Private Anjar and Baalbek Tour from Beirut with Airport Transfer

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

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PickupAt your hotel

Anjar walk: explore ancient streets, Temple of Bacchus, and empire-building monoliths

A private full-day tour from Beirut to Baalbek and Anjar explores two major archaeological sites in the Bekaa Valley with an English-speaking guide, air-conditioned transport and hotel pickup. The tour includes a free airport departure transfer usable within 10 days of the tour date. You set the pace through the Temple of Bacchus, the Stone of the Pregnant Woman and the medieval streets of Anjar, with lunch at a local restaurant and time in the old souk of Baalbek.

Step-by-step itinerary

The Experience

Pickup happens at 8:30am from your Beirut hotel, and the drive into the Bekaa Valley — 120 kilometers long and 16 kilometers wide — frames the day before you arrive at either site. The valley sits between Mount Lebanon to the west and the Anti-Lebanon range to the east, and the green fields on both sides show why this region feeds the country. Your guide is an English speaker who knows both sites and can adjust the order or timing if you want to spend longer at one stop.

Anjar comes first: a grid-planned Umayyad city founded in the early 8th century, measuring 374 meters by 308 meters, with 14 distinct points to explore — the archaeological street, great palace, mosque, small palace, medieval baths, and church among them. The layout is intact enough that you can read how the city was organized. From there, the tour moves to Baalbek and the Temple of Bacchus, one of the best-preserved Roman temples in the world and a UNESCO World Heritage site. The gigantic pillars and the scale of the stones — some weighing around 1,650 tons — show the engineering that went into imperial Roman architecture. You'll also see the Stone of the Pregnant Woman, one of the largest monoliths ever quarried, and walk through the old souk where you can buy souvenirs and see the traditional shops. A stop near the Great Mosque of Baalbek, which holds a 1,400-year-old tree, rounds out the afternoon before lunch at a local restaurant with a range of traditional and vegetarian options.

The tour ends with a return to your hotel. The free airport departure transfer — a ticket valid for 10 days after your tour date — covers transport from the Beirut district on your departure day, which saves the cost of arranging a separate ride to the airport.

What’s included

English-speaking local guide.
air-conditioned vehicle with hotel pickup at 8:30am.
entry and guided exploration of both Anjar and Baalbek archaeological sites.
lunch at a local restaurant.
time in the old souk of Baalbek.
free airport departure transfer ticket valid for 10 days after the tour date (for Viator and TripAdvisor bookings).

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Lebanon Local Tour

Is this one for you?The full day — eight hours from pickup to return — is structured around two major sites, so you see both Anjar and Baalbek without rushing between them or cutting either short. The private format and your guide's flexibility mean you can linger where the stones hold your attention, and the free airport transfer on departure day removes one more thing to arrange before you leave.