This is your chance to see all that the Levant has to offer - from the street art and urbex of Beirut, to the picturesque alleyways of Damascus; the ancient Roman sites of Palmyra, Baalbek and the amphitheatre in Bosra, to the vineyards and microbreweries of Lebanon; the desctruction of Aleppo and Homs, to the Mediterranean coasts at Byblos and Latakia.
And not to mention, what must be one of the best cuisines in the world!
If you'd like to see some more of Beirut before delving into the rest of this tour, join us on our Paris of the East Day Tour .
If you'd like to join us for this tour, but don't have enough time to do the whole thing, check out our Lebanon SAIGA Style and Syria Autumn Tour .
If you like the look of this tour but the dates don't work for you, or you'd like to do part of the tour, please get in touch and let us know. All our tours are able to be split into smaller sections, we're always scheduling new tours and your dates might work for one of them, or we can always organise an independent tour.
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Visa approval for Syria |
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Accommodation in twin share at roughly 3 star hotels/guesthouses, breakfast included |
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Transport, beginning and ending in Beirut |
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Entrance fees to all sites mentioned in the itinerary, except hammam |
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SAIGA guide and local guides |
SINGLE SUPPLEMENT: $550
EXCLUSIONS:
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Visa fee for Syria (paid at the border on arrival) |
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Departure tax for Syria (approx. $5, paid at the border) |
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Hammam (approx. $10 per person) |
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Meals other than breakfast |
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Transport to and from Beirut |
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Accommodation and any other services in Lebanon |
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Personal expenses such as souvenirs or any optional activities |
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Any COVID related expenses |
Take in the spectacular ancient site of Palmyra
Get a first hand view of how Syria is rebuilding after the civil war
Urban explaration at its best - the abandoned World Fair Site in Tripoli
Get a photo with Saddam Hussein at the Hall of Fame Museum
Heading to the southern side of Beirut again we'll drive into the mountains to one of the stranger sites in Lebanon, the Moussa Castle.
As a young man Moussa Al Maamari had a hard life, ridiculed by teachers and shunned by the girl he wanted to be with. Instead of despair he bought himself some land and made it his life-long ambition to build his own castle. Doing part time work elsewhere to fund his dream, he not only built a large castle but filled it with an eclectic collection of guns, jewellery and wax figures.