Discover Lebanon
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Mohammad Al-Amin Mosque
Beirut's grand blue-domed Ottoman-style mosque towering over Martyrs' Square.
Saint Charbel Monastery & Hermitage, Annaya
Hilltop Maronite pilgrimage shrine and hermitage of Lebanon's beloved saint.
Our Lady of Lebanon Shrine, Harissa
Iconic 15-tonne bronze Madonna crowning the hill above Jounieh Bay.
Bkerké — Maronite Patriarchal Seat
The hilltop winter residence of the Maronite Patriarch, overlooking Jounieh Bay.
Byblos International Festival
Legendary summer concerts on a seafront stage at the foot of the Crusader castle.
Douma Heritage Village
Red-roofed mountain village with an arcaded old souk and heritage museum
Saint Paul Melkite Greek Catholic Basilica
A Byzantine-style Melkite basilica of golden mosaics, just below the Harissa shrine.
Deir Mar Youhanna & the First Arabic Printing Press, Khenchara
The Metn monastery that ran the Middle East's first Arabic-script printing press, with a museum of old presses.
Beiteddine Palace
A 200-year-old emir's palace of carved arcades, mosaics and hammams above the Chouf valleys.
Deir el Qamar Historic Village
A honey-stone 16th-18th-century town, once Lebanon's capital, with palaces, a mosque and old souk.
Deir el Qalaa Roman Temple & Monastery
Roman temple ruins beside an 18th-century Maronite monastery, high above Beirut.
Nabu Museum
Striking rust-steel museum of antiquities and modern Arab art on the North coast.
Memory of Time Fossil Museum
Family-run museum and shop displaying 100-million-year-old fish fossils in the old souk.
Byblos Citadel & Crusader Castle
12th-century Crusader fortress crowning a UNESCO Phoenician ruin field by the sea.
Citadel of Raymond de Saint-Gilles (Qalaat Sanjil)
Hilltop Crusader-Mamluk fortress crowning Tripoli's old city.
Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum
Poet-painter Gibran's tomb and 440 artworks in a hillside former monastery.
The Silk Museum, Bsous
A restored 1901 silk factory tracing Lebanon's silk-making heritage
Sursock Museum
White Ottoman-Venetian mansion turned free modern-art museum in Achrafieh.
Qalaat Faqra Roman Ruins
Mount Lebanon's largest Roman site, temples and the Claudius Tower at 1,500 m
Beirut Art Center
Independent non-profit space for contemporary art and film
Baalbek Roman Ruins (Acropolis)
Colossal Roman temple complex, the mighty acropolis of ancient Heliopolis.
Temple of Bacchus, Baalbek
The world's best-preserved grand Roman temple, wrapped in carved vines and gods.
Al-Bass Archaeological Site & Roman Hippodrome
One of the world's largest Roman hippodromes, plus a UNESCO necropolis and triumphal arch
Rachaya Citadel (Citadel of Independence)
18th-century hillside fort where Lebanon's independence was sealed in 1943.
Mseilha Fort
A 17th-century fort perched on a limestone rock beside the Nahr el-Jawz river.
Anjar Umayyad City
A rare 8th-century Umayyad city of arcades and palaces in the Bekaa.
Al-Mina Archaeological Site
Seaside Roman-Byzantine city: mosaic streets, colonnades, baths and a submerged harbour
Qana Grotto & the Cana Reliefs
Hillside grotto and rock-cut carvings near Tyre linked by tradition to Jesus's first miracle at Cana.
Kfifan Monastery – Saint Nimatullah al-Hardini
Hilltop monastery and shrine of the saint who taught young Saint Charbel
Balamand Monastery
A hilltop Greek Orthodox monastery founded by Crusader Cistercians, overlooking the Koura coast.
Saint Stephan Cathedral (Mar Estephan)
Batroun's landmark 1910 sandstone Maronite cathedral
National Museum of Beirut
Lebanon's flagship archaeology museum, from Phoenician sarcophagi to gilded mummies.
Our Lady of Bzommar Convent
The oldest Armenian monastery in Lebanon and seat of the Armenian Catholic Patriarchate.
Our Lady of Mantara Shrine (Maghdouche)
Hilltop Marian shrine with a holy grotto and sweeping sea views.
Saint George Maronite Cathedral
The elegant 19th-century Maronite cathedral standing side by side with the Blue Mosque downtown.
Mansouri Great Mosque
Tripoli's grand Mamluk mosque, the first built after 1289.
Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya
Ancient cliffside monastery that held the Middle East's first printing press.
Dar el-Nimer for Arts & Culture
Cultural centre in a 1930s villa spotlighting Palestinian and Arab heritage
MACAM – Modern & Contemporary Art Museum
Lebanon's first modern-art museum, in a former factory above the Adonis Valley.
Beit Chabab — Bell Foundry & Pottery Village
Lebanon's last church-bell foundry and old pottery traditions in a Metn hill village.
Diman - Our Lady & the Summer Patriarchate
Cliff-top Maronite patriarchal residence and painted church gazing over the Qadisha Valley.
Saleh Barakat Gallery
Leading Lebanese art gallery inside a converted Clemenceau cinema.
Jamil Molaeb Museum
Artist-built museum of paintings, sculptures and mosaics in an Aley-district village.
Faqra Kfardebian Festival 2026, Abeer Nehme & Nassif Zeytoun
Two summer nights of Lebanese music staged among the Faqra Roman ruins
Saint Nicolas Stairs (Escalier de l'Art)
A 125-step artists' staircase linking Gemmayzeh to Rue Sursock.
Our Lady of Zahle (Saydet el Talle)
54m marble tower and bronze Madonna crowning a hill over the red-roofed city.
Ghosta Village & Convents
A Kesrouan hill village of stone houses, old monasteries and the historic Ain Warqa school.
Bikfaya Old Town & Mar Abda Church
Red-roofed heritage village around a 16th-century church, a beloved Matn summer resort.
Moukhtara — Joumblatt Palace
The 19th-century Jumblatt seat with springs, gardens and a museum in Moukhtara.
Agial Art Gallery
Pioneering Hamra gallery of modern and contemporary Arab art
Robert Mouawad Private Museum
A 19th-century neo-Gothic palace filled with jewels, manuscripts and Oriental treasures.
Great Omari Mosque of Sidon
Sidon's oldest mosque, a Mamluk conversion of a Crusader building.
Church of St John-Marc
Romanesque Crusader cathedral begun in 1115, still serving Byblos after 900 years.
Sfeir-Semler Gallery
Blue-chip contemporary-art gallery in a soaring Karantina warehouse space.
Ameen Rihani Museum
Heritage-house museum honoring the pioneering Lebanese-American writer.
Château Ksara
Lebanon's oldest winery, with 2 km of Roman caves beneath the Bekaa vines.
Mir Amin Palace Hotel
A 19th-century Chehab palace turned heritage hotel above Beiteddine
Jounieh Old Souk
Arcaded stone lanes by the sea, alive with cafés, shops and pedestrian nights.
Beit Beirut (Barakat Building)
A bullet-scarred 1920s villa on the old Green Line, reborn as a museum of the city's memory.
Souk Aley Historic Promenade
Palm-lined boulevard of cafés, antique shops and cool mountain air in the heart of Aley.
Rachid Karami International Fair (Oscar Niemeyer)
Oscar Niemeyer's vast modernist fairground, a UNESCO site.
Tyre Old Souk
Atmospheric covered market of stone lanes behind the port, full of spice, sweets and seafood stalls.
Zahle City & the Berdawni Promenade
The 'City of Wine and Poetry': red-roofed lanes and a shaded riverside walk.
Debbane Palace
18th-century Ottoman-era mansion turned museum in old Saida.
Museum of Lebanese Prehistory
The Middle East's first prehistory museum, at Saint-Joseph University.
Ghazir Old Town & Convents
Historic Keserwan hill town of stone houses, an old souk and Maronite convents.
Baakline National Library (Grand Serail)
A public library inside Baakline's restored 1897 Ottoman serail.
Aïshti Foundation
David Adjaye-designed art museum and mall on the seafront
Sidon Soap Museum (Audi)
Old soap factory museum tracing Levantine olive-oil soap-making.
Bhamdoun Old Souk
Historic mountain souk on the old Damascus road, the heart of a legendary summer resort.
Baalbek Museum (in the Citadel Vaults)
Underground museum in the temple vaults telling the story of Heliopolis.
Temple of Jupiter, Baalbek
Six surviving giant columns of what was Rome's largest temple.
Deir el-Natour Monastery, Enfeh
Crusader-era Greek Orthodox monastery on the Enfeh sea peninsula
Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bechouat
Marian pilgrimage shrine above Deir el Ahmar in the northern Bekaa.
Deir Qannoubine (Our Lady of Qannoubine)
Rock-cut valley monastery that was the Maronite patriarchs' seat for centuries, deep in the Holy Valley.
Mar Mikhael & Armenia Street
Beirut's trendiest strip of bars, cafes, galleries and design shops.
Stone of the Pregnant Woman (Hajar al-Hibla)
A 1,000-ton Roman megalith left in the quarry, one of the largest ever carved.