Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine, Harissa
Iconic 15-tonne bronze Madonna crowning the hill above Jounieh Bay.
Beiteddine Art Festival
Lebanon's landmark summer festival of music, opera and dance in a candlelit palace courtyard.
Byblos International Festival
Legendary summer concerts on a seafront stage at the foot of the Crusader castle.
Chaghour Hammana Waterfall
A 120 m spring waterfall tumbling through the Hima Hammana reserve, roaring at the snowmelt.
Beiteddine Palace
A 200-year-old emir's palace of carved arcades, mosaics and hammams above the Chouf valleys.
Beirut Holidays 2026
Ten open-air nights of Arab superstars at the Waterfront, from Ibrahim Maalouf to Elissa.
Jisr el Hajar, Faqra Natural Bridge
A 38 m natural limestone arch at 1,600 m, with a waterfall at snowmelt
Grand Sofar Hotel
Majestic 1892 casino-hotel, a Belle Époque ruin from Lebanon's railway golden age.
Jeita Grotto
Two vast limestone caverns: walk the upper galleries, glide the underground lake by boat.
Afqa Grotto & Waterfall
The source of the Adonis River bursts from a giant cliff cave at 1,200 m.
Sursock Museum
White Ottoman-Venetian mansion turned free modern-art museum in Achrafieh.
Temple of Eshmun (Bustan el-Sheikh)
Lebanon's best-preserved Phoenician sanctuary in a riverside grove.