Private Sidon, Tyre & Maghdouche Day Trip | From Beirut

South Lebanon is the part most visitors skip. Big mistake. This private day trip from Beirut takes you through three completely different destinations — each one older, stranger, and more interesting than the last — covering about 5,000 years of Lebanese history in eight hours without making it feel like a history lesson. Sidon: a Crusader sea castle, the world's only soap museum, a medieval souk that is still very much open for business, and a Silk Road caravanserai that once hosted European merchants. Tyre: a UNESCO World Heritage Site where the Al-Bass Archaeological Complex reveals one of the most complete Roman urban landscapes in the Mediterranean — hippodrome, colonnaded street, triumphal arch, ancient necropolis. Maghdouché: a hilltop village where the Virgin Mary is believed to have waited while Jesus preached in Sidon, revered by both Christians and Muslims, with views over the southern Lebanese coast that are worth the drive alone.