Private Tyre UNESCO Day Trip from Beirut | Both Archaeo Sites
- 5 hours
- Free cancellation up to 24h before
- 2 languages
- Instant confirmation
Highlights
Tyre is one of the great cities of the ancient world — a UNESCO World Heritage Site where Phoenicians, Romans, Byzantines, and Crusaders all left their mark across thousands of years of history. This private day trip from Beirut gives you the most complete Tyre experience available — visiting both of the city's major archaeological zones in one comfortable day. Most Tyre tours visit only one site. This tour visits both — the Al-Bass complex with its Roman hippodrome, triumphal arch, and ancient necropolis, and the Al-Mina area near the ancient port, where Byzantine streets and Crusader-era remains reveal the extraordinary layered history of a city occupied for over 4,000 years. End with a stroll along Tyre's beautiful ancient fishing port and an optional seafood lunch by the Mediterranean. Your knowledgeable driver brings every site to life warmly throughout.
Inclusions
What's included
- Knowledgeable local driver
- Hotel pickup and drop-off in Beirut
- Private air-conditioned vehicle
What's not
- Lunch in Tyre (optional — at own expense)
- Gratuities (optional)
Itinerary
9:00 AM — Pickup from your Beirut hotel Your friendly driver meets you at your hotel and heads south along the Mediterranean coastal highway toward Tyre — a pleasant and scenic drive of about one hour.
Al-Bass — Roman Tyre's most impressive monuments Begin at the Al-Bass archaeological complex — one of the most impressive and most accessible Roman sites in the entire Mediterranean world. Enter through a magnificent triumphal arch still standing after two thousand years, then walk along a beautifully preserved colonnaded street flanked by ancient sarcophagi and tomb monuments from the Roman necropolis. At the far end, the remarkable Tyre Hippodrome awaits — one of the largest ever built in the Roman world, seating up to 20,000 spectators for chariot races on its 480-metre track. Walking the full length of this extraordinary arena — past original starting gates and turning posts — is one of the most memorable and most accessible ancient Roman experiences in the Middle East. Your driver shares the full story of Roman Tyre as you explore at your own comfortable pace.
Al-Mina — the ancient city near the port Continue to the Al-Mina archaeological zone — a completely different and equally fascinating area of ancient Tyre located near the historic port. Here the layers of civilisation are even more dramatically visible — Phoenician foundations beneath Byzantine streets, Crusader-era columns repurposed from earlier Roman structures, and mosaic floors that have survived centuries of conquest and rebuilding. This is the part of ancient Tyre that most visitors never see because most tours stop at Al-Bass and turn back. Your driver brings the extraordinary multi-layered story of this remarkable site to life in a clear and engaging way that makes every stone and every column speak.
Tyre Port — the ancient harbour still in use today A wonderfully relaxing stroll along Tyre's ancient port — one of the oldest continuously used harbours in the world, still full of colourful wooden fishing boats, still busy with the daily rhythms of a working port that has barely changed in character for centuries. A charming and peaceful contrast to the archaeological intensity of the morning, and a lovely setting for photographs before lunch.
Lunch in Tyre — optional A wonderful optional lunch at a local Tyre restaurant — fresh Lebanese mezze and beautifully grilled seafood served steps from the Mediterranean with the ancient city as your backdrop. One of the loveliest lunch settings in all of Lebanon and a thoroughly enjoyable way to complete your Tyre visit before the comfortable drive back to Beirut.
Return to Beirut — approx. 3:30–4:30 PM Your driver brings you comfortably back to Beirut with drop-off at your hotel — completing a wonderful day at one of the most historically extraordinary UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the entire Middle East.
Cancellation
Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the experience starts, for a full refund.
Reviews
5.0
- 51
- 40
- 30
- 20
- 10
Ratings come from 1 reviews collected by our booking partner. They are travellers' own words, in the order they were written — never reordered to flatter the experience.
Know before you go
- Pickup
- Pickup is included for everyone.
- Ticket type
- Mobile or paper ticket accepted
- Operated by
- Lebanon Daily Tours
- Specialized infant seats are available
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
How it compares in Beirut
- Its from-price is 25% below the median of the 193 day trips we list in Beirut.
- It is shorter than most of them.
- By number of reviews it ranks 113 of 193.
- The operator lists free cancellation on it.
About Beirut
Beirut is Lebanon's capital on a Mediterranean headland, a Phoenician port city with Roman remains and mountains rising close behind.
Beirut juts into the Mediterranean on a rocky headland, with the snow-streaked peaks of Mount Lebanon rising behind. Founded by the Phoenicians, it became the Roman city of Berytus, famed for its school of law, and the remains of Roman baths lie in the city centre. The Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque, with its blue domes, and the nearby churches of St George show the mix of faiths.
Top-ranked sights in Beirut: Jeita Grotto, Our Lady of Lebanon (Notre Dame du Liban), Byblos (Jbeil).
Special offers in Beirut
Was/now prices come from the operator, never from us.
