Anjar, Baalbek & Ksara Winery | Budget Small-Group Tour Beirut

Your driver meets the group at your Beirut hotel and heads east on the Damascus highway — over the Lebanese mountains and into the Bekaa Valley. Anjar is about an hour away.

Built by Caliph Walid I in the early 8th century and abandoned within decades — colonnaded streets, a palace with over 40 towers, a mosque, and bathhouses all still standing in the Bekaa plain. The only surviving complete Umayyad palatial city in the Levant. Your driver covers the key historical facts at the entrance — you explore at your own pace inside.

A single limestone block, 21 metres long, weighing 1,000 tonnes, cut 2,000 years ago and never moved. Your driver explains the engineering logic — and why standing next to it recalibrates your sense of what is waiting five minutes ahead.

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 on earth. The Temple of Venus completing a complex that took three centuries to build. Your driver covers the key facts at the entrance. You explore the full site at your own pace — no group schedule, no rushing.

Lebanese mezze in Baalbek or at the celebrated riverside terraces of Zahle. Optional and at your own expense. Your driver recommends the best options.

Lebanon's oldest winery — founded by Jesuit monks in 1857 above 2 kilometres of Roman cave cellars where wine ages at a naturally constant temperature year-round. The cave tour connects directly back to the Roman world at Baalbek — same civilisation, same valley, different legacy. A tasting of Ksara's iconic Cabernet-Syrah blends, Blanc de Blancs, and Sunset Rosé closes the day. Your driver shares the story of the estate throughout.

6:00–7:00 PM Drop-off at your Beirut hotel. A Umayyad ghost city, the world's greatest Roman temples, and ancient wine caves — the Bekaa's three best stops at the most competitive price on this route.