Private Beiteddine, Barouk Cedars & Deir el Qamar | Chouf Tour

The Chouf Mountains hold three of Lebanon's most rewarding experiences within a single mountain range — and this private full-day tour from Beirut brings them all together in one beautifully paced day. A 19th-century palace of extraordinary grandeur. An ancient cedar forest within Lebanon's largest UNESCO-recognised biosphere reserve. And the perfectly preserved Ottoman village that was once Lebanon's first capital. Begin at Beiteddine Palace — one of the finest palaces in the Arab world, built by Emir Bashir II with grand courtyards, carved cedar ceilings, and an underground Byzantine mosaic museum. Continue to the Barouk Cedar Forest — ancient cedar trees walked through at your own pace in an hour of mountain stillness. End the afternoon in Deir el Qamar — a honey-stone village where a mosque, a church, and centuries of quiet coexistence share the same cobblestone square.