• Beirut - 8:30 AM — Departure from Beirut
  Your guide will meet you at your hotel in Beirut and travel north along the coastal highway, ascending into the northern Lebanese mountains. The scenery transitions from the Mediterranean coast to cedar-covered peaks as you climb towards the Qadisha Valley.
• Deir Qozhaya - Start at the base of the Qadisha Valley at one of Lebanon’s oldest and most atmospheric monasteries — the Monastery of Saint Anthony of Kozhaya, carved directly into the limestone cliff face in the 12th century. Cave chapels, ancient stone cells, and the valley’s echoes create a sense of complete detachment from the modern world. Inside, two treasures await — a cave sanctuary that has been a pilgrimage site for over eight centuries, and the first printing press used in the Middle East, brought by Maronite monks in the 16th century to print liturgical texts in Arabic and Syriac. Your guide will share the full story of this remarkable place before you begin the ascent through the valley above.
• Qadisha Valley - Ascend to the rim of the Qadisha Valley — one of Lebanon’s most stunning viewpoints — and look back down into the gorge you just traversed. The sheer limestone walls drop hundreds of meters to the valley floor, with ancient monastery caves visible in the rock face below. Qadisha means “Holy” in Aramaic — a name earned over seventeen centuries of Christian monasticism in this dramatic natural sanctuary. Your guide will explain the full spiritual and historical significance of the valley from above before the road climbs on toward the cedars.
• The Cedars of God - Walk among the Cedars of God — a UNESCO-protected grove of ancient cedar trees at the roof of Lebanon, some over 1,000 years old, with massive trunks measuring more than 14 meters in circumference. These are the descendants of the forests that built Phoenician ships, Solomon’s Temple, and Egyptian palaces — and standing among them at 2,000 meters above sea level, with the Bekaa Valley beginning to appear on the other side of the mountain ridge, is one of the most memorable moments in any Lebanon itinerary. A 30-minute guided walk takes you through the grove at your own pace before the mountain road east begins — the road that only opens in May and makes the rest of today possible.
• Stone of the Pregnant Woman - Before the temples, stop at the ancient Roman quarry to see the Stone of the Pregnant Woman — a single limestone block 21 meters long and weighing an estimated 1,000 tonnes, still lying where it was cut 2,000 years ago and never moved. After the natural scale of the cedars and the valley, this man-made monument sets the extraordinary scale of what awaits at the temple complex.
• Temples of Baalbek - Enter the greatest Roman temple complex on earth — a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the Temple of Jupiter stands on Trilithon stones each weighing over 800 tonnes, and the Temple of Bacchus, larger than the Parthenon and almost entirely intact, is the best-preserved Roman temple in the world. Your guide will bring the full story of Baalbek — from Phoenician sacred site to Roman sanctuary to Byzantine church to Arab fortress — to life in one of the most awe-inspiring archaeological sites anywhere on earth.
• Baalbek - Lunch in Baalbek — included
  Enjoy a well-deserved lunch at a local Baalbek restaurant — hearty Bekaa Valley mezze, grilled meats, and fresh flatbread in a town that has been feeding travelers for two thousand years. Fully included in your tour price.
• Beirut - Return to Beirut — approx. 6:00–7:00 PM
  Enjoy a scenic drive back over the Lebanese mountains via the Damascus highway with drop-off at your Beirut hotel — completing a day that began in a cliff-face monastery, rose to the ancient cedars, crossed a mountain pass, and ended inside the greatest Roman temples on earth.

• Comfortable transportation
• Tour Leader
• Entry / Admissions to Historical Sites
• Lunch
• Hotel pick up and Drop off
• Small group sizes
• In-vehicle air conditioning
• Professional, knowledgeable guides

• Gratuities

Maximize your day and merge nature’s charm and historical exploration in a day trip from Beirut. Experience the lush landscapes en route to Bcharre via the Sacred Qadisha Valley, pausing briefly at the Kozhaya Monastery. Tour the famed Cedars of God woods, snap some photos, then proceed to Baalback. After refueling with lunch, explore Baalbek - a highlight of ancient world with its renowned sanctuary and complex housing two of the grandest and largest Roman temples ever constructed.

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