Private Full-Day Guided Historical Tour of Tripoli

A city in the north of Lebanon, named Tripoli by the Greek because it links 3 ancient Phoenician city states . It’s famous of the Mamlouk’s style of building in Hammams, mosques and madrasas.

The Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles, is a citadel and fort on a
hilltop in Tripoli, Lebanon. It took its name from Raymond de
Saint-Gilles, a powerful noble and one of the leaders of the First Crusade in Lebanon.

Mansouri Great Mosque is a mosque in Tripoli, Lebanon, also known simply as The Great Mosque of Tripoli. It took its named from the Mamluk sultan “Al-Mansur Qalawun” who conquered Tripoli from the Crusaders in 1289.It was built in the Mamlouk’s period, from 1294 to 1314, around the remains of a Crusader Church of St. Mary.

Emir Saif al-Din Tinal, twice governor of Tripoli (1326 to 1333 and 1335 to 1340) built a many-domed mosque on the emplacement of Tripoli’s Carmelite church. The main building, beneath a series of domes, has a number of granite columns with late Roman or Byzantine capitals standing in two rows. In the center of the mosque under the largest dome, the position of four large columns
reveals the center of the Carmelite church.

Pass by an old souk named al Harajb, and discover the traditional shops and khans still working till nowadays

An old souk specialized by knitting and selling the tools
related to it, like fibers and needles.

Modern soap shops take place in the old Soap khan built in the 17th century. A soap factory can be visited to understand the process of creating soap and shop some soap souvenirs.

Built in the 17th century, it’s the only functioning Hammam in Tripoli that has a Mamlouk and Ottomans design.

Visiting Ezzeddine Hammam help you understand the
apportionment and decoration of the traditional baths in Tripoli.

It’s designed by the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer
in the early 1960s.

Since 1881, a sweets shop named Hallab was opened for
people to taste and enjoy the delicious sweet cuisine.

On the coastal line is located the sea port of Tripoli, called El Mina. Along the waterfront, the corniche road is a venue for promenading or getting a boat trip out to nearby islands.