Historic sites

Byblos

Lebanon Mount Lebanon Byblos

Byblos
Photo: M0d3M, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, a fishing harbour with a Crusader castle, Phoenician temples and Roman ruins, a UNESCO site. The old souk has cafés.


It's 40 km north of Beirut. Check travel advice for Lebanon first.

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