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Itinerary
Day 1 - Beirut
Our airport representative will be on hand to
meet and welcome you.
Drive to the hotel.
Hotel check-in and a briefing on our
Culinary Trip: Lebanese Cuisine.
Day 2 -
The Lebanese Messe
Today, we will start our Culinary Trip, with
our first coking experience, with the Lebanese
Messe.
Transfer to Joumana’s home, where she will be
teaching you how to prepare Houmous, Moutabal,
Tabboule & Fatoush.
Lunch at Joumana’s.
Afternoon discovery of the Down Town of
Beirut: museums, place de l’etoile, major
churches and roman bath.
Overnight in Beirut
Day
3 -
Armenian Food
Lebanon is known for its big Armenian
community, for this reason we will have this
opportunity to visit Valentine at her house
where she will teach us how to prepare the
Mante.
Finished and consumed, after the coffe, we
will hit the road to visit Broumana, and its
famous Deir el Qalaa’s archeological site and
convent.
Overnight in Beirut
Day 4 -
Lebanese Wine
Proceed for our visit to the amazing Roman
ruins of Baalbek.
Located in the Bekaa valley, Baalbeck makes up
one of the largest and best-preserved corpus
of Roman architecture ever found. In the
Jupiter Temple, six of the fifty-four giant
columns that originally surrounded the
sanctuary still survive.
On our way we will pass by the Ksara
cellars.
Built during the Roman period and covered by
sand for centuries, these Cellars were found
by Jesuits by mistake in 1898 (they were
hunting down a fox that was eating their
chickens). Ksara is now home of to a world
famous winery.
Lunch is served at the winery.
After lunch, we take back the road south, to
Kefraya, where we will visit another famous
winery.
After finishing, we proceed back to Beirut
Day 5 -
Byblos & Lebanese Sweets
Morning – Breakfast and proceed to visit
Byblos.
According to Phoenician tradition the city was
founded by the god El, making Byblos one of
the oldest continuously inhabited cities in
the world. It was in Byblos where the first
linear alphabet, ancestor of all modern
alphabets was invented. The sarcophagus of
Byblos’ king Ahiram, now in the national
museum, bears the oldest knows Phoenician
inscription. Byblos was also the centre of the
Adonis cult, the god of vegetation who dies in
the winter and is renewed each spring.
Lunch on your own.
In the afternoon, we go back to Joumana’s
place, where we will learn how to prepare some
Lebanese sweets.
Overnight in Beirut
Day 6 -
Goodbyes
morning hotel
check out
HAVE A NICE
AND SAFE FLIGHT HOME!
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1450$ per person
in a single room or 1200$ per person in a
double
room.
$200
nonrefundable deposit required, remaining balance
collected 40 days prior to departure. The
following amounts should be wired either via
Western union, money Gram or a Bank transfer.
fill the
Registration form
and send it to us to be able to handle your
booking.
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G.C.C. and
citizens of Jordan: The Gulf Cooperation
Council Countries and the citizens of Jordan
country who are holding Jordanian passports
who are coming for the purpose of tourism, are
granted a free entry visa for 3 months at the
airport.
Foreign countries: A free one month
valid visa, renewable till 3 months, is
granted to the citizens of these countries who
are coming for tourism: Andorra, Antigua and
Barbuda - Argentina, Armenia , Australia,
Austria, Azerbaijan, The Bahamas,
Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Bhutan, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile,
China Rep, Czech Republic, Costa
Rica, Croatia, Cyprus, Denmark,
Estonia , Finland, France, Great
Britain, Georgia, Germany,
Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary,
Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan,
Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Lithuania, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Macau (S A R) , Malaysia,
Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Monaco,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Palau,
Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Russia,
Romania, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Samoa, San
Marino, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Tajikistan, Turkey, Trinidad, Tobacco,
Turkmenistan, USA, Ukraine, Uzbekistan,
Venezuela, Yugoslavia.
Other nationals should contact the consulate
at the Lebanese Embassy for details about how
to obtain their visa at least one month prior
to arrival.
Cost: For those coming for tourism, a
free visa is granted for one month, renewable
for up to three months.
Restricted Entry: The Government of
Lebanon refuses entry to holders of Israeli
passports, holders of passports containing a
visa for Israel, valid or expired, used or
unused and passports with entry stamps to
Israel.
Passports: Passports valid for 6 months
are required by all.
To remain on the safe side and irrespective of
your nationality, we highly recommend you
check with your local Lebanese Consulate or
Embassy prior to boarding the plane. Please do
so as soon as you decide to come in order to
have enough time to prepare and submit all
requested documents.
Travel
insurance
is mandatory for
those interested in taking part in our Tour to
Istanbul.
make sure to purchase a valid insurance that
would cover Lebanon.
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