Everything you need to know about Lebanon
Explore Lebanon from Beirutโs waterfront and the ports of Byblos, Tripoli and Sidon to Baalbek, the Bekaa Valley and mountain cedar forests. Learn nine governorates, place twenty cities and towns and twenty heritage sights, then explore ten illustrated topics, thirty answered questions and linked Arabic lessons.
Read it, then make it stick
Geography of Lebanon
A Mediterranean coast, two mountain systems and the Bekaa Valley fit into a compact country.
Know the shape of the country
Start with all nine governorates, including Keserwan-Jbeil, then place twenty cities and towns and locate the Litani and Mediterranean. Zoom in for Beirut and closely spaced towns. Governorates use geoBoundariesโ public-domain 2017 reference geometry; the Litani uses OpenStreetMap (ยฉ OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0), and the sea uses Natural Earth. City pins are curated. The physical Mount Lebanon range differs from the governorate, and the offshore answer area is not a maritime boundary.
Places and heritage of Lebanon
Essential ยท Archaeology
Baalbek temples
Baalbekโs archaeological complex contains monumental Roman temple remains, including the Temple of Bacchus and columns of the Temple of Jupiter. The pin marks the temple area, beside the modern city, rather than a visitor entrance or a statement about current access.
Locate twenty places across the coast, mountains and Bekaa Valley. The selection includes Lebanonโs seven World Heritage properties, with separate pins for all five Mount Amel castles. Broad landscapes use representative pins. Essential and Worth a detour mark learning priorities. Several sites are in areas covered by official warnings against travel; these labels do not establish present access or form a travel itinerary. Select a pin to read about a place, then play the map and find them all.
Take Arabic with you
Greetings and politeness
Hello, please, thank you, sorry: the ten openers everything else builds on.
Keep going one country deeper
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