natural wonder
Jeita Grotto
A spectacular system of two interconnected limestone caves with the world's longest stalactite, explored by foot and underground boat.
5 km · about 10 min drive
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Aajaltoûn
Mount Lebanon, Lebanon · Asia
About Aajaltoûn
Aajaltoûn works well as a base: 10 minutes from Jounieh, 5km from Jeita Grotto.
Aajaltoûn is in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, with about 10,000 people. The nearest town is Jounieh, about 6 km away.
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What is there to see near Aajaltoûn?
Within an hour or so of Aajaltoûn: Jeita Grotto (5 km), Tawlet Souk el Tayeb (16 km), Le Chef, Gemmayzeh (17 km), Byblos (Jbeil) (18 km).
Where is Aajaltoûn?
Aajaltoûn is in Mount Lebanon, Lebanon, about 6 km from Jounieh.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 10,000
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Lebanon
- Region
- Mount Lebanon
- Timezone
- Asia/Beirut
- Coordinates
- 33.9653, 35.6828
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Worth the detour from Aajaltoûn
8 notable places within an hour's drive.
restaurant
Tawlet Souk el Tayeb
A Mar Mikhael kitchen where a different village cook takes over each day, laying out a buffet of her own region's dishes and talking diners through them. Part of the Souk el Tayeb farmers' network.
16 km · about 20 min drive
restaurant
Le Chef, Gemmayzeh
A tiny Gouraud Street diner serving Lebanese home cooking off a blackboard of daily specials, open over fifty years and through the civil war. Rebuilt after the 2020 port blast destroyed it.
17 km · about 20 min drive
ancient ruins
Byblos (Jbeil)
One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world with Phoenician temples, a Crusader castle, and a charming ancient harbor.
18 km · about 20 min drive
waterfall
Baatara Gorge Waterfall
A meltwater cascade drops roughly 90m past three stacked natural limestone bridges into a 240m chasm near Tannourine. The bridges are the reason to come, and the falls only run in spring.
29 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Beiteddine Palace
Emir Bashir II's early-19th-century palace in the Chouf, built over thirty years with carved cedar ceilings, inlaid marble and a museum of Byzantine mosaics in the stables. Still the president's official summer residence.
31 km · about 35 min drive
landmark
Batroun
An ancient Phoenician coastal town with a natural sea wall, medieval churches, and a vibrant nightlife scene in a charming old quarter.
32 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
Qadisha Valley (Holy Valley)
A UNESCO deep gorge that sheltered persecuted Christian monastic communities for centuries, with ancient cave monasteries clinging to sheer cliff walls.
43 km · about 50 min drive
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