Coast & Mountains
Cedars, waterfalls, sea caves and villages worth the drive.
Selected scenic destinations across Lebanon. Verify road conditions. Sample status.
Updated: 2026-07-01Al Shouf Cedar Reserve - Barouk Cedar Forest
Lebanon's largest cedar forest: 400+ hectares of ancient trees and easy-to-moderate mountain trails.
Beiteddine Art Festival
Lebanon's landmark summer festival of music, opera and dance in a candlelit palace courtyard.
Beiteddine Palace
A 200-year-old emir's palace of carved arcades, mosaics and hammams above the Chouf valleys.
Cedars of God (Arz el Rab)
Ancient UNESCO cedar forest above Bcharre, some trees over a thousand years old.
Deir el Qamar Historic Village
A honey-stone 16th-18th-century town, once Lebanon's capital, with palaces, a mosque and old souk.
Jeita Grotto
Two vast limestone caverns: walk the upper galleries, glide the underground lake by boat.
Gibran Khalil Gibran Museum
Poet-painter Gibran's tomb and 440 artworks in a hillside former monastery.
Baatara Gorge Waterfall (Balaa Sinkhole)
A 255 m waterfall plunging through three natural stone bridges into a limestone chasm.
Al-Bass Archaeological Site & Roman Hippodrome
One of the world's largest Roman hippodromes, plus a UNESCO necropolis and triumphal arch
Chouwen Lake Hike
Forest trail plunging to an emerald pool in the wild Adonis River canyon.
Al-Mina Archaeological Site
Seaside Roman-Byzantine city: mosaic streets, colonnades, baths and a submerged harbour
Afqa Grotto & Waterfall
The source of the Adonis River bursts from a giant cliff cave at 1,200 m.
Tyre Public Sandy Beach & Coast Nature Reserve
Lebanon's longest sandy beach, a Ramsar reserve where sea turtles still nest
Adonis Valley (Nahr Ibrahim)
A mythic river gorge of waterfalls, natural pools and cliff-perched villages.
Jabal Moussa Biosphere Reserve
UNESCO reserve of oak forest, endemic peonies and ancient Roman stairs above the sea.
Monastery of Saint Anthony of Qozhaya
Ancient cliffside monastery that held the Middle East's first printing press.
Al Shouf Cedar Reserve - Ain Zhalta-Bmohray Cedar Forest
The reserve's northern cedar forest with gentle family trails and a shaded picnic-and-camp meadow.
Deir Mar Lishaa (Saint Elisha Monastery)
A monastery built into the cliff face, cradle of the Lebanese Maronite Order.
Qadisha Grotto (Kadisha Cave)
A colourful stalactite cave at the source of the Qadisha River, a short walk from the Cedars.
Temple of Astarte at Afqa
Roman-era sanctuary of Venus and Adonis beside the sacred spring.
Marie Baz Wax Museum
Over 40 wax figures retell 500 years of Lebanese history inside a Deir el Qamar palace.
Qadisha Valley Hike (Holy Valley)
Descend the UNESCO Holy Valley past cliff-hugging monasteries and rock hermitages.
Tyre Christian Quarter & Old Fishing Port
Cobbled lanes, blue-shuttered houses and fishing boats around a photogenic harbour
Al Shouf Cedar Reserve - Maasser el Shouf Cedar Forest
The reserve's oldest cedar grove above a 'zero-pollution' village, on a scenic heritage trail.
Jannet Yahchouch Hike & Swim
Descend the Adonis gorge to waterfalls, tunnels and a clear river swim.
Ras El Ain Phoenician Springs
Ancient artesian wells in stone reservoirs that have watered Tyre since Phoenician times
Le Phenicien
Bustling harbourfront seafood house on Tyre's old fishing port