon, almost entirely intact, the best-preserved Roman temple in the world. The Temple of Venus completing a complex that took three centuries to construct. With seven people, your guide can move at the group's pace — spending more time at the structures that generate the most questions and adjusting the narrative to match the group's interests, whether architectural, historical, or religious.

Baalbeck

Lunch in Baalbek or Zahle — included Lebanese mezze and grilled meats — either in Baalbek or at a riverside restaurant in Zahle, Lebanon's celebrated food capital, depending on the group's preference. With seven people the decision is easy and the table is the right size. Fully included.

Chateau Ksara

45m
Admission ticket not included

Chateau Ksara — Roman caves, Lebanese wine, founded 1857 Lebanon's oldest winery — founded by Jesuit monks in 1857 — with 2 kilometres of Roman cave cellars where wine ages at a naturally constant temperature. The cave tour connects directly to the Roman history of the morning — the same civilisation, the same valley, a different kind of legacy. With a group of seven, the tasting moves at the group's pace — your guide frames the wines within the Bekaa Valley's 6,000-year winemaking history throughout.

Beirut (Pass by)

Return to Beirut — approx. 6:00–7:00 PM Drop-off at your Beirut hotel — an Umayyad ghost city, the world's greatest Roman temples, and 2 kilometres of ancient wine caves. Same itinerary as the small-group version. More attention at every stop

Location

Activity location

Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar
- Anjar, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

Umayyad Ruins of Aanjar
- Anjar, Lebanon

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