Be a beautiful version of yourself through a time in Lebanon 🇱🇧💛

👋 Hello, I am Razan from Lebanon. My country will be my first destination. We passed through a lot, and we forgot how beautiful our country is. I want to remind myself of the beauty of Lebanon and let you have a special lifetime experience, where you can also know that no matter what you pass through, you can still be beautiful and this is where you will feel a beautiful version of yourself in this trip! 🍷 I am choosing a place, upon arrival (let’s say night time)- picking up from the airport will be in two cars for your special comfort, arriving to my country, the charge of the two cars as a total is 40$ - where you will meet comfort, luxury and mindfulness. Located directly on the Mediterranean Sea and only ten minutes from the airport, The Mövenpick Hotel & Resort Beirut. For the accommodation, I am pampering my trip-mates with a Simple Classic Twin Accommodation: This 32 sqm room offers twin beds, courtyard views and free WiFi, complimentary coffee and tea, complimentary access to the health club (gym) and indoor pool (prepared for any weather) , complimentary access to the resort. Amenities: * Wireless internet in your room * High speed internet * Coffee/tea making facilities * Ironing board and flat-iron * Breakfast in bed (charged) * Shoe polisher * Mini Bar For the Simple Classic Twin Accommodation, it is for 200$ per room per night. The number of accommodations will be according to the number of trip-mates, including myself. 💰 Costs for this part: 40$ cars upon arrival to be shared between trip-mates 200$ for the acc to be shared between trip-mates To begin with -19 October 2022 A special note for my tripmates: 🎀 Autumn (October–November) Cool temperatures in the mountains (5–20°C) and warm weather (13–28°C) on the coast, though with some rainy days. The pleasant temperatures make this a good time for exploring Lebanon on foot, whether visiting the country’s wealth of archaeological sites or hiking in one of the country’s many nature reserves. 🌲 Autumn is also wine-tasting time in the Bekaa Valley, along with the annual olive harvest. 🍷🍸And being outside the main summer and winter tourist seasons, the price of hotel accommodation is often reduced during this period. Okay, so are you ready? Let the magic begins. We will be visiting the Jeita Grotto, a magic land as a first destination 🪄 and a main signature from Lebanon! The opening of the Grotto is from 9am to 5pm. We will be taking our ride early at 9:30 am (100$ for the car to stay with us during this day). We will be leaving after breakfast. A good breakfast is calling us for morning wellness. 🧇🥓🫖☕️❤️ Wellness will be present in the way. 💗 “This includes our meditating destinations”. Our breakfast is in the Restaurant of the Resort- Madinati Rest (Open Bouffet from 7 to 11 AM, for 28$). The charge of breakfast is offered for a group of 5. If more, the charge per person will be updated. Taking the way after that to our wonderful destination- Let’s 💭 . The ride is for 50 mins, so mainly by 10:30 am, our tour will begin. The tour can take two hours. (Entrance fee/person: 9$ if the group is 5 persons, if more, fees will be updated. Guide as a plus: 15$ for us all) Let me say after 1:00 pm, a beautiful lunch experience is waiting for us, at a restaurant “embracing culture and cuisine with its particular progressive interpretation of Lebanese ingredients”! ❤️ Babel Beirut, the biggest Lebanese Restaurant! I chose a really good branch spot 🥰 - The ride from the Grotto to the Restaurant is for 40 mins. Arriving time is 2:00 pm approaching. Taking the experience, let me say two hours in the restaurant, leaving at 4 to 4:30 pm. * 50$ per person ( group of 5, if more, the cost will be updated ) for a full Lebanese set menu from A to Z, I mean dessert 🍡 & ☕️. The drinks menu will be attached for your own choice. Taking care of you is my priority, as well as “self” caring. Remember, “feeling a beautiful version of yourself is the mantra of this trip”. The spa has entered the chat. Feel free to choose your own treatment, for me to book it for you. 💗 -Spa Menu will be shared in a chat with TripMates. Your comfort and mindfulness are essential from day one and before other destinations. Giving you also the time you need to settle. Here’s a thing, leaving the rest of the day, like above 6:00 pm, for me and my future trip mates to discuss what to do together. Your opinion matters!❤️ And I am here for good ideas!! 🥰 💰 Costs of this day: 100$ for a Car per day, to be shared between Trip-mates 28$ Breakfast /person (details as mentioned in the description.) 9$ entrance fee for the Grotto (details as mentioned in the description.) 15$ Guide - to be shared between Trip-mates 50$ /person lunch experience at the number one Lebanese Rest. (details as mentioned in the description.) 20 October 2022 Wellness and beautiful, wonderful destinations, are the goals of this trip. Feeling the inner beauty and the outside beauty. Our trip will be painting real beauty and good feels all the way! Giving some art glimpses, it already entered the chat. 🖼 For our second day, a beautiful museum is on the list. 5$ Entrance Fee per person ( group of 5, if more, the entrance fee will be updated.) The Museum is in Batroun City. We will be leaving the Mövenpick Resort after breakfast from the second day. Taking breakfast at 9, preparing ourselves to leave by 10:30 am (another breakfast charging reminder > 28$), to take a ride of 1hr 15 mins (+/-), and checking in, in a beautiful signature village in Batroun city! I chose a housewarming place in the village. The house is for 160$ per night, and we will be staying for more than one night in this village, in Batroun city, let me say, our temporary home 🏡 . After checking in, we will go to the Museum. {Time pause: to leave at 10:30 am from beirut with the drive time, checking in, in the village at 11:45 am, so by 12:00 pm, we will be at the museum. A car will be with us surely (100$ for our transportation during the day..). The tour in the Museum is pretty simple regarding the time. Like by 12:30 | 1:00 pm, we will be Taking a way after that to a Farm for a 30 mins ride (1:30 pm arriving time). A serene place situated in North Lebanon, The Ranch Lebanon. The Farmer's Table restaurant offers a calm setting with a breathtaking view of the Koura mountains. The chef takes pride in serving authentic Lebanese food made from the freshest vegetables selected from their garden. A vintage charm quite place of life. 🍃 I will make it simple, horseback riding & the farmer’s table lunch with Wine 🍷- 50 $ per person. 🖼💭 (group of 5, if more, the cost will be updated.) (3 hours between lunch and horseback riding..) For the night: A night walk through the streets of Batroun, the Old Souk. The souk is full of shops, restaurants & bars. Save a budget of 75 $ to enjoy things around. 💰 Costs of the day: 5$ entrance fee for Museum (as mentioned in the description.) 28$ Breakfast 160$ Batroun House to be shared between Trip-mates 100$ Car to be shared between Trip-mates 50$ horseback riding & lunch ( details as mentioned in the description.) The personal budget is 50-75$ for the nighttime (as also mentioned in the description.) 21 October 2022 The Cedars of God, located in the Kadisha Valley of Bsharre, Lebanon, are one of the last vestiges of the extensive forests of the Lebanon Cedar that anciently thrived across Mount Lebanon. This is our trees love trip day, third day. 🌲❤️ We will take our way from Batroun early in the morning 10:00 am, for a ride (car per day for 100$) of 1hr 30 mins (+/-), will be grabbing “Man2ouche” for breakfast on the way, a famous sandwich from my country! 🫔 A certified guide will accompany us in this tour upon arrival. (fees of the tour , 50$ for our group (less than 7) ) The tour will include: - The Cedar Forest 🌳 - Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum Time for these two destinations is between 3 to 4 hrs. - Lunch stop (between 3:30 | 4 pm) , Cedars Heaven Restaurant - 36 $ per person (group of 5- if more, cost will be updated) . 🎀: We will be watching the Sunset from the Restaurant 🌅 After that, we will be heading back to our home in Batroun City. It will be our last night in Batroun (so two nights in the village), to check out in the morning and leave to Bekaa Valley. 💰 Costs of the day: 100$ Car to be shared between Trip-mates 20$ for Manakish Sandwiches, Water Bottles as a total for our group 50$ for the tour to be shared between Trip-mates 36$ per person for lunch (as mentioned in the description.) 22 October 2022 Bekaa, my home town will be our goodbye kiss for this trip to Lebanon. We will check out from Batroun City (6:00 am) and take the way to Bekaa, for a ride of 2 hours, checking in at 8:00 am in a hotel in the Area. Suite will be ready for us- 200$ per night. The Suite has three rooms-double beds, salon, kitchen.. A place as suitable as all our accommodations. Breakfast will be ready for us too. Lebanese set menu and Croissants 🥐 touch. (28$ for a group of 5, if we will be more than 5, things will be updated as I mentioned before in the trip descriptions..) Taking our way after that to the Temples of Baalbek for a ride of 1hr. Mainly by 10:00 | 10:30 am we will arrive to the Temples. 🙏 A car from the Company will also accompany us for the day. (100$) Also, a guide will accompany us during this destination, for the full perfect experience!🤎 Our tour for the Temples will be around two hours. Half an hour for a souvenirs shopping stop! Guide: 20$ Temples Entrance fee: 12$/person To take the ride at 1:00 pm (ride for 1hr 30 mins) to another destination for the day! 🍷 As I gently noted before, it’s Wine Tasting Season in the Area! 2:30 pm | 3:00 pm Kefraya as destination two from the day, Glimpse about the Castle 🏰 The castle is built starting 1946 on an artificial hill used by the Romans centuries ago to observe their troop movements. Founder and visionary Michel de Bustros undertakes massive works to implant Château Kefraya’s vineyards on those magnificent hillsides. The first vines are planted in 1951 and in 1979 - despite the Lebanese civil war (1975-1990) - Château Kefraya starts producing its own wine with its own grapes grown in its own vineyard and vinified in its own cellar. How is our trip for the day connected? At the beginning of the first millennium, the Romans - who inherited wine knowledge - built the temple of the god of wine Bacchus in Baalbeck (50km from Kefraya).
The Romans settled for a long period on the land of Kefraya and left many vestiges such as a wine press made of stones… To dos: Winery visit at 3:00 pm (30mins to 1hr tour before lunch) -Note: keep some personal cash for snacks on the way and also to mention the souvenirs stops during this day.. Train visit after lunch (to be confirmed) Note: Train tour depends on weather conditions and time. Lunch $20-$30 average/ person Tours around $20/ person (Winery Tour+ Train Tour- Train Tour is a tour to be confirmed with time, and accordingly the fees of the Tours) Souvenirs starting $7/bottle to 50$ 🍷 💝 To come back to our hotel Suite, and spend the night together talking about our trip, planning for another!🥰🙏 💰 Costs of the day: 200$ Suite to be shared between Trip-mates 28$ Breakfast- Shared 100$ Car- Shared 12$ Temples Entrance Fee 20$ Guide- Shared Lunch & Tours at Châtaeu Kefraya. Personal Cash for what is noted in the description of this day