ancient ruins
Baalbek
Home to some of the largest and best-preserved Roman temple ruins in the world, including the colossal Temple of Jupiter with its iconic six standing columns.
33 km · about 40 min drive
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Az Zabadānī
Rif-dimashq, Syria · Asia
About Az Zabadānī
Az Zabadānī sits on the route: 5 minutes from Maḑāyā, 49km from Jeita Grotto.
Az Zabadānī is in Rif-dimashq, Syria, with about 30,000 people. The nearest town is Maḑāyā, about 4 km away.
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What is there to see near Az Zabadānī?
Within an hour or so of Az Zabadānī: Baalbek (33 km), Beiteddine Palace (48 km), Jeita Grotto (49 km), Baatara Gorge Waterfall (54 km).
Where is Az Zabadānī?
Az Zabadānī is in Rif-dimashq, Syria, about 4 km from Maḑāyā.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 29,549
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Syria
- Region
- Rif-dimashq
- Timezone
- Asia/Damascus
- Coordinates
- 33.7249, 36.1005
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Worth the detour from Az Zabadānī
7 notable places within an hour's 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.
48 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
Jeita Grotto
A spectacular system of two interconnected limestone caves with the world's longest stalactite, explored by foot and underground boat.
49 km · about 55 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.
54 km · about 65 min 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.
56 km · about 65 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.
57 km · about 65 min drive
natural wonder
Cedars of God
A UNESCO grove of the ancient Lebanon cedars that once covered Mount Lebanon, some trees over 1,000 years old and symbols of the nation.
58 km · about 65 min drive
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