Full-day trips with a professional driver. Pick an area, then the kind of day.
A guided walk of about 9 km on the Literary Trail, from Mikhail Naimy's memorial garden down through the valley, past his summer house, Roman inscriptions and the cave of Sayf el Dawla, into Baskinta for a long lunch by the river.
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A guided high walk of about 7 km from Qanat Bakish through the Bakish cedar forest to a 2,000 m viewpoint over the sea and Sannine, down to Mikhail Naimy's memorial garden, then lunch in Baskinta.
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The Roman ruins of Faqra, the Massaya cellars and terrace facing the temple, a long mountain lunch, and a stop in Faraya on the way down.
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The Roman ruins of Faqra, the Natural Bridge over the Nahr el Laban, a long lunch in Kfardebian and an easy walk by the Chabrouh lake.
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A loop from the Qehmez entrance to the Roman remains of Qornet el Deir and one of Hadrian's forest inscriptions, then down the Roman Stairs to the hamlet of Mchati for a home-cooked lunch in a village house.
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A guided crossing of Jabal Moussa: up to the 1,600 m summit with its Roman temple ruins and the cross above the Adonis valley, through the abandoned houses of El-Byut and down Hadrian's incline to Mchati for a late home-cooked lunch.
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The highlights of the Byblos ruins with a guide, a coffee and a wander through the old souk, a long seafood lunch on the harbour, and an unhurried hour by the water.
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A morning digging for fish fossils in the quarries of Haqel, in the hills above Byblos, then a long lunch in Byblos and an afternoon in the ruins with a guide.
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A quiet day at the monastery and hermitage of Saint Charbel in the hills above Jbeil: the tomb church and the small museum, the paved path up to the hermitage where he spent his last years, and lunch among the pines.
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Some of the oldest cedars in Lebanon on the rocky heights above Jaj, then Ilige at Mayfouk, a medieval seat of the Maronite patriarchs, and a village lunch beside the monastery.
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A guided walk of about 7 km from the Laqlouq plateau and its natural stone bridge down through the Al Ozor oak forest above Ehmej, past the Ain Nassouh spring to the rock of Qornet er-Raheb, then a long farm lunch with cheese from the farm's own cows.
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A slow morning in old Batroun, from the fishing harbour to the sea wall and the souk, a glass of Hilmi's lemonade, a long lunch on the port, and the sculptors' village of Rachana on the way home.
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Smar Jbeil's Crusader castle in the hills, a guided walk through old Batroun and its sea wall, a long lunch on the port, and Fakhreddine's restored fort at Mseilha.
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A long walk down the Walnut River valley from Kaftoun to Mseilha Fort, past old water mills, then a late seafood lunch on the Batroun port and a lemonade in the souk.
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A morning walk among the ancient Cedars of God, Khalil Gibran's museum and tomb in the old hermitage above Bcharre, and a long northern lunch in town.
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The Cedars of God in the morning, then down into the Qadisha valley for a walk along the river past the old cliff monastery of Mar Lichaa, and a long northern lunch above the valley.
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A full day on foot in the Holy Valley: from Mar Lichaa along the valley floor to Qannoubine, the old seat of the Maronite patriarchs, and the cave chapel of Saint Marina, a lunch by the river and the walk back.
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The monastery of Qozhaya in its valley below Ehden, with the museum of the Levant's first printing press and the cave of St Anthony, then Ehden's plane-tree square with the old church of Mar Mama and Youssef Bey Karam's tomb, a long lunch by the Mar Sarkis spring and an easy walk among the cedars of Horsh Ehden.
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A guided morning on the official trails of Horsh Ehden, up to the Ain Nasaa spring and on to Jafia or along the Blue Cliff above the Qadisha valley, then a late lunch in Ehden.
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An unhurried morning among the lakes and orchards of Taanayel, the historic Ksara wine caves, lunch by the Berdawni river and a stroll through Zahlé for coffee and dessert.
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A walk through the lakes and orchards of Taanayel, the Umayyad city of Anjar, a long Lebanese lunch and the historic Ksara wine caves.
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An easy morning in Lebanon's largest freshwater marsh with a local guide: the reed beds, the water buffalo and the bird hide, then a long lunch of West Bekaa home cooking on the slope above. In spring and autumn the great migrations pass overhead.
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The Aammiq wetland in the morning with a local guide, then the Kefraya wine estate down the valley: the little train through the vineyards, a Roman underground tomb, the cellars and the arak stills, and a long lunch among the vines.
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A guided walk of about 8 km from the marsh up onto the wooded slope above the valley: the bird hide, the springs, the pines and the ruins of old Aammiq with its old church, then a long lunch of West Bekaa home cooking.
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