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Tyre
Tyre
Tyre
Tyre
Tyre

Half Day Budget Tour to Tyre

By Beirut Trip
Free cancellation available
Price is CA $176 per adult* *Get a lower price by selecting multiple adult tickets
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Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 5h
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
  • Multiple languages
Overview

Get oriented with Tyre in one day on a private sightseeing tour that introduces you to the top attractions of the city. You’ll travel by private car to reach the hippodrome, the Necropolis, the sea castle, Al Bass.. Tyre was known as the Queen of the seas which is the main reason why it is a favourite tourist spot for casual holidaymakers and historians alike.

Activity location

  • Tyre
    • Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • Tyre
    • Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanon

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Half Day Budget Tour to Tyre in Multilingual
  • Activity duration is 5 hours5h5h
  • Opening hours: Mon 8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.m.
  • English

Pickup included

Price details
CA $176.02 x 1 AdultCA $176.02
Total
Price is CA $176.02

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedPrivate transport
  • What's includedWhat's includedHotel pick up & drop off
  • What's includedWhat's includedBottled water
  • What's includedWhat's includedEnglish speaking driver
  • What's includedWhat's includedAir-conditioned vehicle
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedPersonal expenses
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedEntrance fees
  • What's excludedWhat's excludedLunch

Know before you book

  • Specialised infant seats are available
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

Tyre
  • 2h
Tyre is an ancient Phoenician port city and It is the home of Elissar, the Phoenician princess who founded Carthage. It was once famous across the world for its purple dye made from murex sea snails. Two main archaeological sites – “Al-Bass” and “Al-Mina” – are testimony to its historical significance. It has a wonderful seaside location and It's a popular holiday destination with excellent and cleanest beaches The town's foundations date back to approximately 2750 BC, after which it was ruled by the Egyptians and then the famous King Hiram, under whom it prospered. Later colonised variously by the Assyrians, Neo-Babylonians, Greeks, Seleucids, Romans, Byzantines, Arabs, Crusaders, Mamluks and Ottomans.
Al-Bass Archaeological Site
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Al Bass Archaeological Site is the largest and the best-preserved example of a Roman Hippodrome. The sector of Tyre El Bass, constituting the principal entrance of the town in antique times, comprises the remains of the necropolis, on either side of a wide monumental causeway dominated by a Roman triumphal arch dating from the 2nd century AD. Among the other vestiges are an aqueduct and the hippodrome of the 2nd century, one of the largest of the Roman world. site contain a Necropolis with several hundred well-preserved sarcophagi, an intact Roman road, an aqueduct and a monumental arch.
Tyre Hippodrome
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
The Tyre Hippodrome is a UNESCO World Heritage site of the city of Tyre in south Lebanon dating back to the Second century A.D The place is considered to be one of the largest and best preserved Roman hippodromes of its type in the Roman world.
Ruins of Tyre - Necropolis
  • 1h
  • Admission ticket not included
Discovered in 1962, the necropolis consists of hundreds of stone and marble sarcophagi from the Roman and Byzantine eras. Several of them have Greek inscriptions or the names of those buried there, or their trade such as “wealthy purple dye manufacturer. Others whose sides and covers are decorated with frescoes and bas-reliefs of works from Homer and others.
Ruins of Tyre : The Egyptian Port (Pass by)
Tyre used to have two harbours: the Sidonian in the north and the Egyptian harbour in the south. Today, the port of Tyre is a busy fisherman's port and the remains of a 750 metre long mole can still be seen, and it is easy to recognise the remains of some ancient buildings in the water.
Old Souk's Heritage square
  • 15m
The Old Souk of Tyre has plenty of little shops selling gold, copper, vegetables, fish, meat, clothing and antiques. Delicious sandwiches, foul and hummus are the most popular stops in The Old Souk.

Location

Activity location

  • LOB_ACTIVITIESLOB_ACTIVITIESTyre
    • Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanon

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLETyre
    • Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanon

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