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Al Omari Mosque Beirut
11 Reviews One of Beirut's most important mosques, al-Omari is named after the second Caliph, Omar ibn al-Khattab, under whose leadership Beirut was conquered by Moslem armies in 635 AD. It is likely that the...
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Al Amin Mosque Beirut
6 Reviews The Mohammad El-Amin Mosque, also known as Hariri’s Mosque or the Blue Mosque, is one of the premier tourist attractions of the Lebanese capital. It is called the Hariri Mosque informally because its...
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Baalbek Beirut
4 Reviews A must see - I believe it is the home of largest Roman Temple in the world. And the site was much larger then I anticipated (actually home to over 3 temples) and was a stop along an ancient trade...
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Lebanon's greatest Roman treasure, can be counted among the wonders of the ancient world. These are not only the largest and most noble Roman temples ever built, but they are also among the best preserved.Towering high above the Beqaa plain, their monumental proportions proclaimed the power and wealth of Imperial Rome.
See Baalbek. Don't miss this one. I have been to the ruins in Athens, and the Acropolis was disappointing compared to Baalbek. A must see for any serious Roman history buff.The ancient Roman city of Heliopolis, it once had a three temples, to Jupiter, Venus, and Bacchus. The Bacchus one is almost completely intact, and the Jupiter temple still has 6 of it's 54 columns.
Site seeing, sun bathing, swimming and skiing.The geographic structure of the country allows you to spend time on the beach as well as to enjoy winter sport activities at the same time - just a two to three hour drive away. Make sure to visit during spring, some time around April/May. I enjoyed time on the beach (although it can get pretty cold in the evening and at night) and had to take a detour on my way to visit friends in the mountains because of a closed road due to heavy snow.
If you're there in march or april, choose to either go skiing in faraya or the cedars or laklook, or have a tan in riviera, summerland, rimal, sait georges . You can also go sightseeing and the country is full of temples, monuments, and more
JEITA GROTTO: Just beautiful an astonishing natural spectacle.It is a MUST SEE, ;It is around 30km from beirut and not far from Jounieh. It is open from 9:00AM to 6:00pm everyday except Mondays. The tickets are uS$11.00 for adults and US$6.50 for children under 12. Children under 4, are free of charge. You take a cable car ride for few minutes above the river and you arrive at the upper Grotto. The walking tour takes around 45 minutes. There is a sound and picture presentation (not very good) in different languages at different times. and then you take a small train to the lower Grotto where you take the tour by a small boat for 30 minutes. Very beautiful. do not miss it!!!
CASINO DU LIBAN:Gambling and eating;overseeing the bay of Jounieh, and the Harissa mountain.Tie & Jacket are a must. WAVES : water slides-Mansourieh 15 km uphill from beirut, for a day with the kids;TELEFERIQUE- Nice Cable Car ride from Jounieh to Harissa and to visit 'Our Lady of Lebanon' Cathedral;BYBLOS: 40 km north of Beirut. One of the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world.a nice harbor with several restaurants, St.John Church, and the local souq.BAALABEK: Roman Ruins, 85km from beirut in the Bekaa Valley. Again A MUST.TYRE: Ancient (3rd millenium BC) Phoenician city south of Beirut was famous for its purple dye and glass industries, and not far from Tyre, you can find Cana of Galilee where Jesus turned water into wine.WADI KANNOUBIN : an extraordinary valley with Christian hideouts, on your way to Bechare the village of Gebran Khalil and the Cedars.
I went basically to work - but I took time to go to the Jeita Grottos - Yes!! These are gorgeous caverns larger than any I've ever seen. You walkthrough the upper caverns, and take a boat through the lower caverns.The art galleries in the Ashrafiyya area of Beirut (in English look in the Daily Star for listings) have art in various media.The National Museum (on the green-line/highway) (excellent Roman era holdings)Don't miss the Khalil Gibran house/museum also in Ashrafiyya,Heliopolis (Roman ruins) at Ba'lbak (wow!) in Byblos the Crusader fort & little boys love the fossil fishes that are prepared there as souveneirs. the Dair al-Qamar area & the castle and smallmuseum on Jumblatt has historic photographs. I couldn't go, but would now try to go to Beaufort castle above Tibnin The Ummayad ruins at Anjar are interesting.wine-tasting at the vineyards near Zahla (gettingto be pretty slick...
Tyre (Sour): Temple of Melkart Tyre, fourth largest city of Lebanon, was an island in ages past, celebrated for its beauty, Tyre emerges today from the debris of centuries. Excavations on the site have uncovered remains of the Crusader, Arab, Byzantine and Graeco-Roman cities.Herodotus of Halicarnassus, 'Father of History' visited Tyre during the 5th century B.C. and described the famous Temple of Melkart (Heracles). The priests of the city-god told him that the temple was built 2300 years previously when Tyre was founded, that is 2750 B.C.
Walk along the Raousheh Boulvard in Beirut at night... and eat at the Kahyzaran Restaurant in TyreI have enjoyed the best dish of seafood at the Kayzaran Restaurant in Tyre. They are specialized in seafood and they are the experts.As for the Raousheh Boulvard at night... Its just watching the sea waves and enjoying the breeze and the smell of the ocean.
The cedars, Beirut by day and night. Zahlé is a small town but very nice. La Bekaa valey. The views are superb. This is a palace - Beiteidine, which is just beautiful inside. From here you can see, on the other side of the mountain, another place which hosts inside a wax museum displaying figures of people both at home and in their professions.
InterContinental Hotels IC PHOENICIA BEIRUT Beirut
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Palmyra Hotel Baalbeck
4 Reviews and 22 Opinions Charl digol..had been there....that's enough..for me Old lebanese hotel..you want to go back in...
Quality Inn Tripoli Tripoli
1 Review and 15 Opinions There is not much choice of good quality hotels in Tripoli, so the Quality Inn it had to be. It was...
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